Get ready for a free party in the Sweeney Mongrel this Friday night!
To kick off the festival season, Vantastival are holding a FREE launch party where 5 acts from this years lineup will grace the stage – Travis Oaks, Plutonic Dust, The Blood Red Mountain Band, Naoise Roo and We Raise Bears.
9pm till late!
Get your tickets to Vantastival here.
SOAK just finished her tour of skate park shows around Ireland and England and has even made a tour video for NME, below.
Living the life.
Currently selling out tours in Australia, her debut album ‘Before We Forgot How To Dream’ is out on the 29th May in Ireland, 1st June in the UK, and 2nd June in US and Canada.
We just can’t get enough of her song ‘Sea Creatures’. Lovely.
One of our favourite acts from Vantastival 2012 was Cry Monster Cry – they had tweeted about leaving home without their guitar and needed one badly, so we knew we just had to catch their set and interview them!
Little did we know we would end up talking about the Mayan calendar, how the world was going to end in 2012, and where their name actually came from.
We’re glad to see Richie and Jamie’s world didn’t end in 2012, and they have since been on the up and up and are releasing their debut album ‘Rhythm of Dawn’ on March 6th.
Check out their current single ‘Postcards’ below.
Showcasing the upcoming album they have announced an Irish tour which sees them sending us postcards from all four corners of Ireland and heading back to Vantastival later this year – Even if they forget a guitar, their set is sure to be a good one. Mark your Mayan calendars people.
March 7 – Tower Records, Dublin
March 13 – Roisin Dubh, Galway
March 14 – Whelan’s, Dublin
March 14 – Cyprus Avenue, Cork
March 15 – Upstairs at Dolan’s, Limerick
May 3rd – Vantastival, Bellurgan Park, Co. Louth
Ash fans rejoice – the Northern Irish group are back! With no date pinned down yet for the release of the new forthcoming album ‘Kablammo’, we finally have a taste of what it will sound like with the release of the track ‘Cocoon’. True to form, the track is upbeat and immediately catchy with a strong baseline. Typical Ash at it’s best.
Tickets for their upcoming gigs and album pre-orders are available here. Grab ’em while they’re hot!
So what are doing this Friday 13th; the eve of Valentines night? Well Le Galaxie have you sorted with their Prom Night. The lads want to celebrate their recent signing to Universal Music Ireland and the release of their new album ‘Le Club’ in April.
Their Facebook page says:
Le Galaxie DJs present…
PROM NIGHT
A Valentine’s Eve Dance Party
As some of you may have heard, Le Galaxie recently signed with Universal Music Ireland and are set to release their new record LE CLUB in April. However, April is a million years away and Le Galaxie would like to celebrate NOW the only way Le Galaxie know how…WITH A PARTY!
On the most un-romantic night of the year, Friday 13 February, in the basement of the Arlington Hotel (AKA. the home of Mother Club), Le Galaxie DJ’s present PROM NIGHT.
Tickets for PROM NIGHT are €10
Doors: 11pm.
If you’re planning on going, get your tickets quickly and psych yourself up with the Prom Night mix from their Soundcloud page.
https://soundcloud.com/le-galaxie/prom-night-mix
Dust off the suit, cummerbund and flouncy dress. And glow-sticks.
Villagers have just announced their 205 highly anticipated 2015 live dates. April and May are going to be a busy months for Conor O’Brien but at least he will have the full band behind him. Apparently, Conor played all of the instruments on the new album ‘Darling Arithmetic’, as well as writing the music, producing, and recording it himself. Phew!
Royal blood have had a great few months. Ever since their crowd packed show at Glastonbury 2014, the hype of the Brighton duo has gone from strength to strength.
One of my favourite tracks on the self titled debut album is the opener ‘Out of the Black’, which is now the latest single to be released. Does the artwork of the album remind anyone of a Bjork cover??
The video is NSFW, and flips over to animation a la Kill Bill style for the particularly violent parts. It works really well, and allows for more out of this world violence and great seedy animation.
If you have been living under a rock for the last few months and haven’t managed to hear anything from Royal Blood yet, maybe start off with their catchy and addictive Figure it Out.
The lads will hit our shores with their unique bass and drum sound on March 9th (sold out!) and 10th in the Olympia.
Finally. The new And So I Watch You From Afar album ‘Heirs’ hits the shelves in Ireland on the 4th May. Yes we are excited. It’s their fourth studio album, and to tie in with the release, ASIWYFA have just announced ONLY two Irish dates – 19th June at the Olympia Theatre and 20th June at the Mandela Hall in Belfast. Tickets will be gold dust.
Earlier this week the Belfast boys teased us with the first glimpse of the new album artwork by Sonny Kay. 
I dunno know about you, but something about it reminds us of ‘Logans Run‘!
And, as if to whet your palette even more, they have released their first track ‘Run Home’ from the album. Turn up your speakers and close your eyes. Its amazing.
Fair play to Whelans – now in it’s 25th year of showcasing amazing talent from across the country, as well as from across the globe, and now scooping the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Hot Press Live Music Venue of the Year awards last night.
It’s been a great year for the venue, selling out many internationally recognised acts such as Ed Sheeran and Damien Rice. \it has also recently given itself a new lick of paint on the outside and looks as fresh as ever!
I’m sure heads are very sore today in light of receiving the award. 5th on Teeling, the Sligo based music venue which received a nod for promoting the local scene in the North West, tweeted a picture of the award.
Awww, we’re so proud of you guys!
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