Mike McGrath-Bryan

Mike McGrath-Bryan

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The Shaker Hymn unveil ‘Colour of the Holy Sun’

Leeside psych quintet The Shaker Hymn are currently finishing up their as-yet untitled third full-length,…

21 gigs and clubs to see in Cork this weekend

WEDNESDAY MARCH 7TH: CIT Battle of the Bands Heat 1 @ Cyprus Avenue (8pm, €3)…

The Roundy announces International Women’s Weekender for March

With International Women’s Day (March 8th) approaching, Roundy booker/Merakindie touring head Emma Kelly has recruited…

14 gigs and clubs to see in Cork this week

PLEASE NOTE: The gigs listed below may possibly be subject to change or postponement owing…

28 gigs and clubs to see in Cork this weekend

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 21ST UCC Battle of the Bands – FINAL @ Cyprus Avenue (8pm, €4)…

13 gigs and clubs to see this weekend in Cork city

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14TH Zolala Klub #17 @ Siopa Gan Ainm (7pm, free) Cork’s home of…

15 gigs and clubs to see in Cork this weekend

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 7TH: UCC Battle of the Bands Heat 3 @ Cyprus Avenue (8pm, €2)…

First listen: Elaine Malone muses on falling in love with debut single ‘You’

Limerick-born and Cork-based, Elaine Malone has spent the better part of the last two years…

Quarter Block Party and other gigs to see in Cork city this weekend

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 31ST: UCC Music Soc: Battle of the Bands Heat 2 (8pm, €2/free for…

Spekulativ Fiktion takes on modern life in ‘Effigies’

After a steady 2017 that saw a return to regular gigging, and an IndieCork music…

Cork artist Ghostking is Dead summons the living with ‘Cast Iron’

After being announced this week for It Takes A Village festival, Ghostking Is Dead, a…

Cork Sound Fair continues crowdfunding campaign

Cork Sound Fair, a new non-profit arts and music event, happens in Cork city on…

21 gigs and clubs to see in Cork this weekend

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 24TH Rosborough @ The Old Oak (7pm, free) Derry singer-songwriter plays a free…

Leftfield to headline Cork festival Townlands Carnival

Townlands Carnival, now in its fourth year and growing exponentially, continues to bring the big-weekend…

The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock are releasing a full-length album about the Lockout of 1913

Following a pair of haunting yet accomplished full-lengths, trad/Kraut/proggers The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock…

Limerick wordsmith Aswell leaves nothing to interpretation on the Mankyy-produced EP Ambiguous

There’s scarcely any more need to talk up Limerick hip-hop at this stage: the efforts…

10 gigs and clubs to see in Cork this weekend

THURSDAY JANUARY 18TH: The Widow d’Arcy & All the Brave Hunters @ The Roundy (9pm,…

O Emperor announce first dates in over two years

After a few years of what the band refer to as “blurblobitude”, Waterford-originating psych-rockers O…

Cork producer Jar Jar Jr’s Fallen Angel melds Madvillainy into new shapes

One of Cork’s lesser-known musical success stories is Robert O’Halloran, a beatmaker better known in…

12 gigs and clubs to see in Cork this weekend

THURSDAY JANUARY 11TH Sling Slang! @ The Friary (8.30pm, free) The biggest little venue in…