A music blog from Ireland.
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
To follow on from the two great tracks from Moscow Metro exactly a month ago, they play the Workman’s Club tomorrow night with SOnance HOtel. It seems the band are getting serious. New tracks, nice merch, gigs. What’s interesting about this gig is whether or not these great sounds come across on stage as well
Friday, May 17th, 2013
To celebrate that Major Grave has done well and got himself a spot on the newest Big Dada Grime 2.0. compilation, Standard Radio are holding a free night upstairs in Sin É tomorrow night, Saturday 18 May....
Friday, May 17th, 2013
There’s a really good gig on in Whelan’s tonight from a bunch of musicians who do not play on an all-too-regular basis – A Lazarus Soul, The Instructions and The Hedge Schools. They have some seriously impressive...
Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Take a minute to let this poster sink in and then er, make time or love for this gig. The most excellent TenPastSeven play a midnight show at Whelan’s this Saturday night 18 May with Family Planning....
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
A seriously good line-up for tomorrow night, 15 May, at Odessa as David Kitt performs in Dublin for the mid-point of an Irish tour. Joining him are compadres Richie Egan and Bill Blood, each performing their solo...
Friday, May 10th, 2013
Retro Revival pull another good one out of the bag of blistery garage rock this weekend when The #1s, Cry Boys, When Good Pets Go Bad, The Pulpit and Faux Kings figuratively demolish Sweeney’s tomorrow night. This...
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
Having recently aired the black comedy music video for Nothing Is Easy, it’s a treat today to offer tickets to a special VerseChorusVerse show that takes place in Whelans on 13 June. The debut gig of a...
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
“We will be one big super-ego!” joked Nick Kelly last week when I ask if there’ll be enough room on stage for the collective talents of the Peripheral Visionaries. If Freud’s theory of the psyche proves correct,...
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Last week I posted the news of Glasgowbury 2013 and the poster’s just been released, showing the Derry festival to be shaping up nicely. Dozens more names are still to be announced but so far the line-up...