All photos by Michael Rickard (Twitter). There’s no formula for hype but if you wanted a modern example of how to bottle it, Azealia Banks is it. In 2010, she was knocking out club rap tunes like ‘L8R’. Like Rye … Read More…
Authors of one of the most interesting leftfield rap records of 2011 in Black Up, Shabazz Palaces are coming to Cork for a show at The Pavilion on May 19th. More info as it happens. I suspect a Dublin date … Read More…
Death In Vegas’ Richard Fearless will be in town on Saturday January 28th for a Big Dish Go headline DJ set at Kennedy’s on Westland Row. Admission is €12 and support on the night comes from Conor Feeney and someone … Read More…
The makers of my album of 2011, Aaron Jerome aka SBTRKT and his vocal partner Sampha will return to Dublin after a successful show in The Workman’s Club in December and an Other Voices performance in Dingle. The pair will … Read More…
Update: SOLD OUT. Azealia Banks, Whelan’s. Monday February 6th. Tickets €15 plus fees on sale tomorrow morning 9am (Friday January 6th) from Ticketmaster. She’s gonna ruin you c**t. Yesterday, Ms. Banks came a nominal third in the BBC Sound of … Read More…
In February of this year, Sleigh Bells came to Dublin and pulverised a Whelan’s crowd who had waited a long time to see them. A year and nearly a week later, Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller will return to play The … Read More…
Saturday night and Dingle town is buzzing. It’s the third of the four nights of recordings in the church. Previous night’s guest Mick Flannery has Foxy John’s rammed with his music trail set and the impending live streams from St. … Read More…
A rain-soaked day and night means that there is scant little else to do than explore Dingle town’s fine pubs. That means visiting establishments like Foxy John’s which doubles as a hardware and bike shop, Currans which does a nice … Read More…
The opening night of Other Voices’ tenth year was marked by homecomings to the remote Atlantic peninsula town of Dingle. The place has become a haven for music fans over the last ten years every December. The musicians themselves are … Read More…
Solar Bears dropped the new track ‘Komplex’ in The Pavilion in Cork last weekend which will appear on their new album which is in production. Excellent live visuals by Feel Good Lost. You can see more footage of the gig … Read More…
Gorillaz, Mali Music, The Good, the Bad & the Queen, Deltron 3030, Monkey: Journey to the West, Doctor Dee. Damon Albarn’s career path has a multi-faceted global outlook these days. Last night’s Another Honest Jon’s Chop Up gig was just … Read More…
