Donegal duo Blackbird & Crow are probably best described musically as Celtic folk blues with a punk attitude. We are delighted to be able to showcase the brand new single from the two piece titled “The Witch that could not Be Burned” and what a track it is! The band say about the single Okay. Read More
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The Wood Burning Savages take Rock to a whole new level
We were very lucky to catch this next band when they opened for Northern Ireland rockers Therapy earlier this year at The Roisin Dubh venue in Castlebar. A serious band that know their craft only too well and we are delighted that we have a chance to do a feature on them today. The band Read More
David Keenan unleashes haunting new video for Altar Wine
In this day and age very rarely does a video shock us but today we have been introduced to the brand new haunting video from Dundalk singer songwriter David Keenan. The video is not only haunting but tells the tale of pain and trauma us humans live on a day to day basis. According to Read More
Irish Rock band Dean and Chapter releases astonishing new single Street Corners
According to the band Street Corners is lead singer Deans take on the Robert Johnson story about selling your soul to the Devil .. the music has been described as being dark, grungy, rock and punk .. and even though the subject matter is dark the lyrics warn against it. Dean Wright is a musician Read More
An Evening with Alan McGee and Irish band Cronin at The Stables in Mullingar
No single label owner had a greater reputation in the 90s in UK indie than Alan McGee. The Scottishman and Creation Records owner signed Oasis, released Teenage Fan Club, managed The Libertines, instrumental in the careers of The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and My Bloody Valentine. The success of these acts hid the Read More
Junior Brother and his full band hits up Bridge Street Bar Castlebar tonight
Nominated in 2 categories for this years RTE Radio 1 Folk music award including best emerging act and best Folk album for “Pull The Right Rope” Junior Brother will perform live upstairs at Bridge Street Bar tonight in Castlebar. We are very excited to have Junior Brother and his full band perform live upstairs at Read More
Irish band Munky get set to release their most diverse single to date tomorrow
The brilliant MUNKY will return tomorrow with what will be the band’s strangest single yet titled “Megaton” MUNKY is comprised of four lads from Dublin who like to play tunes, bop hard and phone their mothers after gigs. Wiggle-punk, trashy funk, grungy disco MUNKY are grungy-disco, born from a freak accident in which a shipment Read More
Just Mustard release new single Seven
The brand new single ‘Seven’ from Just Mustard has been released. You can watch the video we made with Graham Patterson below and stream from all the streaming sites. Pre-order the 12″ vinyl of ‘Seven’ and its 3 upcoming remixes from the band’s bandcamp now if you wish. link here: https://justmustard.bandcamp.com/album/seven
Irish band The Elephant Room have hint of Sonic Youth in their sound
On first listen of The Elephant Room you could be forgiven for mistaking the band for Sonic Youth! But thats all good news because we do love Sonic Youth here at Finbar Hoban Presents. Formed in 2017, The Elephant Room is a Lo-Fi, Indie-noise band from Wexford currently based in Dublin, composed of Frank, Shane Read More
A love letter to Led Zeppelin from Castlebar
Like most of my close friends, Led Zeppelin were never far away from the soundtrack to our youth in Castlebar, It was the summer of 1995 when i first discovered the group and that was the summer of love as you some might say. Finding refuge in the back of the county home (Sacred heart Read More