A music blog from Ireland.
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 is the kinda music that could make you leave work at lunchtime and not come back. On a
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Slightly exasperated and intrigued at dealing with a band incognito here. It feels like a test when secret bands put songs out and there’s an unspoken assumption we’ll figure out who’s moonlighting now. I’m not in the...
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
Something a bit different from the constant stream of new Irish releases here; Downtownsounds is set to release the first volume of a series of classic disco and house tracks on Dublin record label, Fatty Fatty Phonographics,...
Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Though I’ve mentioned this gig in passing a few times recently, it deserves some special attention. Tomorrow night in Twisted Pepper, Junior Spesh and Totally Dublin have teamed up for a teeming line-up of Irish talent.Come On...
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
Here’s a whopper of a new song by The Revellions, Don’t Wait For Me, the first track to be revealed from their forthcoming second album Give It Time. I just can’t get enough of that organ, the...
Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
A new single from Somadrone called Pulse of Joy will have a live airing on 30 November, upstairs in Whelans. I wasn’t aware that the video or track had been released yet and only saw it an...
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
So Bodytonic weren’t kidding when they said they hung a giant MPC outside the Bernard Shaw. The video’s cheeky quip of ‘it’s still there’ sums up its happy promoters’ ethos so succinctly, coaxing us out to play....
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
*Update* Nialler9 posted the stream of these songs, You’re Gonna Feel It by Ships and Take What You Want by I Am The Cosmos. Really look forward to hearing these tracks. This is a lovely promo video...
Friday, April 27th, 2012
“This event is a fundraiser – monies raised will be used to allay some of the operating costs inevitable with running an alternative art space in Dublin. ” – thejoinery.org An amazing gig tonight to raise funds...