Music
News: Enter Shikari announce UK tour
ENTER SHIKARI announce their biggest ever headline tour of UK arenas, set to take place through February 2024, in celebration of the release of their new album A Kiss for the Whole World, currently sitting at #1 on the Official UK Album Chart. Tickets go on sale from 10am BST on Fri 5th May here, with £1 from each …
News: Vulture Industries to release new album ”Ghosts From The Past” June 16th 2023
“Ghosts from the past” draws a line from childhood spells of dark mystery and a sympathy for the outcast, to a present where monsters hide under your bed. Waiting, not to prey upon the sleeper, but to hide from the monstrosity of the day. Pulling on a wide range of influences; From dust riddled Spaghetti …
Premiere: Watch Thee Oh Sees riff on ‘Block of Ice’ at Austin Psych Fest in new-old live video
Back in 2008, the John Dwyer-led Thee Oh Sees/Oh Sees/Osees/Orinoka Crash Suite etc. released what was then their seventh album, The Master’s Bedroom is Worth Spending a Night In. If you’ve seen them live, you’ll know that they have a penchant for stretching certain songs to their breaking point, and sometimes past it. We’ve got …
Live Review: Sounds From the Other City Festival, Salford – 30.04.2023
Sounds from the Other City is Salford and Greater Manchester’s annual festival of new music & art. It was created for music lovers by music lovers and has been a firm underground favourite since 2005; delivering a unique annual event that champions local promoters and celebrates the off-kilter beauty of Salford, the oft-overlooked ‘other city’ …
Live Review: Æ MAK / Fears – Whelan’s, Dublin 27.04.2023
Photos & Words Kate Lawlor: Opening the show with her celestial ballads, Constance Keane otherwise known as ‘Fears,’ set the tone for the dreamy night ahead. Performing songs from her debut album ‘Oíche, she shared with us beautiful and vulnerable lyrics which predominantly lamented her personal struggles with mental health, clearly touching the hearts of …
News: Tove Lo Splendour Side Shows Announced
Tove Lo has announced some Splendour in the Grass Sideshows
News: Def Leppard announce one off club show at The Leadmill
In what will be one of the live events of 2023, Def Leppard are coming home! On the eve of the bands biggest ever European tour and the launch of new album, “Drastic Symphonies”, Def Leppard are set to play a one off club show at the iconic Sheffield venue, The Leadmill. The 850 capacity …
News: Wallis Bird & The Undertones added to the Bulmers live at Leopardstown summer series
Beloved Berlin-based Irish artist Wallis Bird and legendary punk rockers The Undertones are announced as the acts to take to the Bulmers Live stage at Leopardstown this July 13th and 20th, respectively. They’re joining the already-announced headliners Wild Youth (June 8th), buskers-turned-stadium-fillers Keywest (June 15th) and legendary DJ Mark McCabe (June 22nd). Berlin-based Wallis Bird is one of Ireland’s most vital and best-loved artists, known for her rousing performances and the emotive, …
News: Bailen announce headline show at The Workmans Club Cellar, Dublin
Tired Hearts, the new album from rising indie-pop power trio, Bailen deliver a dazzling set of songs that navigates the space between the heart’s expectation and the head’s sober reality. New York based siblings, Daniel, David, and Julia’s second full-length album for Fantasy beats with empathy, vulnerability, and resolve. At times intricate and playful, measured …
News: Westerman announces headline show at Whelan’s, Dublin
Westerman shares his final offering “A Lens Turning” from his sophomore album An Inbuilt Fault, out this Friday via Partisan and Play It Again Sam. Accompanied by a music video directed and animated by Edwin Burdis, the visuals perfectly capture the song with a seemingly metaphysical character morphing to each musical shift. Through the use …