Hailing from Galway City, Ireland, ‘Fro’ are a band with a range of influences from Talking heads, Sonic Youth, The Doors, The Stooges and Girl band. Their sound is a mix of but not confined to punk rock, art rock and electronica. ‘Stacy’ is a song the band’s been working on for the past 3 Read More
Castlebar band Powder House release brilliant new EP “The Predecessor”
A few months ago i was lucky enough to get to work with a local Castlebar band called POWDER HOUSE. I had asked the band if they would kindly open for another singer songwriter called David Keenan. That gig took place at The Ruby Room in the Royal Theatre in Castlebar. I had previously worked Read More
Belfast musician “Drew Makes Noise” made mixtapes blending Nirvana and Pet Shop Boys
When Belfast musician Drew Makes Noise was making mix tapes at school blending Nirvana and The Pet Shop Boys, he didn’t yet realise that one day he might have the musical tools in his kit to try and cut a path between both. From the early days in the “North Coast” Alt Rock scene with Read More
Irish songwriter – dunluvly – is back at it again with excellent new track “Paint My Mind”
We have just being given an exclusive listen to Dublin songwriter-dunluvly-‘s new track Paint My Mind and you are all in for a real treat! Its a beautiful song with some really great arrangements “Paint my mind is a song that addresses the stereotypes musicians often encounter in the intermediate stages of success. From the Read More
Ash, The Frank & Walters and Mick Flannery are coming to Castlebar!
Mick Flannery an award-winning, double-platinum selling artist, began to write songs as a teenager in his home of Blarney, County Cork. As musical influences from albums by the likes of Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell and Tom Waits seeped into his creative DNA, Mick absorbed, learned and honed the craft that would send him Read More
Lankum win RTE Choice Music Prize for album of the year
In our minds Irish act Lankum have just produced one of the best Irish traditional albums of 2019. And this goes without saying as the band have just being awarded best Irish Album of 2019 at this years RTE Choice Music Prize Awards. We would like to congratulate the band on a well deserved award Read More
Galway rock band French Ketamine have a distinctive garage rock sound and quirky live shows
French Ketamine are a rock band from Galway, Ireland.With a distinctive garage rock sound and quirky live shows they’ve played gigs all around Galway and two headline shows in Whelans, Dublin. Formed in 2017 theyreleased their first self titled EP in May 2019. Known for their energetic live shows and fun catchy songs they had Read More
Kevin Casey to Release Double A-Side, Announces Germany Tour Culminating in Dublin Launch Show
We have just being given a private listen to the upcoming The Show Goes ON and all we can say that Kevin Casey is indeed an artist to watch and listen to in the future. If you like the voice of Glen Hansard then you are in for a real treat! Long standing regular in Read More
And So I Watch You From Afar set to curate arts and music festival to raise awareness for suicide prevention
News has filtered through to us today that Northern Ireland rockers are set to hold a music and arts festival in Belfast at the end of March in support of mental health awareness and suicide prevention. TICKETS ON SALE 9AM THURS 5TH MARCH Let’s do this Belfast…. OK? is a music and arts Read More
Mayo singer songer writer Rowlette set to release new song about friendship called “Letters”
I get sent a lot of emails on a daily basis from artists around the country asking me to review certain singles or EP’s, and I am always grateful for this but I am even more happier to hear when these emails come from original artists and bands in the Mayo area doing well outside Read More