New Irish music blogs

!Kaboogie – purveyors of bass-heavy sounds and the dudes who throw a whopping party. Will…

Os Mutantes live in Dublin

Os Mutantes live was definitely not what I was expecting. In a woefully attended Vicar…

Trilok Gurtu

Super quickie here on the Indian percussion m.a.e.s.t.r.o Trilok Gurtu who is playing the National…

Buck 65 live in Dublin

I hate The Hub. It really shouldn’t qualify as a venue at all. It’s got…

Free Tickets to Buck 65 tomorrow

Be the first to leave a comment on Aoife’s Indie Hour blog and you’ve got…

Pharoahe Monch live in Tripod, plays U2

I’m being spoiled. So far this year I’ve seen brilliant hip hop shows from El-P,…

Halves – not half bad!

Cormac went to see Halves last night. This is his review. On a bleak day…

Mantua: Mud, music and shaky faces

That pretty much sums up my Mantua experience this year, although there’s plenty to fill…

Mantua: DJ C

Mashit label founder DJ C has been knocking out consistently excellent mixes for the last…

Mantua: Digital Mystikz and Loefah

Digital Mystikz are two of the finest dubstep producers from the London scene Mala and…

Mantua: Ikeaboy

Continuing the Mantua series, this is an artist not to miss. He played on the…

Mantua: The Sultans of Ping

Been away a long time Almost 2OOO years I’ve been away a long time I’ve…

Mantua: 65daysofstatic

Sheffield post-rock enthusiasts return to Ireland for the third of fourth time this year to…

Adebisi Shank

This is a blog of a band called Adebisi Shank by Gav from SEBP. Adebisi…

Pharoahe Monch live video

This video gives me hope that the Monch gig in Tripod on the 19th of…

Gigs of interest…Feist & James Murphy

Despite never making it to Ireland with Broken Social Scene, Feist will be playing Tripod…

Annuals live in Whelans

What was to be Whelans last gig until September while it closes for renovations, resulted…

Africa Express@Glastonbury

The Guardian’s main section featured an interesting round-up of the Glastonbury festival forays of yet…

Drop the Lime!

Looking for something to do post-Beirut tonight? Your best bet is getting yourself down to…

Life Festival hangover..

Ugh, it’s hard out here for a blogger. I went to the Life Festival in…