Get Yourself Updated On… Festivals
Lead howler of the Werewolf Tones Bobby Warshaw What-o all you folking folksters out there! Have you been feeling pangs of envy directed at the indie crowd and the wide selection of events catered towards their uncultured tastes this summer? Well resent no longer because your discerning aural palette will be satiated next week when [...]
Get Yourself Updated On… Gigs
‘Sssssstory people! I’m sure you all will be absolutely der-lighted to learn that indie yob-nobs the Führer Heads will be playing Galway’s renowned Cúla Búla venue later this month. It will be frontman Micky ‘Six-Bellies’ Pritchard’s first show after being ‘accidentally’ glassed in the face during a ‘business’ meeting between two ‘rival firms’ in his [...]
Get Yourself Updated On… Gigs
Norwegian shock schlock-rockers Infanticide will showcase their own particular brand of cot-death metal in Weaneys of West Britain Street this Saturday and/or Sunday and will no doubt be committing some grievous musical harm upon the person. According to the World Wide Net they intend to decapitate a leprechaun live on stage to symbolise their hatred [...]
Get Yourself Updated On… Gigs
Haul yo’ ass down to the Shantyhouse along with the rest of you tomorrow night as premier league noise-mongers the Veins have finally arrived up from Down Under (Australia). No doubt these Tasmanian divils will set out to burst drum kits and eardrums alike – judging by their last gig here. Let’s not go into [...]
Get Yourself Updated On… Clubs
If you end up in the non-aptly-named Palace anytime after ten tonight and there’s just total silence don’t worry, that’s just My Poxy Insomnia performing tracks from their new album Psycho-Auralnauts the eagerlessly awaited follow-up to their ground-breaking second debut Tuneless. Further cementing their reputation as innovators, they’ve only gone and recorded the entire album [...]
Get Yourself Updated On… Gigs
If you turn up at Sir George Clintons on Half Dunne Street, Cork on the 5th of this month at roughly 9pm you’ll hear words to this effect: “And now, all the way from Portly, Oregano, ladies and men, it’s the Shameful Hips!” That means you’’ll have bought tickets for that particular gig and are [...]
Get Yourself Updated On… Gigs
Advocates of Garage sale rock will be well pleased to hear (if they still have their hearing) that the Rash are arriving in Ireland all the way from abroad. Their notorious 5-minute set consisting of an astonishing 14 songs was recently described by one reviewer in Entertaining Weakly as ‘the JFK of rock performance.’ And [...]
Get Yourself Updated On… Festivals
This coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday will see the occurrence of the Hard-Case Lower Class Scumbags music festival in Dublin. Organised some years ago to dispel the myth of a dearth of exciting musical talent in Ireland, the HCLCS has since launched the careers of many bands, including those guys who released that one album [...]
Get Yourself Updated On… Clubs
-Yep, it’s true, scratch-master general DJ Crabz – formerly of Pubic Enemy – is in town as part of his Louder Than War tour. So why not let him nuke your hearing and carpet bomb your sense of balance at Club Milk, Grascourt Street this weekend! The following Sunday will feature legendary hip-hopper/pill-popper Droop Monkey [...]
Music News: Star Names To Turn Out For ‘Free Quebec’ Concert
Next week a charity concert will take place in Atlantis, Georgia, in aid of the Free Quebec campaign. It’s being organised by Alan Poindexter (a.k.a. DJ Kat of the BskyBoys) in protest against the tyrannical policies of the Canadian government with regards to that particular region. He’s invited a number of America’s coolest bands to [...]
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