Forbidden Fruit headliners Underworld have released the second single off their new album Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future — the mid-paced stomper If Rah. The track has frontman Karl Hyde channelling Mark E-Smith-style […]
Special K: Francois Kevorkian interview
When we’re discussing the early pioneers of disco and proto-house music it’s usually an origin story passed down over 40-odd years. We’ve made mythical characters out of Larry Levan, Walter Gibbons, Ron Hardy and others, through […]
Hands up: Girl Band finally show off debut album in Dublin
IT’S been over half a year, but Dublin is finally getting the ‘launch’ gig of Girl Band’s stunning debut album Holding Hands With Jamie. The Dubliners are set for their biggest hometown show yet in […]
Gigs round-up: April 1-7
MODERAT, Vicar Street, Dublin, Wednesday, SOLD OUT. Apparat and Modeselektor should save us all the embarrassment of having to call Moderat a Berlin ‘supergroup’ and just get on with becoming a full-time trio. Every time they combine, […]
Nils Frahms’ new piece for Piano Day – Son
It’s the post-1916 bank holiday Monday, so there’s a good chance you just woke up with your face glued to the pillow and a few plastic Tricolours in your pockets. You need something to soothe […]
Gigs of the week: March 25-31
SHINE EASTER MONDAY, Mandela Hall, Belfast, Monday, SOLD OUT Proving the Belfast techno institution isn’t on a whopper hangover after its 20 years of Shine series that finished off 2015, they’ve hit the bullseye again. Shine’s annual […]
Still in Command: At The Drive In’s first Irish gig in 16 years
AT The Drive-In have just begun that most un-punk of endeavours — the reunion tour. So many legends before them have gone down that route that it’s now a surprise when it doesn’t happen. Take a […]
Gigs of the week: March 18-24
BATTLES, Button Factory, Dublin, Tuesday, SOLD OUT Rarely do bands hit that sweet spot between the head at the gut. Battles get nine tenths of the way there on record, but on stage they’re the full house […]
dälek return to hip-hop’s outer limits with new track Guaranteed Struggle
We know it’s Monday but allow us to cast some more gloom over things, just to keep you on your toes. New Jersey experimental hip-hop act dälek have released a new track off their first album […]
Gigs of the week: March 11-17
EMBRZ, Grand Social, Dublin, tonight, €10 Kildare producer Jack Casey aka EMBRZ has been adding his hazy minor key brush strokes to high-profile acts like the 1975 and Ellie Goulding recently, so there’s a buzz […]
Little Green Cars interview: ‘We know who we are as a band now’
The ‘difficult second album’ is such a cliche that it’s a bit lame to ask Little Green Cars for their take on it, but there’s a point with their new LP. Ephemera, the Dubliners’ follow-up to 2013’s […]
Gigs of the week: March 4-10
Lee “Scratch” Perry, Dolans Warehouse, Limerick, tonight, & Roisin Dubh, Galway, tomorrow & Cyprus avenue, Cork, Sunday. LEE ‘Scratch’ Perry is 80 so this is one of the last times you’ll catch him live in Ireland. We can go on […]
Gigs round-up: February 27-March 3
Joanna Newsom, Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Thursday, SOLD OUT. JOANNA Newsom is one artist in the last decade who fans have built a cult around — which also means she’s one of the most divisive. She’s […]
National treasures: The Gloaming set for five nights at NCH
It seems daft that this time last year the Gloaming were outsiders to win the Choice Music Prize — up against all the hype and bluster over Mr Hozier. Some 12 months later, they’ve sold […]
Gigs round-up: February 19-25
Fat White Family, The Limelight 2, Whelan’s, Dublin, Tuesday, & Limelight 2, Belfast, Thursday. Fat White Family said recently they’ve “tried to go to the extremes of what’s tasteful” on their new album, and they’ve got […]
Moo Kid 