A music blog from Ireland.
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
A few months ago some friends of mine set up their own alternative arts space by the name of Siteation in Smithfield. In the time since it’s gone from strength to strength with the organisers’ backgrounds in art, drama and photography helping them realise their goals of using the venue as a place to hold
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
April 20 is about record stores everywhere else but here in Ireland it’s Record Store Gay with a free all-day event at Outhouse. There are DJs, a cafe, a pop-up record stall stocking many Irish labels and...
Saturday, March 9th, 2013
Popical Island have a residency at the Stag’s Head this month and Sunday 10 March is phase #2 of three shows. September Girls, Cave Ghosts and HUNK are performing in aid of Girls Rock Camp, fundraising to...
Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
A venue as valuable as The Joinery should not struggle to stay open, but then, there are a lot of things in Ireland right now that are not as they should be. On Monday a Fundit campaign...
Monday, January 14th, 2013
Start your week with magnificent music: listen to Goldmine. I’ve been playing it a couple of times a day since last week and tweeted yesterday that this fourth album is the best thing Nina Hynes has ever...
Thursday, December 13th, 2012
Buckle up for 19 minutes of space rock exploration with this new track and video by Sean Zissou from The Jimmy Cake: Observatory Destroyer. I’ve played it about six times since the link surfaced last night which...
Thursday, March 15th, 2012
Quite some time since I last posted about Overhead, The Albatross considering what a busy year the instrumental sextet had in 2011 with the release of their first EP Lads With Sticks on the ElevenEleven label. There...
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Get listening: today, 8 March, is International Women’s Day. Pointless celebrations (pancake day, really?) often annoy me but I stand behind International Women’s Day because it’s an important global event that highlights progress. It marks a point...
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
With a keen sense of appreciation for the finest musical and visual pleasures, Chequerboard is preparing to make a fourth album The Unfolding, using the crowd-source method of FundIt. Now with a week and less than €1000...