The 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...
Read MoreThurles Rocks With Talent Last night, the second heat of the Tipperary Battle of the Bands unfolded within the renowned walls of Hickey’s Bar in Thurles — a venue long synonymous with raw, unpredictable live music. And much like the opening heat, the place was packed to the rafters — each band drawing its...
Read MoreLocal Talent Takes the Stage in Tipperary Tipperary’s Battle of the Bands roared into life last night in the heart of Clonmel, with the opening round landing in the snug, and charming confines of Gleeson’s Pub. By the time the first chords rang out, the place was already bursting at the seams —with standing...
Read MoreCharcoal Greys Are The Band You Need to Hear Carrick-on-Suir band the Charcoal Greys made a very impressive debut at the Source Arts Centre Thurles on Saturday night. As Emily, Luke, Killian, Zach and Sam took to the stage, it’s hard to believe this is still such a young band – a group that...
Read MoreDublin’s Martina and the Moons Shine Bright on Debut EP Dublin-based four-piece Martina and the Moons have just dropped their debut EP, Starfish Social Club, a sparkling introduction that proves they can make intimacy feel effortless. The band pairs bright, hook-laden indie-rock melodies with lyrics that delicately trace the small, meaningful moments that stitch...
Read MoreGary Numan Telekon 45th Anniversary Tour Gary Numan rolled into Dublin last night with the swagger of a man resurrecting a dystopian masterpiece, and the 3Olympia Theatre rose to meet him like a cathedral built for synth-driven salvation. The Telekon 45th-anniversary tour — complete with its razor-edged industrial stage setup — landed as a...
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