Mike McGrath-Bryan

Mike McGrath-Bryan

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17 gigs and clubs to see in Cork this weekend

FRIDAY MARCH 6TH Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh @ Sirius Arts Centre, Cóbh (7.45pm, €16)Hardanger d’amore fiddle…

25 gigs and clubs to see in Cork this weekend

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28TH Urban Assault – Day 1 @ An Spailpín Fánach (6.30pm, €10)Night one…

20 gigs and clubs to see in Cork this weekend

Friday February 21st Dirty Power, Audible Joes and more @ Fred Zeppelin’s (7.30pm, €5)A quadruple-bill…

21 gigs to see in Cork this weekend

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7TH Gyda Valtysdottir, Dreamcycles and Mark Waldron-Hyden @ An Spailpín Fánach (7.30pm, €15/3…

Post-Punk Podge and DJ LimeWire put the pressure on Direct Provision in ‘Stuck in the System’

If there’s one man that’s been on a collaborative buzz recently, it’s been Limerick’s hurley-wielding…

Tuath channels the spirit of John Carpenter for “doomer metal” single ‘Pay Your Taxes’

Donegal/Dublin psych project contemplates the nature of social media and Irish politics, with help from Limerick’s Post-Punk Podge.

9 gigs and clubs in Cork this weekend

Lee Fields, Lugosi, Quangodelic, techno aplenty and Lovejoy’s aunt: it’s the Nialler9 Cork Gig Guide.

Ghostking is Dead is haunted by the housing crisis on ‘Palm Tree’

“‘Palm Tree”s skittering, trap-inflected bedroom pop is oddly cathartic, as the song veers from visions of climate change to the spectre of emigration”

Hazey Haze’s new album Is Mise celebrates Limerick city’s fertile music scene

There’s long been a grá on a national basis for Limerick City’s DIY music culture,…

The Christmas and New Year’s Eve Cork gig guide

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18TH Fiona O’Connell & Etáin Collins @ Alchemy (7pm, free) A double-header of…

26 gigs to see in Cork this weekend

FRIDAY DECEMBER 13TH Teletext Records Christmas Party @ The Roundy/PLUGD (8pm, €12) Cork label/gig promotion…

Magazines, mental health, and Basshunter: God Alone redefine Irish metal for the post-genre age

In the sound-hopping, always-on, premium-subscription language of music fandom in 2019, it’s perhaps for the…

16 gigs to see in Cork this weekend

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29TH TPM & Post-Punk Podge (9pm, €12) Dundalk’s resident poet-laureates are joined on…

30+ gigs, clubs and podcasts to see in Cork this weekend

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22ND Cormac Begley & Liam O’Connor @ St. Peter’s (5.30pm, free) The opening…

8 gigs to see in Cork this weekend

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8TH whenyoung @ Cyprus Avenue (7.30pm, €15) London/Limerick post-punk/indie trio headline upstairs on…

9 gigs to see in Cork this weekend

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1ST Inni-K @ Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh (7.30pm, €20 incl. dinner) Another in…

60 gigs to see in Cork for the Jazz Weekend

THURSDAY OCTOBER 24TH Wild Youth @ Cyprus Avenue (7.30pm, €20) Notable for being the first…

20 gigs to see in Cork this weekend

FRIDAY OCTOBER 18TH Jake Clemons @ Cyprus Avenue (7.30, €17.50) E-Street Band saxophonist turns his…

Cork’s second annual Zine Fest celebrates Leeside DIY culture this weekend

Cork’s ongoing love affair with the humble, DIY medium of zines continues apace this Saturday…

19 gigs (and podcasts) to see in Cork this weekend

FRIDAY OCTOBER 11TH: Myles Manley & Shithatt @ Dali (7pm, €8) A double-headliner to finish…