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At TU Dublin’s recital hall, a group of artists performs the city’s housing crisis as music
“Housing Data ~ Sonified” is a work in two parts. An introductory overture, and the main composition which is spread across 10 short movements.
From ambient electronic music to 70s and 80s Japanese pop, DJ Emmy Shigeta brings the sound of Tokyo to Smithfield
It’s music you’d be unlikely to hear anywhere else in the city, says musician Robbie Stickland, who often goes to her six-hour weekly slot at Fidelity on Queen Street.
Dean: Rebel Phoenix waited, witnessed, and finally released his opus
“The long-awaited Museum feels right on time, offering the scene a potent shot of adrenalin.”
In Skerries, a circle gathers to share songs, one after another
“We just set up the kind of group that we wanted, informal, where you could come to sing or simply listen,” says Sara Dennedy, of the Skerries Folk Group.
Dean: Rapper Luka Palm’s new EP is fast and furious
It’s “an ode to boys who modify their Ford Fiestas with gleaming rims, booming sound systems, gaudy LED lights and spoilers the size of Samuel Beckett Bridge”.
Big, loud, messy and ramshackle, the Onion Boys play The Hut in Phibsboro
For 30 minutes, the band delivered a blistering set of theatrical punk and monstrous rock ‘n’ roll, saturated in sweat, Buckfast Tonic Wine and milk.
Dean: Chósta’s downtempo electronica is chilly, mellow and hauntingly beautiful
His first album, Twilight Transmissions, is “an impressive manifesto from a premier voice in Irish electronic music right now”.
From Chaotic Dance to Ethereal Soundscapes, a Producer Turns out EPs, Albums and Mixtapes
Rory Sweeney “is like a sorcerer when he’s bent over his laptop”, says collaborator Ethan Soost, a rapper from Philadelphia.
Dean: New Pagans’ Second Album Pulls Together Many Strands of Rock History
On it, they “incorporate various styles, tones and flavours … Most dominant is a feeling that this is music that could appear in a 1990s Hollywood teen comedy and/or teen slacker flick.”
To Re-open Rathmines Concert Hall, Councillors Propose a Round of “Musical Buildings”
Rathmines College could get classroom space at the former TU Dublin conservatory across the street, freeing up the concert hall for use again, they say.
Dean: Meryl Streek’s Avante-Punk Music Screams in Anger at the Tuam Scandal
Throughout his debut album, “796”, the musician returns time and again to the tragedy, ensuring his fury hits every deserving target.
On Henrietta Street, Uilleann Pipers Still Hope to Expand Their Base
Na Píobairí Uilleann pitched councillors on their €8.4 million plan to add a theatre, instrument-making workshop, visitor centre and more to their townhouse.