Artist: Queen KongAuthor: Aisling O' Leary

Queen Kong are a three"piece electronic" alternative band that hail from Cork
and London" who boldly proclaim that they will "make you regret your entire
life" with the release of their audacious EP "The Leech".

On "The Leech"" Queen Kong amalgamate ambient sounds" samples" drumbeats"
industrial"esque energetic guitars" and eloquently haunting harmonies.

The EP opens [...]

Artist: Hal FredAuthor: Mark

The Beamish Experience is for all intensive purposes an event where various bands come to ply their trade in Cork every year on a weekend towards the end of September. This year saw the influx of many talented and respected musicians" such as Jack L" KT Tunstall" The Frank and Walters" Hal" [...]

Artist: Computers That BreedAuthor: Liam Tyrrell

Toners is quite an unusual venue in that there"s no stage and it rather looks like somebody"s living room" after a rather lengthy spate of domestic violence that is. What else would one expect on Baggot St. though" than a nouveau bohemian bar with a growling rock fest secreted on [...]

Artist: Computers That BreedAuthor: Liam Tyrrell

It"s Friday afternoon and Steve Flynn is having a beer to take the edge off. His band Computers That Breed is headlining a self"promoting showcase tonight and he"s a little worried. For one thing he"s still waiting on someone to drive him into the city centre with all the equipment [...]

Artist: AlfieAuthor: Josh

Sunday the 18th of September saw the Mancunian band better known as Alfie roll into Cork City to play Cyprus Avenue on the final leg of their Irish tour. The band have been together some 7 years and have released 4 albums under EMI / Parlaphone major label with their most recent album [...]

Artist: LeyaAuthor: Mark

On a night when the Irish team"s chances of qualifying for the next World Cup took a heavy blow from a rejuvenated French team in Landsdowne Road it seemed like nothing could lift my spirits. All this was about to change. A suggestion to make a trip to An Br"g to see a [...]

Artist: Lotus LullabyAuthor: Mark
Cork band Lotus Lullaby are making waves in our music scene and thinkgs look on the up. Having played at the IMRO showcase earlier this year and made a few appearances in other venues including playing as part of Cork Rocks in Cyprus Avenue. An impressive group" a good live show a [...]

Artist: Computers that BreedAuthor: Liam
Formed from the ashes of the three greatest rock and roll super groups to ever grace the stages of north Dublin"s finest venues Computers That Breed contains a powerful mixture of two of the finest bassists ever seen and one of the lesser known conceptual artists who reside in the hills [...]

Artist: VariousAuthor: Liam
The last weekend of the summer lived up to its billing as the sun shone for three days on the grounds of the expansive Stradbally Estate in Co. Laois. The Electric Picnic promised the finest in boutique festival entertainment in Ireland" promoted by some as our very own Glastonbury. Expanded from last year"s [...]

Artist: Jaded SunAuthor: Josh

It"s been a busy old couple of months for Jaded Sun with the band having
just finished recording the follow up the widely acclaimed debut "RAW EP".
The man at the helm in the studio for the recording of the new "Blueblood
EP" was non other than the highly rated Meteor Music Award nominee
producer Chris [...]