Mickey Chaos Live at The RTÉ Outpost Stage Another standout from the RTÉ Outpost stage came in the shape of Mickey Chaos, whose exhilarating set quickly turned curious onlookers into devoted converts. Imagine if The Ramones and The Beach Boys shared a rehearsal room overlooking the Pacific and you’re somewhere close to understanding the...
Read MoreRun The Red Light Up The RTÉ Outpost Stage I spent a fair chunk of Beyond The Pale darting back and forth to the RTÉ Outpost Stage, which quietly became one of the festival’s most rewarding destinations for discovering emerging talent. Among the artists vying for attention, RuntheRed were one of the first bands...
Read MoreSun-Soaked Weekend of Standout Performances Beyond The Pale is the kind of festival that can feel almost overwhelming in the best possible way. With stages, cabaret, talks, food experiences and hidden corners competing for your attention, there’s always the nagging sense that you’re missing something brilliant happening just out of sight. While this year’s...
Read MoreNight and Day Festival once again proved why it has become one of Ireland’s most beloved summer gatherings, delivering a weekend packed with standout performances and homegrown talent. The festival’s distinctly Irish flavour was front and centre throughout, with a crowd-pleasing lineup that spanned generations and genres. From the timeless anthems of The Boomtown...
Read MoreOut The 22nd of May pre-save HERE More than six years have passed since Thurles outfit Jester released their debut album Shadows Need a Light, carving out a space somewhere between widescreen melancholy and late-night indie escapism. Even now, Shadows Need a Light remains packed with some of the strongest songwriting Jester have ever...
Read MoreThe Final Showdown Last night saw the final of the Tipperary Battle of the Bands, sold out for over a week, every inch of space inside the rapidly rising live hub that is Hickeys Bar was wall-to-wall with eager music fans. From the very beginning, Paradise Conspiracy had been marked out as ones to...
Read MoreVera Deliver a Soulful, Swaggering Shift in Sound with One of Their Strongest Tracks to Date Belfast’s underground has always had a knack for birthing bands that feel both urgent and inevitable—and right now, Vera are making a very convincing case for being next in that lineage. Their latest single “Riot” lands like a...
Read MoreAn Amazing Night From an Exceptional Group of Musicians How I Became A Wave played a full band show last night at the very beautiful and apt Unitarian Church, Dublin all towering arches and hushed, sacred stillness — proved a strikingly perfect backdrop for the night ahead. The large crowd settled into near-total silence,...
Read MoreCrunching Riffs And Raw Energy Mark a Bold Step Forward Thurles outfit Small Fish have been quietly carving out their place over the past couple of years, riding the ebb and flow of the usual line-up reshuffles without ever losing sight of what makes them tick. If anything, those subtle personal shifts have only...
Read MoreHigh-Octane Entrance: BABYRAT Take the Stage by Storm Cork’s own BABYRAT are fast becoming one of the most thrilling new names bubbling up from Ireland’s underground. Riding a wave of momentum from a string of well received shows, the band stepped into a new league last night with their debut headline slot at The...
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