Halloween Music: The Best of the Best
No offence to the many, many Christmas songs out there, but Halloween music wins every single time. Give me “mua-haha” over “ho ho ho” any day of the week. Give…
Ireland Music Week: Celebrating Irish Artistry
Tuesday 4th of October marks the beginning of Ireland Music Week, a week focused on the appreciation of Irish musicianship and artistry. In recent years, Ireland has been experiencing a…
Interview with Brother Josh
An Insight into the Irish Music Industry, and What Makes a Band Tick! I met Josh and Dáire Bass, the two cousins who are the driving force behind the band…
Tribune Release Radar | The Tracks You Should Be Listening To
While there are some impressive albums released today singles are stealing the limelight along with a surprise EP from one of Ireland’s grooviest hip hop acts.
Ryan Blocks Irish Music Quotas
Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Transport Eamon Ryan has ruled out the implementation of quotas for Irish produced music on national radio, citing an incompatibility with EU law as…
Why Music Unites Protesters During BLM Movement
Black Lives Matter remains one of the most prominent news stories at present, as protests and marches continue across the globe. In the aftermath of the death of George Floyd,…
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…
Album Review: 1000 gecs by 100 gecs
As someone who spent the summer months almost exclusively listening to painfully unironic, post-emo songs about beer and basements, I was unprepared for the phenomenon that was 100 gecs’ newest…