Knockanstockan Festival 2013 is back bigger and better than ever. The not for profit event that pumps all it’s energies into the promotion and support of small Irish artists is back in Wicklow on the grounds of Blessington Lakes on Friday 28th July to 28th July 2013. They have lots of great acts in the lineup including a rake of the [...]

So girls if you ever wonder where all the good fellas are, well this video might hold the answer. We won’t say too much as it will ruin the video but lets just say there’s a twist to this tale of online dating. Directed by Bob Gallagher and produced by Tony Flynn to a cracking earworm from Swords. Check it [...]

One of the most anticipated events of the year, The Dublin Camden Crawl kicked off last night. Team Goldenplec spread themselves across the capital to the best of their ability and the following were their highlights. Echo and The Bunnymen – The Button Factory Post punk, indie dinosaurs Echo and The Bunnymen proved they can still deliver the goods on [...]

Festival season is set to prove extremely busy for Swords as they hit up Camden Crawl and Vantastival and potentially some more.  They have had a fun past year with performances in Whelan’s Ones To Watch, recording a song for RTE Other Voices and some festival appearances last year too. So now is the time for their first headline performance [...]

After months of careful deliberation, the line up for this spring’s Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin is just about locked down and with over 150 acts both Irish and International joining the event on May 3rd to 5th, it’s time to hear who the Irish acts playing will be. Meteor Choice nominee’s Windings are on the lineup while previous nominees Fight Like Apes and We [...]

The Irish lionheart Damien Dempsey will headline the fourth annual Vantastival 2013 in Bellurgan Park in County Louth for the upcoming May bank holiday weekend. He will be joined by an array of class acts including Altan, Tupelo, Mark Geary, Daithi, Niwel Tsumbu, The Barley Mob, Nanu Nanu, Elaine Mai, Sound of System Breakdown, Rachel Sermanni, Cat Dowling, The Inishowen Gosepl [...]

Knockanstockan is no ordinary festival. Sequestered snugly on the banks of the Blessington Lakes, a beautiful scenic landscape of stony mountains, forests, and water, which cocoons the festival from the outside world. The surprisingly vast and idyllic landscape is breathtaking and instantly gives the sense that this is a special place worth visiting in its own right and not just [...]

The independent circuit in Ireland is, not necessarily on a whole, but for the most part, a world of single-strum guitar bands and folk-style men and women, it is a delight to come across Black Balloon the four track EP by Dublin based Electro-light band, Swords.   The three piece band have already received favourable media attention, which has evidently [...]

New Dublin band Red Empire have been onto us to let us know that their debut EP will be launching this month with a showcase gig in The Village The EP will be released the same night as the gig, February 18th, they will play a headline show in The Village with admission €5 on the door if you fancy [...]

Dublin / Carlow based three piece Swords have announced that they will launch their new EP next month. The EP launch will take place on February 11th 2012 at The Grand Social in Dublin. The EP will be called ‘Black Balloon EP’ and it was recorded with musician and producer Karl Odlum. No word on the admission cost yet but it [...]