A music blog from Ireland.
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Following on from the success of the first Heft Fest in May, a second all-day run of shows has been announced for Upstairs in Whelans on 1 October. Last time, I made a mix (which unfortunately I had to delete due to space constraints on my Soundcloud account) and this time, the deadly promoters Hefty
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Squarehead – Yeah Nothing by Richter Collective Over the past few weeks I’ve been listening to Squarehead‘s debut album Yeah Nothing which is due for release this Friday on the Richter Collective label. The result of...
Monday, September 12th, 2011
Adrian Crowley, winner of the 2010 Choice Music Prize for Season Of The Sparks, has announced a triple-bill Irish tour in October with his Scottish friends and fellow musicians James Yorkston and Alasdair Roberts. They will perform...
Friday, September 9th, 2011
Sorry news on Wednesday as it transpired that Crayonsmith had to pull out of this month’s Popicalia after their drummer Wayne Dunlea was injured by falling glass last week. Thankfully he’s on the mend with stitches and...
Friday, September 9th, 2011
Free music today comes from DJ and hip hop beatmaker Luke B who’s just released the DJ Dweeb Beat Tape Vol. 1 on the Loud Mouth Collective. Having fallen in love with sampling music as a teen,...
Friday, September 9th, 2011
This summer Jeremy Hickey took a short break from performing as Rarely Seen Above Ground and instead toured Europe and South America with the French electronic outfit Bot’ox, returning home to Ireland to play a slot...
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
What do you mean you don’t love free gigs with four deadly bands on the bill? Liar. This Saturday the madcap duo known as Lamp roll into the Twisted Pepper. About time too: their fantastically underrated album...
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Oh, the wit! Returning from some dates in Sweden, Thread Pulls play The Joinery this Saturday with the European Sensoria Band and have released a tongue-in-cheek poster to promote the show. Here’s a video for one...
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
This should be good: Harmonic presents The Danger Is and We Cut Corners at the Grand Social on 24 September. The gig is a once-off to coincide with the release of a split 7″ on the Delphi...