Later this month, The Unusual History of Ether undertake a 5-date Irish tour (following 2 UK dates), with appearances on RTE’s The Works and Lyric FM’s Blue of the Night also planned – Conor asked singer Rebecca Collins for some background on the band The band is based around yourself and Mikkel Ploug, one Irish,...
Last weekend brought the tenth Hard Working Class Heroes festival to Dublin and right by its side stood the music photography exhibition. Always a fiercely strong showcase of the vast range of music photographers in Ireland, it also can be (or was for me) something that young photographers strive for. Having your work exhibited is...
Did you ever wonder to yourself, “would any European women fancy taking up the gauntlet that Dum Dum Girls have thrown down?” Well, top of the queue is Dublin band September Girls. Conor was on about their new single a few weeks ago, the delectable ‘Green Eyed’. Now there’s a single to go with, premiered...
Simon from Dublin band You Kiss By The Book was in touch. You’ll remember Scott thought their album was great a couple of months back. Here’s Simon. I want to let you know we are doing our album launch for ‘Family Tree’ in The Stag’s Head on Sunday October 21st. We have had some really...
Looking ahead a little, a couple of dates for your diary next month. Seti the First play Triskel Christchurch on Nov 8th, and back to Dublin for The Sugar Club two nights later. Their debut album Melting Cavalry is one of the most singular Irish releases of the year, combining elements of contemporary classical, jazz...
News reaches us that the new Rest album is at an advanced stage of preparation, and will be released in Spring 2013. They’ve helpfully put together a little taster (below) in the form of footage of them playing/recording/rehearsing in various styles of Bermuda shorts. Seriously though, it sounds really good (the drumming, in particular, comes...
A reminder that a Japanese tsunami of an altogether more pleasant and life-affirming kind washes over Ireland this week, in the shape of Osaka legends Shonen Knife. I don’t want to bore you all with tales of “press release fatigue”; however, Shonen Knife offer the perfect antidote. Sample these gems. Their new ‘Pop Tune’ outfits...
Some people like the Fleadh. Some people treasure Connemara. For others, it’s the GG’s during Race Week. For us, we’re digging Galway’s DIY semi-folk scene, and close observers will know that Yawning Chasm are our faves in this respect. They play that city’s Cellar Bar this week, and provide this important advance information. This will...
That exciting musical hub that is Belfast gears up for its annual Music Week from Nov 4-11. There’ll be all kinds of events (gigs and otherwise) at venues all over the city, including The Black Box, the newly refurbished Limelight complex and even The Palm House at the Botanic Gardens. There’s an up and coming...
The G-Man is quickly proving adept at putting on some great shows in Cork. Hot on the trail of Little X’s for Eyes and Yawning Chasm comes a double act in The Roundy. Local lads The Great Balloon Race shared the bill with Dublin’s Hello Moon to deliver a cracking evening’s entertainment. Things kicked off...
You may know George Brennan’s work from Deep Burial or Melodica Deathship. In his first (that we’re aware of) foray into soundtrack work, he’s composed the score for the short film The Hatch. Here are the full details. About the score: The score is a brooding combination of electronic drones and analogue synth stabs that...
You’ll remember Steve was quite excited recently by the new material by The Star Department. ‘Sandcastles’ was/is a very exotic-sounding slice of dream pop, calling to mind something knocked out unself-consciously by Toro Y Moi, or his ilk. Today the Dublin duo were back in touch with this interesting message. Here’s a Remix of that...
