Three gents and a lady comes out of some of Toast Office Records best musicians, particularly those of an acoustic background. They have started something that I hope expends into something beautiful. ’Three Gentlemen… Read More
Hints of Queens of the Stone Age, a dash of The obvious Cast of Cheers influence and something just that bit different is enough to describe Conor Adams new sounds, breaking away from… Read More
I’ve listened to this band for a long time now and their show last week at the Camden Crawl made me realise something, I want this band to soundtrack my life. They layer… Read More
Sunday at the Camden Crawl was quite a highlight of the weekend for me. Some stellar Irish acts, which for me is what the crawl should be about. Introducing people to the best… Read More
So Saturdays Camden Crawl is over and done with, we saw some of the headliners go all out on the first day including Echo and the Bunnymen, Fionn Regan and the act of… Read More
Slows Skies are launching the sophomore EP tonight in the Twisted Pepper ahead of their show at the Camden Crawl. Much like their first EP, Slow Skies ‘Close’ is 4 tracks punctuated by… Read More
The Camden Crawl kicks off tonight with a stellar line up including some of Ireland’s finest acts. On top of that there’s some pretty great international acts taking part too. The full timetable… Read More
The Camden Crawl kicks off tonight with a stellar line up including some of Ireland’s finest acts. On top of that there’s some pretty great international acts taking part too. The full timetable… Read More
How I let this band slip me by is questionable. They have an essence of Josh Homme’s Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age about them, and I don’t just mean in the… Read More
Ahead of the release of their sophomore album, ‘Embark, Embrace’, we spoke to Enemies’ guitarist, Lewis Jackson, about the new record, the fears and excitement of life post Richter Collective and barely legal… Read More
Having just returned from a three week European Tour, the Wicklow based band are set to release their second album, under their own label Heavyweight Records. The title, ‘Embark, Embrace’, comes from the… Read More
So to get your bank holiday weekend in May going, we have a pair of tickets to give away to Meteors opening night of the Camden Crawl in Whelans. Headlining the open night… Read More
So Oxegen returns and in what looks to be all its dace filled and anti-indie glory. A festival thats rarely appealed to me, sending me elsewhere to find the best of its line… Read More
Just added: My Bloody Valentine, The Knife, Black Uhuru & Wu-Tang Clan Rumours be damned, The line up for Electric Picnic has some official names attached now. The big names announced so far… Read More
Sweet Jane have a sound so reminiscent of Kasabian it’s sometimes hard to tell the two apart. The Sweet Jane brothers will be taking to the stage this Friday April 19th in Whelan’s of… Read More
The Shout are a pop rock band from Belfast who have appealed to my nostalgic side, with a sound very reminiscent of the early noughties bands like Yellowcard. The guys are set to… Read More
Enemies announce a show at the Button Factory for the release of their forthcoming album Embark Embrace. The band will be joined on stage by Conor Adams of The Cast of Cheers, Heathers, and… Read More
A new video revealed by Heathers yesterday from their second album Kingdom. The track follows their Choice Prize nomination as well as playing an Oscars party in LA over the last few weeks.… Read More
Enemies have done it again with a new track from their forthcoming album. ‘Executive Cut’ features Conor Adams of The Cast of Cheers and is a sign of things to come from their… Read More
If you were expecting something similar to his former sound in Eatenbybears, well you’ll be sorely disappointed. Instead look to their EP of remixes that was their parting gift with music to get… Read More
A fourth album in the works with Alain Johannes ( Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, Mark Lanegan) producing is no small feat, and when your latest sound pays homage to the… Read More
Goldenplec.com is going at it for charity again. Once again they’re driving Coast to Coast, with a whole rake of bands lined up to join them on their two day journey, all ending… Read More
A beautiful new track from her debut album The Secret Life of Blue. The video is directed by Myles O’Reilly, who has also recently worked with Villagers, Lisa Hannigan, and James Vincent McMorrow.
Tandem Felix have just released their new EP ‘Popcorn’. The foursome recorded the 5 track EP in Windmill Lane last year, an ambitious release that’s not afraid to layer sounds, evoking a sense… Read More
It seems like last year I was posting a lot about acoustic singer songwriter Slow Skies, aka Karen Sheridan and her incredible vocals which flowed through her music bringing about one of the… Read More
What quickly became one of my most overplayed bands over the last year, and one who overly impressed me the one time they played down in Dublin have called it a day. I… Read More
In one of two parts bad news today we share this from AU. It has been 11 years since the first Alternative Ulster website launched. As of yesterday, the site will no longer… Read More
Upstairs in Whelan’s is jammed this evening, as Bray native, Conor Linnie, is set to launch his debut album ‘Astray’ to an expectant and chatty crowd. With a whopping three support acts to… Read More
Any man that can write a blues track incorporating Crash Bandicoot is already worthy of praise in my books. Conor Linnies new 9 track album is full of quality blues and folk laden… Read More
Having based this blog on a previous ASIWYFA track, coming away from the new album unsure of what to make of it on my first listen was a bit of a surprise. One… Read More
A few choice drawings from devoid of nothing… (as we didn’t have a photographer there) Returning to its original home of Vicar Street, the Meteor Choice Music Prize kicked off early with siblings… Read More
Windings | Fight Like Apes | We Cut Corners | Girl Band | Daithi | Lemonada | Nanu Nanu | Bantum | Swords | The Notas | Kool Thing | Sleep Thieves |… Read More
Liza releases her EP TONIGHT in the Twisted Pepper at 8 o clock. Making rounds online the last few weeks, I’ve been raving about her, Liza Flume releases her debut EP today. Today… Read More
Want to hear the new ASIWYFA album before anyone else? With some live tracks from the boys themselves in the most intimate of rooms, upstairs in Whelans, you can do just that. With… Read More
Kid Karate released a new track yesterday featuring Ian McFarlane (Squarehead, Tieranniesaur) on bass. With an appearance at SXSW coming up as well as their debut album Night Terrors on the horizon, Kid Karate… Read More
Bouts have just posted their latest Acoustic Session from Today FM. A new track called ‘Jittery’ alongside stripped down versions of ‘We Tried’ and ‘Get Sick’
We’re just a little late to the party on this one, what can I say, I work a late job on top of college. Kind of why this festival is perfect. The… Read More
Having gotten in contact with Simon Quinn early last year regarding some music he had produced himself,I was not expecting him to come back to me a short time after with aspirations of… Read More
Enemies played Whelans to kick off their tour with both Croupier and Spies opening the show. What little I saw of Croupier tonight was as always phenomenal, choosing tonight to end on a… Read More
Neon glowing syntehsizers, over the top insane dancing and and aesthetically pleasing sci fi style lighting. It could only be Le Galaxie. Need I say more?
It took a long time for this album to grow on me, maybe too long. But with it comes a new wave of appreciation for the band and they musical direction they… Read More
Liza Flume recently popped up on my radar and doesn’t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. With her track ‘What we called love’, Liza shows more promise with her debut music than… Read More
Sarah Buckley went along to the Toast Office Records Compilation Launch and snapped some photos and wrote some words. Last night saw the launch of the Toast Office Records compilation tape, upstairs in… Read More
Toast Office Records have accumulated quite an eclectic mix of musicians in their short time as an independent label and compiling ten of them together on a two sided tape is probably one… Read More
Our favourite Northern Irish lads have just dropped a new track from their forthcoming third album All Hail Bright Futures. We’re subjected to more lyrics from the lads, a step away from the… Read More
A day for videos clearly… Redwoods have just posted a new video, a live session video of their track ‘Don’t take me down’ with their new drummer Tristan, shot in the Green Room.… Read More
I May be late in posting this but… A live session for Sargent House shot in LA last summer of one of Wicklows finest acts, Adebisi Shank show of a new track, potentially… Read More
Croupier, the Wicklow based boys who get a lot of exposure here have just released their new video for the first track of their latest album ‘The Crooper’. The videos shows the boys… Read More
Shortlist revealed for Meteor Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year 2012 Another year, another Meteor Choice Prize music event, and for the second time around we have the shortlist of singles… Read More
Sal Stapleton of Wunderbra fame has taken on her own side project under the guise of Bad Bones. Her debut video for her track ‘Bad Bones’ is produced by herself as well and… Read More
