When Brian Eno released Ambient 1: Music For Airports in 1978, flying was still a relative luxury and airports were gateways to holiday destinations that didn’t involve candy floss and sandcastles. Eno’s four-track suite of […]
Suchi Selects — the sound of the Indian electro underground
New Delhi independent radio station and label Boxout FM has just started a new series of DJ compilations that “give listeners a taste of the current soundscape in India”. The first collection is curated by […]
Ajukaja & Ats’ ‘improv-not-improv’ groove
I first got a nod to Tallinn label Porridge Bullet through Estonian avant-pop maverick Mart Avi’s 2020 album Vega Never Sets, and it’s a go-to hub for leftfield electronics, art-rock, deep house, sonic collages and […]
Season’s twinkles: The Last Sound – An Air So Fine
You need a bit of nerve, confidence and ‘sure fuck it’ attitude to release music at the end of December, when everyone’s already binged on their end-of-year Listmas albums, cramming Celebrations into their mouths and […]
Moo Kid’s 2021 in 30 albums
Soundtrack to another weirdo year…
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 […]
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