Banter with Jim Carroll
Just a quick word to remind you about the first appearance of Banter, the discussion event chaired by Jim Carroll of The Irish Times, in Cork this weekend. The venue is The Pavilion, the date/time this Saturday afternoon as part of their 3rd Dirty Weekender, and the rest of the details are following. Remember, you...
windings, New Single + Video
So you remember how one of the more heartwarming things to happen in January was the nomination of windings’ album I am not the crow for the Choice Music Prize? Well, Steve Ryan and friends are releasing a new single from the album, to precede the Choice announcement at Vicar Street on March 7th. It’s...
Top 5 – Young Wonder
Photo: Bríd O’Donovan Rachel: Grimes – Oblivion I really love this song and especially the hilarious video. This chick is just too cool for school. Alt- J – Tessellate My favourite band of the last year by far. This album never ever gets old, in fact, every time I listen, I find something new and...
Adultrock – Top 5
Adultrock’s Top 5 Current Listening: 1. Roisin Murphy – Simulation (Mano Le Tough Remix) Have been listening to a lot of this fella recently and I’m a bit of a sucker for disco tunes with female vocals so this is pretty perfect. Really looking forward to his album which is out later this month. 2....
Top 5 – Cal Folger Day
New Yorker Cal Folger Day brings her songs to Gulpd on Valentine’s Night – here are some tunes by other people she picked for us This isn’t exactly a list of the music that pushed me over the edge to writing songs myself. Rather, it’s a list of tunes that have tipped me back into...
Grinding on Sunday in Bradley’s
This Sunday sees Northampton’s vicious & unrelenting grindcore outfit The Atrocity Exhibit return to Cork and level Mr Bradley’s in Barrack St. Since their last trip they’ve released the harrowing “What Time till Death“ and attendees will remember their colossal crusty grind assault with a nostalgic half-smile. They’re back to victimize your ears along with I’ll...
The Vincent(s)/Saint Yorda/The Hard Ground play FIFA Showcase, Monday
So these nights are cold, eh? Especially Mondays, for some reason. Well, there’s a cure next Monday in the shape of a special FIFA Records free gig in The Pavilion, downstairs in the bar. You might have caught wind of this announcement from a couple of weeks back – Continuing its policy of unearthing gems,...
BANDS to play Cork
It’s already February and we were feeling frisky so here’s the message we just posted on our FB page. Hey all – we had such a good time at our first WKNDR, all things going to plan we’re gonna put on a monthly Noise club night in Cork, featuring live music and DJs. In the...
Popicalia #17, Anseo, Dublin w/ Lie Ins (album launch), Cave Ghosts, Oh Boland – 02.02.13
As a twist on our usual “review” format, we asked Mike Stevens from Lie Ins to give us an insider report on his own gig/album launch last weekend – so prepare for Tuam shams, corduroy suits and the love that dares not speak its name… Popicalia #17 was a special one for me, as we...
Top 5 – Cactus
A new club event makes its first appearance in Cork this week – we can get a glimpse of the thinking behind it in this Top 5 (sounds good to us, let’s get behind it and make that shit regular…so to speak… – Ed.) 5. The Altered Hours – Flowers Die A favourite among local...
A Winged Victory for the Sullen play Dublin
We may have missed a trick here. News just reaches us of an Irish return for neo-clasical/godlike duo A Winged Victory for the Sullen, who play as part of the New Music Dublin Festival in March. It was just over a year ago that they played two Irish dates, including the Half Moon here in...
Nanu Nanu Debut Single
Photo: Petr Stary In the middle of the current Certain Three Tour, our favourite alien pop duo have found the time to unleash another beast of a tune, in the form of their first single. (By the way, read Niamh’s review of the Cork city leg of the tour on this link – http://wearenoise.com/index.php/2013/01/review-the-certain-three-tour-the-bowery-cork-18-01-13/) Here’s...
