“Stuff this down your earholes,” is how Tom Ravenscroft introduced this new Autechre track on BBC Radio 6 on Friday night. Feed1 is the first studio track the electronic duo have shared in three years, […]
Gigs of the week: May 13-19
HOT 8 BRASS BAND, Sugar Club, Dublin, tonight and tomorrow, both SOLD OUT There’s always one of your mates banging on about some cover band they saw at a festival doing quirky versions of pop hits. […]
Gigs of the week: May 6-12
A$AP Nast, The Button Factory, Dublin, Tuesday, €15. Promoters Sense have been stressing that this is an over-18s show — maybe expecting a similar crowd of steamboats hip-hop kids trapped outside the Academy for Odd Future a […]
Techno for an answer: Underground Resistance – Panic (1991)
This’ll be a facepalm for vinyl DJs who rage about hipsters buying records without playing them. But last week I found an Underground Resistance 12-inch in a pile and played it for the first time […]
The industrial evolution: Surgical Meth Machine – Tragic Alert
Industrial noise terrorist Al Jourgensen has been on the metal outskirts for 30-odd years, as leader of Ministry, Revolting Cocks and Lard. Uncle Al’s main day job is Ministry, whose albums The Land Of Rape […]
Gigs round-up: April 29-May 5
KING KONG COMPANY, Dolan’s, Limerick, Tonight, €12. Waterford act King Kong Company have been around since the 90s with a lengthy split in between, so younger fans are only catching them this time around. The […]
Causing Ructions: In the studio with Matador
There was a time when Dublin’s Harcourt Street could claim to be Ireland’s techno hub. And when someone finally gets round to writing a definitive history of Irish dance music, Tripod on the corner of Harcourt […]
Gigs round-up: April 22-28
OUT TO LUNCH feat. HIEROGLYPHIC BEING & JOHN HECKLE, Bar Tengu, Dublin, tonight, €12.50. Bar Tengu is probably still dusting itself off after the impromptu Prince party by the Lumo crew last night, and tonight […]
No Sleep till Ibiza: Darius Syrossian Interview
UK house DJ Darius Syrossian can’t get enough of Dublin, it seems. He was only here a few months ago for the Strictly Deep Christmas party at Hangar, and he’s at the Wright Venue in […]
Are you needing a boost? Wire – Fishes Bones
Post-punk pioneers, art-rock veterans and all-round singular force Wire are streaming their 15th studio album, the eight-track, 26-minute Nocturnal Koreans. No mucking about with filler there. The LP – hosted by NPR – arrives a […]
Gigs of the week: April 15-21
NENEH CHERRY (DJ set), Wigwam, Dublin, tomorrow, €15. The last time Neneh Cherry was at the Middle Abbey Street venue it was still called Twisted Pepper and she was tearing the soundsystem a new one — […]
Kanye West is sure to approve Aziz Ansari and Eric Warehim’s spoof video for Famous
We’ll be waiting ages for Kanye West to release an official promo video for Famous — so comedians Aziz Ansari and Eric Wareheim have jumped the gun with their own production. The pair are filming […]
Here’s the stunning new video for Lisa O’Neill’s Pothole in the Sky
In the countdown to the release of her third album, Pothole in the Sky, Cavan singer-songwriter Lisa O’Neill has shared the video to the title track, directed by Dublin-based artist Jason Kearney, who also designed […]
Real horror show: John Carpenter – Distant Dream
Master of horror John Carpenter has left an icy chill down most of our spines, with stark masterpieces like Halloween, The Fog and The Thing among the greatest dystopian genre thrillers of all time. It’s also […]
Gigs round-up: April 8-14
RUSANGANO FAMILY, Sugar Club, Dublin, tomorrow, €10 The debut album from Rusangano Family, Let The Dead Bury the Dead, has been a long time coming — with a trail of killer festival slots and support gigs […]
Moo Kid 