indie rock
Live Review + Photo Galleries: Dark Mofo Festival, Enola/RVG at The Hanging Garden, Hobart, 18.06.2023
naarm/Melbourne bands, ENOLA and RVG played their sets for Dark Mofo 2023 at In The Hanging Garden, an open air venue which sits between two of Dark Mofo’s other sites, The Odeon and Altar. This was the first time, surprisingly, that I had shot at this venue, and was surprised at how good it was …
Gallery and Set-lists: Pulp / Richard Hawley / The Orielles – St Anne’s park, Dublin 09.06.2023
Another baking hot summers day and back at St Anne’s park Raheny Dublin, this times its Pulp to headline with Richard Hawley and The Orielles opening. The Orielles photos & set-list: AirtightBobbi’s Second WorldThe RoomBeam/sChromo IIThe Instrument Richard Hawley Photos & set-list: Off My MindAloneTonight The Streets Are oursDon’t Stare At The SunI’m Looking For …
News: Fast rising Irish indie rock artist Trophy Wife releases brilliant new track “Drug Dog” today.
Trophy Wife (Ruby Smyth) is an indie rock singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer from Ireland. Aiming to harness the energy of the vibrant indie scene in Dublin, Trophy Wife hopes to rise to the top of her game and harness the power of her demographic with an elevated sound chronicling her experiences of life as a queer woman …
News: Daisy the Great announce two Irish headline shows
As Daisy the Great, Kelley Nicole Dugan and Mina Walker make folk-inflected indie rock that spans a multitude of moods—capable of being clever, devastating, or both simultaneously, spanning harmony-laden folk pop to powerhouse indie rock balladry—and has attracted quite the following as a result. Singular Artists proudly presents Daisy the Great live for two Irish …
Gallery and set-list: Sir Chloe – The Academy Greenroom, Dublin 24.05.2023
All the way from Vermont, indie rock band Sir Chloe made an appearance at The Greenroom in The Academy Dublin. Sir Chloe photo: Should ISalivateUntie YouAnimal CentreKnow BetterLeashHoovesObsessionsI Am The DogSedonaCakeMichelle__________________Easy On YouToo Close
Premiere: Michael Ian Cummings of SKATERS returns with ‘Contemporary Me’
If you were a fan of New Yorkers SKATERS, you’ll probably remember that they went from a major label deal to disappearing after the release of their second album within 5 years, chewed up and spat out during a transitional period for the wider music industry. Band leader Michael Ian Cummings has been off radar …
Premiere: Homeschool celebrates new EP release with video for ‘Hanger-on’
The new EP from New Yorker Tom D’Agustino is all hits, if you haven’t been keeping up. Out today, the 6-track collection follows up last year’s Homeschool: Book II and is a great starting point for anyone new to their sound, which combines slick synth-pop and sky-scraping hooks with lyrics that tackle self-worth and the …
News: FORAGER release kaleidoscopic pop offering ‘Fuji or a Trek’ from forthcoming debut album
There’s a lot going on here and it’s all fantastic. Say hello to New York trio FORAGER, who make knotty, complicated pop songs which pull influences in from jazz, Indian classical and an Afro-Cuban musical melting pot that’s a whole thing on its own. If you need more than one listen to ‘Fuji or a …
Live Gallery: Modest Mouse play Daydream Festival in Sydney 29.04.2023
Modest Mouse celebrate return to Australia at Daydream Festival.
Gallery and set-list: Yard Act / Baba Ali – Vicar Street, Dublin 26.04.2023
Yard Act playing their biggest ever Irish venue, last year the guys sold out Dublin venue Whelans at a capacity of 450, this time around they jumped to a venue capacity of 1,050. That’s in just slightly over a year as the Whelans date was March 2022.Opening the night and a new favourite of mine …