If you are a fan of BLACK SABBATH, Sludge and doom metal our next act should be right up your street!! Hailing all the way from Cork city in Ireland. COROZA consist of Ciaran Coghlan – guitar/vocals Jack O’Neill – guitar Tomás O’Brien – bass and Oliver Cunningham – drums We have just being given Read More
A love letter to Alice in Chains from Castlebar
Alice in Chain’s DIRT gets a regular spin on my technics turntable in my apartment here in Castlebar. Actually i probably need to purchase a new copy as the copy i currently own on vinyl has now become a little bit worn out, and in fairness it is probably damaging and destroying the stylus on Read More
Mayo band Billow Wood seize the day with upcoming new single Carpe Diem
Our exclusive releases keep on coming in Mayo this week with another release from Ballina band in Mayo called BILLOW WOOD (formerly FLAT OUT) with new track titled CARPE DIEM. Carpe Diem is most definitely an upbeat little diity from the Mayo band. The track is bristling with confidence from the get go! Although quite Read More
We look back on the past eleven years and look to the future
Eleven years man, eleven goddamn years!! If you had said to me in 2008 that i would still independently be putting on gigs in 2019 i would have laughed at you and said that i would more than likely be married with three kids, a wife and the family dog!! Well, here we are on Read More
Aha Aha….Aha Aha…Aha Aha…Castlebar is cool, yeah Castlebar rocks Aha Aha Aha…
“I am the Great Cornholio, I need T.P. for my bunghole” Happy Friday folks! I thought we would go back in time and take a look at some light entertainment on this Friday morning in Castlebar. So i decided to go all the way back to the nineties to our favourite cartoon duo, that’s right Read More
Castlebar’s Conor Ward is gearing up to release one of the catchiest singles of his writing career so far
On first listen of Castlebar songwriter Conor Ward’s new single we felt we heard a tinge from something off PAUL SIMON’S GRACELAND album. We have just being give an exclusive listen of the singer songwriters upcoming new single “The Wind is Free”. But after about six or seven listens i might be wrong, im thinking Read More
Several new acts announced for Electric Picnic
Electric Picnic Festival is just around the corner, with lots of new announcements that include Smiths wiz guitarist Johnny Marr, Richard Ashcroft and many more! But the festival continues to support upcoming Irish acts too with the announcement that David Keenan, Just Mustard, PowPig and Otherkin will be joining the line-up. The popular Arts and music Read More
Dublin’s electronic dance act Riff Shop are here to stay with brand new single
Mixing things up a little today on our features and blog is emerging electronic dance act RIFF SHOP. The popular dance act’s new song is out this coming Friday July 19th. Shining Lights is an upbeat summer feel good song about following your passion, dreams and overcoming any obstacles that may be in your Read More
Mayo/Galway’s Bannered Mare is back with astonishing new single
Bannered Mare is back! On first listen of Bannerd Mare’s new track we are definitely hearing influences of Queens of The Stoneage. After a few listens we are still bouncing around the office here at Finbar Hoban Presents. Its a rocking track alright, that gives the listener no time to rest, we could also say Read More
Watch footage of Neil Young joining Bob Dylan during his set at the Dylan/Young gig in Nowlan Park
The sun shined down in the beautiful Nowlan Park yesterday as two legends Neil Young and Bob Dylan finished up their headline tour together. Unfortunately we did not make it on this occasion but we thought we would share an image and some fan video footage of the two iconic acts sharing the same stage Read More