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Following a hugely impressive Dublin bow last May, Dum Dum Girls returned to Whelans last weekend for another blast of their... Artist page:
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After a long hiatus to pursue many and varied interests that haveincluded Plug and Amen Andrews, Toomorrow sees South Coast electronic stalwart ... Artist page:
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For anyone with fond memories of Lift to Experience and their unhinged quasi-religious concept album The Texas Jeruasalem Crossroads from way back in 2001, this comeback should come as good, if... Artist page:
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A gig of two halves, treasured Dubliners The... Artist page:
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A collaboration several years in the making, Diamond Mine sees Kenny Anderson, AKA King Creosote, let Domino Records'... Artist page: King Creosote
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If you've heard Josh T. Pearson’s new album, Last of The Country Gentlemen, the last thing you might expect to hear at tonight's... Artist page:
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After staging one of the most unexpected comebacks of 2010 thanks to the excellent Queen Of Denmark... Artist page:
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With the rich heritage of ex-Murder City Devil and Pretty Girls Make Graves man Derek Fudesco as a vital compnent and with two acclaimed full-lengths already in their back pockets (including 2009... Artist page: The Cave Singers
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Dublin's 750-capacity Button Factory was utterly rammed for the late night return of Deerhunter to the capital and Bradford Cox and co. didn't... Artist page:
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News, views and tunes
With the sun beating down on Dublin for much of the past week, it's almost as if the weather gods are already gearing up for this summer's fast-approaching festival season. Or maybe we're just going to get (another) one of those weird 'Indian summers in reverse', where March, April and May are nicer than they should be and then it pisses rain for the next three months solid. Who knows? But I digress...
Ragged Words was out to lunch washing its hair...
We remember being quite taken late last summer with Reptar's Ben Allen-produced debut EP, Oblangle Fizz Y'all, on which the Athens, GA quartet lived up to their cartoonish moniker with a bouncy collection of psychedelic pop jams. Giddy group chants, tumbling world-music grooves and exclamatory blasts of synth made for an upbeat, fun listen - crucially, the band members all sounded like they were...
"Can't see the wind but I see the trees sway..."
We hadn't even heard of Willis Earl Beal before the start of the year. Since then, the jack-of-all-trades Chicago native has had all the right people tweeting his praises. He's also been...
It's a fairly damp and dreary Monday here in Dublin, so we've been catching up with our good friends Vimeo and YouTube.
Below we've grouped together some of the more noteworthy music promos currently doing the rounds, along with relevant release info, tour details etc. for each vid. Enjoy our roundup, which features a mess hall knees-up, a 3-D seafaring adventure and a stroll through a deserted L.A. cityscape.
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