Considering the DUP’s obsession with getting one over on the Papist Republic, it’s a wonder they haven’t been all over the North’s head start on gigs reopening over the last few weeks — especially the […]
Dublin’s Alive with the sound of Rising Damp
Dublin Alive! Is a free Dublin City Council day-long festival in partnership with Axis Ballymun, taking place all day in Mount Bernard Park in Cabra in the northside. It’s billed as a family-focused event, with […]
‘Come together again’ for Culture Night 2021
The tagline couldn’t be more inclusive this year: “Come together — AGAIN.” The 16th edition of Culture Night takes place all over the island tonight with hundreds of online and offline events. Wherever you are, […]
Check for Signs of Life in Kilkenny
Tomorrow (Saturday) kicks off a series of mini day festivals at Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre in Kilkenny, with an open music policy of folk, trad, hip-hop and Afrobeat. Tomorrow’s opening concert features Landless, Lemoncello, Maija Sofia and […]
Join the Village people this weekend
It Takes a Village is returning to the family holiday camp for a festival that’s probably more PG than its two previous editions, given the restrictions. It’s set up as a smaller scale version of […]
Irish ‘micro-festivals – what’s not to Love?
Another Love Story gave up long ago on a full 2021 festival, and last month announced the first six acts for next year, along with early bird tickets. In the meantime, they’re grasping at the […]
Time Binding Ensemble’s quiet revolution
Scottish composer Kay Logan takes on her Time Binding Ensemble form for a deep listening meditative work of serene drone ambience. It’s a 90-minute piece, in 24 pieces, all 3:40, each one a ‘Nycthemera’ in […]
Computer says WTF: I KNOW I’M AN ALIEN — Wi-Fi Breath
This lo-fi weirdo electronic carnival caper by north London “Socialist art-synth-punks” I Know I’m An Alien is the kind of bizarro song we’d expect after going through so many weeks and months with screen-bleached eyeballs. […]
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis talk Carnage
As surprise album drops go, this year’s Carnage by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis was always coming. Since 2013’s Push the Sky Away, Warren Ellis has become the leader of the Bad Seeds, with his […]
Can you really do Hellfest at home?
Of all festival experiences, a full-on extreme metal camping weekender might well be the most difficult to replicate in the virtual space. The iconic French festival Hellfest has had to call off its event for […]
Bad Religion’s 90s deep dive
Los Angeles punk veterans Bad Religion released an authorised biography last year on their 40th anniversary, and they’re continuing the retrospective with a month of weekly streamed gigs cramming the best of their four decades. […]
Notwist at a jazz festival? Kinda makes sense
Named after one of Europe’s major rivers, the Elbe flows through the Czech Republic and Germany, notably through the industrial harbour city of Hamburg, which usually hosts the annual Elbjazz Festival. The organisers say that […]
Your city to burn – 30 years of Smashing Pumpkins’ Gish
Before Billy Corgan became known as a meme-ready eccentric megalomaniac, with bizarre appearances in the wrestling ring, and a hire and fire policy straight from the Mark E Smith playbook, he led Smashing Pumpkins’ early […]
Always read the label – Mothland (Montreal)
Mothland — an ‘extra-dimensional space’, sharing psych sounds from the Montreal underground
Moo Kid 