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News: Mahalia announces Dublin / Belfast dates
In the world of music, there are shining beacons of light – artists, producers, musicians – that make us happy listeners and effortlessly provide us with inspiration. One of those UK artists is undoubtedly Mahalia. Her debut album ‘Love and Compromise landed in the summer of 2019 and soon became a critically acclaimed introduction. Through …
News: Rickie Lee Jones returns to Dublin for date at The National Concert Hall
Rickie Lee Jones’ upcoming album Pieces of Treasure is a reunion with her lifelong friend, legendary producer Russ Titelman, co-producer of Jones’ star-making debut and Pirates. Throughout her career, the Grammy-winning singer songwriter has interpreted an extraordinarily wide range of songs and has recorded celebrated jazz-leaning albums including Girl at Her Volcano and Pop Pop, …
Live Review + Gallery: Melbourne’s The Silversound turn it on for album launch at The Brunswick Ballroom 07.05.2023
Melbourne psychedelic supergroup, The Silversound, turned in a performance for the ages when they launched their debut album at The Brunswick Ballroom on Sunday afternoon. I wanted to leave this review for a couple of days so as I could remove the reverberating song-list from my head and try to write an objective piece, but …
Premiere: The Burma unveil the cinematic atmospheric single ’23’ ahead of album and UK/Irish tour dates.
Irish band The Burma‘s new single ’23’ is a glittering jewel of a track: a widescreen cinematic pop anthem that positively glows, and we are honoured to premiere this sonic ray of light. A flowing pace set by a pattering percussion and shimmering guitars combine with velvet vocals to create something with a stately presence. …
Track: Mark Lucas and the Dead Setters are guided by the ‘Northern Star’: a smooth, poetic and eloquent journey from the new album.
Mark Lucas and his band the Dead Setters are a bit of a Sydney institution: exquisite purveyors of an alt country tinged style of troubadour folk rock that has flowed though the inner west for decades like a vein of treasure. The new single ‘Northern Star’ is a liquid gold river of music, with Lucas’s …
News: Big Special from the black country share new single
From the Black Country, Midlands UK, Big Special share new single ‘SHITHOUSE’ since signing with SO Recordings. Made up Joe Hicklin (Singer) and Callum Moloney (Drums), the two-piece are fresh from supporting DEADLETTER, BENEFITS, and Handmade Festival, and are set to perform 3 shows at this weekend’s The Great Escape, plus further sets at DOT TO DOT, 2000 …
Premiere: MIDNIGHTCHOIR are fired up on explosive new single ‘Molotov’
Patrick Bobilin has been through some shit since we last heard from his project MIDNIGHTCHOIR. He ran for office in New York, was arrested not once but several times in the volatile summer of 2020 as George Floyd’s murder sparked nationwide protests in the name of racial justice, and formed a mutual aid network. He’s …
News: NewDad set for headline show at Dublin’s The Grand Social
Growing up in Galway, Ireland the four members of NewDad thank a random band name generator for their unusual moniker. Dark and stormy with undeniably beautiful moments amid the mammoth guitars, their debut EP Waves acted as a perfect introduction to the world of NewDad. There’s a heaviness to the music, which the band pin …
Track: Christine & The Queens Shares New Single & Video
Christine & the Queens drops new single ‘Tears can be so soft’
News: Charley Crockett announces headline show at Dublin’s Vicar Street
Tapped by Garden & Gun as an artist “shaping up to be one of country music’s most prolific torchbearers,” a “must-see live performer” by Rolling Stone, and a “force to be reckoned with” by CMT, Charley Crockett crafts his singular “Gulf & Western” sound — described as “very 21st century and very vintage” by NPR Music …