The latest Live at the Marquee announcement has arrived in the shape of one of Ireland’s seminal rock n roll bands, The Boomtown Rats (looking substantially changed now from that pic over there). They don’t really need an introduction, but it’s worth reminding ourselves of some bullet points anyway. Once famously described as ‘licentious, festering...
Fear Stalks The Land! play Triskel this weekend – Shaun and Darragh from the band take time to answer some questions: Adam Sandler, Spaniards and Ennio Morricone are involved… For people who may not have heard you before, sum up FSTL! in a few lines. S: FSTL! started out as a solo laptop project just...
As we were saying last week, the forthcoming single from The Vincent(s), newly signed to FIFA Records, comes out on March 1st. It’s called ‘Asked her to the dance’ and you can hear it now, below. It starts with a very pleasing Link Wray-ish move, a ‘Rumble’ style low end guitar riff, like a surf...
Here’s something nice we thought we’d share. Turtlemeyer is the moniker of Liam O’Callaghan, a Dublin-based musician originally from Cork. ‘Never Saw You Leaving’ is the first single from ‘Hotel Shambles’. All music/production for this was by myself, recorded winter 2012 in a bedroom in inner-city Dublin. The release date for ‘Hotel Shambles’ itself is...
You’ll be familiar with the name Keith Mannion, aka Donegal’s Slow Place Like Home. Well he’s just been on the blower with some news. Great News: The video for ‘There Go The Lights Again’ by Jules Hackett, has been included in the ‘Official Selection for the ECL European Independent Film Festival 2013′, in Paris France....
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...
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...
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’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....
Photography by Bríd O’ Donovan
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...
Everyone loves a dirty weekend… And The Pavilion are experts at this stage, running their 3rd Dirty Weekender from Feb 14-17. To kick it off in suitably steamy style, there’s a reprise of Floating Joints, featuring DJ sets from Toby Kaar & Midnight Marauders, visuals from Feel Good Lost and the first ever live performance...
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May 21, 2013
Enemies w/ Former Monarchs, in Pictures – The Pavilion, Cork, 18.05.13
May 21, 2013
The David Nelligan Thing w/ Rory Francis O’Brien, in Pictures – Coughlan’s, Cork, 17.05.13
May 21, 2013
Grave Lanterns (w/ Purling Hiss), in Pictures – The Pavilion, Cork, 19.05.13
May 20, 2013
Purling Hiss, in Pictures – The Pavilion, Cork, 19.05.13
May 20, 2013
