New angsty quiet loud, screechy shouty action from a band that are gaining some serious love. They’ve just announced a new tour too including their biggest Irish show to date in Vicar Street. Bet you wish you’d gone see them that time whenever now. Follow em here.
February & Mars Album Out Today
After some months recording in locations as exotic as Headford, Carraroe and Berlin, the first album from February & Mars is released today on Mojuba Records. Produced along side DJ John Daly, the Galway duo have turned out a hook laden long player that melds quality disco with a dreamy rock sensibility. This release comes as the estimable Mojuba imprint celebrate ten years at the top of the game. Grab … Read More
Battle of The Sleng.
The Bug announced via his Facebook page earlier today that he was putting out a platter of Sleng Teng remixes on the Elektron label. The two that have surfaced so far are characteristically Bug, the bare bones of the tracks are wrapped in a plastic bag and half suffocated in a bathtub of effects. Hard to decide if its genius or pure meh. As an interesting counter point, Optimo’s … Read More
No-Nonsense Folk.
London based Stick In The Wheel are that rarest of things – a modern folk group devoid of flouncy nonsense. Daragh from Dublin’s own trad troublemakers Lynched caught them ahead of their new album being released on the 25th. He couldn’t think of any good questions, so he got his drunk mates to help. You lads have your first full length album coming out this month. Can you give … Read More
The Roots Of Rave.
There’s no messing with Jerome Hill. The man’s an icon of the London underground and if you’ve ever been looking enough to see him play out, you know he carries around more classics than a lost librarian. Jerome Hill uses his show on Kool FM to explore the roots of rave. It’s always a heady box of tricks with shows as diverse as hip hop and hardcore, back to backs with Mark Archer … Read More
#rabbleComps: Dublin’s Rumble In The Jungle. Who Holds The Belt?
DJ Gazz B2B MarzataQ- Homegrown Jungle Callout Response by There’s a war going on. All in good spirits as local stalwarts Jungle Boogie and Homegrown Jungle prepare for a night of amen slaughter on Saturday by upping these two fine mixes to the web. Better yet, they’re drafting in you lot to judge em. DJ Gazz goes back to back with MarzataQ for the Homegrown Jungle lot, while Welfare steps … Read More
Wake The Folk Up.
Belfast born Harry Bradley’s flute playing has garnered huge praise, not to mention the 2014 Gradam Ceoil musician of the year award. He’s also probably one of the only Irish musicians you’re likely to find sporting a Subhumans t-shirt while teaching kids. Mícheál Platano caught up with the man for a quick chat about tunes, punk rock and how Gaelier-than-thou theocrats fucked up trad. Apparently, Martin Carthy, the English folk … Read More
YesNYesNYes.
Catchy ditty from a band called Fierce Mild. A straight to the point anthemic message about getting out and voting in the marriage referendum. They’re playing a gig in the Grand Social tomorrow night. Ya might want to get down early, it’s getting fierce support online. Follow the #televisemusic tag for more underground Irish music.
The Music Will Not Be Televised.
Keen rabble readers will have copped us banging out links about The Parlour TV series. It’s a sick little DIY TV show coming from the Dublin Community TV stable and the people behind Community of Independents. Recently Ian Wilson of RTE and Cathal Funge from TXFM hopped on to chat about the state of Irish music radio. The conversation dipped and dived around just how little support Irish music gets from radio … Read More
Handle Without Care.
Fran Hartnett and Giles Armstrong are two names synonymous with Irish Techno. In late 2014 they joined together, for a limited run of gigs around the country, as FraGile. Kinetika’s Jasper Mathews caught up with them to hear about their long romance that started down the back of the 49 bus. FraGile, where did the idea for collaboration come from? Giles: It’s all about the name! Fran: Haha, he admits it! … Read More