Mike McGrath-Bryan

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16 gigs & clubs to see in Cork this weekend

Highlights: I Have A Tribe & Sun Collective, County Vinyl, Last Call @ The Sextant, Katie Kim, Electric Eel Shock.

Cork improv trio Not Earth deliver gonzo ‘free hardcore’ with new album No Shit

Spawned from the seemingly endless well of weirdness and magic that is…

Quarter Block Party & more gigs/clubs to see in Cork this weekend

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8TH QBP: Beats and Sweat @ Dali (7pm/7.30/8pm/8.30, €15 on…

Ghostking Is Dead gets ready for Quarter Block Party with new video and remix EP

Pat Lagoon, Automatic Blue and more join the Corkonian.

Dublin Vinyl announces ‘Loves Vinyl’ subscription service

Having just celebrated their first anniversary of bringing short-run vinyl pressings to…

17 gigs and clubs in Cork this weekend

Daithí, Fish Go Deep, Jamie Behan, Stevie G… and DJ TV Licence Inspector: the Nialler9 Cork Gig Guide returns from the mists of Dry January.

More Limerick wordsmiths take on the daily grind in new ‘Somewhere in Ireland’ videos

Two weeks ago, this very parish hopped on the first in an…

It Takes a Village add Kojaque, David Kitt, Awesome Tapes from Africa, Le Boom & ELLLL to lineup

The second round of acts for East Cork ‘live-in’ festival It Takes…

Dublin post-punk magazine VOX remembered in new anthology release

All fifteen issues from 1980 to 1983, in one hardback volume and with new essays, releasing this month via Hi-Tone Books.

Outsiders and WordUp Collective unveil one-day hip-hop festival for Cork

A celebration of the urban music and culture scene in Ireland.

Limerick rapper Hazey contrasts reality and creativity in ‘Somewhere in Ireland’

Having spent much of 2018 labouring over its creation, a crew of…

Gadget and the Cloud channels the mundanities of the road in video for ‘Too Soon to Say’

After a 2018 that saw her release her debut full-length, play festivals…

Filmmaker Myles O’Reilly showcases new Irish folk and trad in ‘Backwards to Go Forwards’

Following the success of bookers/promoters Islander Music’s Quiet Lights weekender in Cork…

Experimental art festival Cork Sound Fair announces lineup for March

Following the inaugural Cork Sound Fair in March of this year, the…

42 gigs and clubs to see in Cork over the holiday season

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19TH Cork Animal Care Society Fundraiser @ Fred Zeppelin’s (9pm,…

12 gigs and clubs to see in Cork this weekend

FRIDAY DECEMBER 14TH The Blizzards @ Cyprus Avenue (7.30pm, €20) Pop-rockers and…

East Cork’s It Takes a Village festival announces Gilles Peterson, Herbert, Don Letts, Saint Sister & more

Following the success of this year’s inaugural edition, It Takes A Village…

The Altered Hours, Cuttin’ Heads Collective, Elaine Malone & more for Sexual Violence Centre Cork fundraiser Undivided

After a public call-out for artists, DJs and collaborators, Cork’s music community…

Quarter Block Party announces full line-up for 2019

Hilary Woods, Le Boom, Laurie Shaw, Silverbacks, Junior Brother, Post Podge and the Technohippies & more announced.

Quarter Block Party announce 2019 festival launch at The Roundy

The fifth edition of Cork springtime arts pillar Quarter Block Party is…