A music blog from Ireland.
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
One of my favourite categories on Harmless Noise is Video. Not just because it makes life easier as a blogger to insert a bit of code and let people amuse themselves as the listen, but also because...
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
Good Things Come In Quompilation Threes Half feel like being cheesy and bastardising a Robert Frost poem to say something about record labels being the music industry’s hardest glue to hold but it really is true that...
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
yesyesyesyesyes!!! Soz. Excitement overload. Silent Front are my favourite band from the UK hands-down and I’ve seen every gig they’ve played here. This week…this week they’reback. silentfront.bandcamp.com
Friday, January 27th, 2012
A year ago the local cassette label Quarter Inch Collective announced the release of Quompilation, a selection of 13 Irish bands’ favourite cover versions of new songs. A bright, cheery and accomplished piece of work, the...
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Saturday night in Whelans and the air will be tune-transformed to that muggy mix of breath, sweat, alcohol as four mighty heavy bands rock upstairs in Whelans for My Black Ass. All the info you need is...
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Declaration of interest my gee-whizz, Ian Maleney of Quarter Inch Collective might be a good mate but I would still be into this rad split cassette on any other label. Released on 21 May and limited to...
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
Seeing as I’m here…(it keeps away from cleaning the gaff)…I meant to post this yesterday but I took blogger’s prerogative of rocking town in the sunshine instead. This is the launch of Estel‘s rarities No Fi Lo...
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
This is gonna be a great gig, first bellower of the year, the kind where the music’s deep and heavy, the voices loud and brash, the soundwaves tumble overhead like thunder as feet pound the floor and...