Articles by Niall Byrne
Bodytonic Live are delighted to welcome Swedish electro-pop duo Korallreven The Yard, our ever-growing Saturdays, early in The Twisted Pepper. The duo have released ‘An Album By Korallreven’ on Acéphale.
The duo have been celebrating the album’s forthcoming release with a mixtape entitled ‘A Dream Within A Dream’, featuring Britney Spears, Ciara, and more. Download…
Recent support on James Vincent McMorrow’s UK tour, The Staves are a promising sister English folk trio from Watford made up of Emily, Camilla and Jessica. Raised by a Welsh mother with a penchant for male voice choirs, that influence has translated itself onto the self-titled track from their debut EP Mexico….
Glyn and
Perhaps too harshly judged for being a fledgling artist who won the Mercury Prize who didn’t translate that success into sales, it’s good to see Speech Debelle back and armed with a more full-formed sound than her previous album Speech Therapy.
‘Studio Backpack Rap’ is the first single from her second album Freedom Of …
Mariachi El Bronx or the band also known as The Bronx hit The Workman’s Club this Friday night for a night of punk-infused Mexican music. The band have just released their second album of Mariachi music and Ray Suen of the band told us a bit about himself and the band below.
Tickets are €17…
Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All will return to Ireland in April of next year to play the Olympia after their recent sold out Academy gig. Tickets are on sale this Friday, November 18th priced at €23.50 plus fees from Ticketmaster.
Here’s a video of their last appearance in Dublin via Fuck n Filthy:…
The next State versus gig takes place this Friday at The Mercantile from 9pm. Cassette tape record label Quarter Inch Collective are our versus challengers on the night and they have selected three fine artists to represent them in Simon Bird, Wiltz and Rhino Magic.
As always, the gig is FREE. Facebook event is here.…
If all you’ve ever wanted to do was run around a city, trash the place and get in people’s noses then you can do just that by living vicariously through the video for Make Out’s ‘You Can’t Be Friends with Everyone’.
Directed by John Threat + Diane Martel, the video is for the new single…
Halves + very special guest Jennifer Evans (solo)
The Unitarian Church (Stephen’s Green)
Friday 9th December
Tickets €10 available to buy online from Whelanslive.com or call the WAV Box Office [Lo-call 1890 200 078]
Halves will be playing with strings (members of 3epkano) and live visuals (www.slipdraft.com) which will be projected onto the interior of…
Harmonic presents…
The War On Drugs
Whelan’s,
Friday, February 24th
Tickets on sale Wed October 12th priced €16.50 (including booking fee) from www.tickets.ie , www.whelanslive.com , www.ticketmaster.ie & Ticketmaster outlets nationwide. 0818 719 300 – Republic of Ireland customers 0844 277 4455 – Northern Ireland customers 00353 1 456 9569 – International customer
“… gloriously…
Whelanslive.com presents a New Year’s Eve extravaganza with Jape + Special Guests
Saturday 31st December
Whelan’s Of Wexford St
Tickets are priced at €20 (plus handling charge) available to buy online from Whelanslive.com or call the WAV Box Office [Lo-call 1890 200 078]…
Mark Lanegan Band have included an Academy date on March 7th as part of their European Tour next year. Tickets €20 including booking fee go on sale this Friday 11th November at 9am. Blues Funeral is the new Mark Lanegan Band record, the first since 2004′s Bubblegum. It was recorded in Hollywood, California by Alain…
Following an impressive first Irish show at The Sugar Club earlier this year, The Civil Wars will return to Dublin on March 14th to play The Academy. Tickets priced €15.15 including booking fee are on sale this Friday, 11th November, from Ticketmaster outlets and online at www.ticketmaster.ie…
Social Rising is a new monthly event series reflecting and celebrating the emergence of a new wave of musicians at the top of their creative game providing which is at odds with the challenging times currently being experienced. By providing this kind of focus, The Grand Social and Social Rising aims to become a focus…
Emeli Sandé has had to reschedule her debut appearance at The Sugar Club from Wednesday 30th November to December 13th. Her management would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused. All tickets purchased are valid for the new date. Tickets priced €19.90 including booking fee are on sale now.
The talented singer songwriter has written…


