Soundtrack to another weirdo year…
Author: Conor McCaffrey
Some light in A Frosty Dawn
Any normal year, a frosty dawn around this time would mean stumbling home after a Christmas after-party that went a bit too far, calling to a 24-hour Centra for a bottle of Lucozade. But as […]
Soda Blonde cut the Small Talk at the end of the year
Dublin act Little Green Cars called it a day in 2019, after a few years building up a a grassroots following with their subtle indie-rock with nods to London Grammar and The xx. Four of […]
Real Lies’ MELANCHOLY rave contradictions
London act Real Lies are all about contrasts and contradictions, with rave-inspired pop music that’s about so much more than the obvious signifiers. Their 2015 debut album Real Life was poetic, heartfelt recount of a […]
Jellybean Benitez – right time, right place in the 8os
New Yorker John ‘Jellybean’ Benitez was one of the leading figures in the crossover of early house music to the mainstream, who’s overlooked more than you’d think by purists. Starting off in tiny clubs in […]
AVA making up for lost time
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 […]
Moo Kid 