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Turkish Dark-wave band She Past Away made their Irish debut at Whelans in Dublin, the band have been active since 2006 so hasnt really taken them tht long to make it to Irish shores. Volkan Caner himself remaking why has it taken so long. Either way it was a classic Dark-wave show and the band …

New Pagans are a rock band based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. As the music industry fights to return from the brink, New Pagans abandon chaos for a brief moment, in search of hope. Making Circles of Our Own is a glorious listen, incisive, inspiring, and uplifting. Ultimately, the album details the journey to self-assurance, deftly …

Irish alt/rock agitators SPEARSIDE are back with the electrifying new single: “Trendsetters”. Launching a tirade against tiresome notions of cool with a bottle-rocket of fuzzy, frenzied punk-rock thrills; the latest from the Trim, Co. Meath trio takes no prisoners during its lightning-bolt 2’15 blitz. Laced with self-deprecating humour and a slacker charm, “Trendsetters” is both …

Having earned a reputation as one of Ireland’s finest singers and songwriters McCabe has performed extensively with his Folk-Soul group The Niall McCabe Band over the past decade. Born on Clare Island, Co. Mayo, McCabe grew up in the family run pub awash with strong musical influences from traditional Irish and folk to rock and …

Maija Sofia Makela is a songwriter and artist from the rural west of Ireland who works between the overlapping worlds of music, performance and text. Often exploring themes of haunting, alternate histories, intimacy and affect, her album Bath Time is available here. Released in 2019, Maija Sofia’s debut album Bath Time announced her as an accomplished …

Photos and words David McEneaney The Beths played a jam packed set list to a jam packed Whelans on Wednesday 31st May, and it  was absolutely delightful.When the New Zealand four piece took the stage (beside a giant inflatable fish taken from the cover of their their latest album ‘Expert in a Dying Field’) you could …

Youth Lagoon the cherished project of Trevor Powers recently released “Prizefighter,” the new single/video from his forthcoming album (and Youth Lagoon’s first in eight years), Heaven Is a Junkyard, out June 9th on Fat Possum. Singular Artists proudly presents Youth Lagoon live at Whelans, Dublin 16th November 2023. Tickets are available from www.singularartists.ie on 12th …

On July 21st, 2016, a user on 4chan’s /mu/ board posted a photo of a demo CD they’d discovered in an Oxfam charity store in Nottingham, UK: titled D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L, purportedly released in 2000. The listener uploaded the ripped audio to file-sharing sites, and later YouTube, where it began circulating around web forums. A cult of …

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 …

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 …