Trance Wax Lights up Dublin with a Set to be Remembered
Garry McCartney, who goes under the alias ‘EJECA’ or ‘Trance Wax’ depending on the show, is a young techno DJ from Belfast. He has been putting on performances across Europe…
Artist Interview: Keywest
Keywest are one of Ireland’s leading bands, with some 200,000 monthly listeners on Spotify and over 164,000 followers across social media channels. In fact, they are officially Ireland’s biggest independent…
Politics on the Dancefloor: Octo Octa and Resonant Body
I don’t know about you, but I like to start each day with a quick scroll of Twitter to check what new crisis I need to update myself on. It’s…
Upcoming Gigs
Alice Phoebe Lou October 11th @ 8pm Whelan’s, Wexford Street South African artist Alice Phoebe Lou has been busking in Berlin for years and lives to play live for people-…
Why Me? Why Not. – Liam Gallagher
★ ★ ★ ‘You only get to do it once’ is the bridge to the best song on Liam Gallagher’s second solo album, and it’s the perfect representation of Gallagher…
Norman Fucking Rockwell! – Lana Del Rey
★ ★ ★ Lana Del Rey’s sixth studio album sees the return of her signature dreamy sound while the lyrics cut closer to the bone than ever before. Over 14…
All My Heroes Are Cornballs – JPEGMAFIA
★ ★ ★ ★ JPEGMAFIA’s third studio album, All My Heroes Are Cornballs is a mixture of punk rap, experimental hip hop, lo-fi and trap beats which, in theory, feels…
Upcoming Gigs
The Last Boys x Atticus September 20th @ 8pm Whelan’s, Wexford Street Alt-rock co-headline show featuring The Last Boys and Atticus with support from fusion group Cinnte. Describing their music…
Electric Picnic 2019 – Festival Mania
This year was my first at the annual festival of Laois’ sleepy town, Stradbally – Electric Picnic. While that may put me in a turbulent position of not really being…
Album Review: Bandana by Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
In an age where it seems that most entertainment is made up of remakes and sequels, targeting our wallets through nostalgia, rapper Freddie Gibbs and producer Madlib’s second collaborative album…
Album Review: Metawar by 3TEETH
Evoking memories of the industrial titans of the past, 3TEETH assault the listener with suffocatingly dark waves of sound on Metawar. Blending Skinny Puppy’s snarled vocals with early Ministry’s harsh,…
Album Review: For Those I Love by For Those I Love
The context for For Those I Love’s self-titled is best presented as a timeline. The project’s lead, David Balfe, began creating songs about friendship and support against the backdrop of…