Ghostpoet and And So I Watch You from Afar will headline this year's Castlepalooza , taking place between 2nd and 4th August at Charleville Castle, Tullamore, Co. Offally. Fight Like Apes , Le Galaxie and Girls Names are among the other acts adorning the line-up with more to be announced in the coming weeks. The current line-up can be seen below. 3-day camping tickets to the festival cost €79, including booking fee. See www.castlepalooza.com for limited tickets and find Castlepalooza on Facebook or see [...]

This year's Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival will take place in a variety of Belfast venues next month; and over eleven days, the 14th CQAF will stage music, comedy, spoken word and visual arts. We're going to focus on the festival's musical elements, and with the bill boasting old favourties such as Dexys and Adam Ant as well as a truly eclectic mix young and unknown talent, there should be something for anyone who finds themselves at the festival. There's even a guy covering Nick Cave if you fancy it. Thursday, 2nd May [...]

This year's Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival will take place in a variety of Belfast venues next month; and over eleven days, the 14th CQAF will stage music, comedy, spoken word and visual arts. We're going to focus on the festival's musical elements, and with the bill boasting old favourties such as Dexys and Adam Ant as well as a truly eclectic mix young and unknown talent, there should be something for anyone who finds themselves at the festival. There's even a guy covering Nick Cave if you fancy it. Thursday, 2nd May [...]
Irelands' finest postrockers from AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR came out with a new album last week. It’s called All Hail Bright Futures and is the third full-lengths release of the band. And - to my apology - I almost overlooked that tiny little masterpiece over the daily haze and everything. But it's The post And So I Watch You From Afar - All Hail Bright Futures appeared first on Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more .
It didn't help that I saw the Glastonbury lineup a minute before I saw what Indiependence had to offer. Unlucky timing, I guess. We knew beforehand that Bastille and Kodaline were already playing Indiependence, held in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, and now we know who'll be joining them. And it's hard [Read more]
And So I Watch You From Afar are back with their new album All Hail Bright Futures. Enough said really.
Northern Ireland's And So I Watch You From Afar are gearing up to release their third album All Hail Bright Futures next month, March 15. We've heard two songs from it to date, 'Big Thinks Do Remarkable' and 'Like A Mouse'. We finally have an Irish tour date though: The [Read more]
And So I Watch You From Afar release their third album All Hail Bright Futures in Ireland on Sargent House on Friday, March 15. We heard the first cut from it, 'Like A Mouse', just before Christmas and now we have 'Big Things Do Remarkable', "The sun is in our [Read more]
And So I Watch You From Afar release their third album All Hail Bright Futures in Ireland on Sargent House on Friday, March 15. We heard the first cut from it, 'Like A Mouse', just before Christmas and now we have 'Big Thinks Do Remarkable', "The sun is in our [Read more]

Last October we posted a track from the then soon-to-be-released album Gangs , by Belfast, Northern Ireland's And So I Watch You From Afar (ASIWYFA). Well, the album is released, and to coincide with their North American tour, with Russian Circles and Zechs Marquise, Sergeant House have released another track, which we bring to you today. Following the rather erratic Instrumental Thursday tradition here on The Network, enjoy the wonderfully titled Search:Party:Animal Download Search:Party:Animal [...]

Here's the list of Irish bands making their way to Austin, Texas for an amazing opportunity to gain fans and friends! Wednesday 14th March Central Presbyterian Church Foy Vance Belfast UK-N. IRELAND 10:00PM -10:40PM [...]
And the nominees are - And So I Watch You From Afar – Gangs (Richter Collective) Bell X1 – Bloodless Coup (Belly Up Records) Cashier No 9 – To The Death of Fun (Bella Union) Lisa Hannigan - Passenger (Hoop) The Japanese Popstars – Controlling Your Allegiance (EMI) Jape – Ocean of Frequency (Music Is For Losers) Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands – Golden Syrup (Osaka Records) Pugwash – The Olympus Sounds (EMI/1969 Records) Tieranniesaur – Tieranniesaur (Popical Island) We Cut Corners [...]
Swear I'm Not Paul's Top 30 Irish Albums of 2011.

Here we are. The end of the sixth year of the Nialler9 poll. Thank you all once again for voting. We had about 100 or so votes that made up the results in songs , new artists, EPs and now, the big one - albums. Our ultimate winner has topped the poll before that doesn't negate the indisputable fact that there's plenty of superb Irish music contained within this list... 25. The Ambience Affair - Burials 24. LaFaro - Easy Meat [...]

The Jimmy Cake joins this amazing line-up for an all day gig in Whelans tomorrow: ALLIANCE: Independent Artists for Africa A Benefit for the Concern Horn of Africa Crisis Appeal Sunday Sep 25th Doors 2pm til LATE MAIN VENUE The Former Soviet Republic 14:30-15:00 Sert One 15:15-15:45 Great Lakes Mystery 16:00-16:30 We Are Losers 16:45-17:15 Retarded Cop 17:30-18:00 Funeral Suits 18:15-18:45 BREAK – Front Bar – Little Green Cars Alarmist [...]

Photos of Pulp, Zola Jesus, Best Coast, Beirut, The Cast Of Cheers, The Danger Is, Moths, Oh Land, James Vincent McMorrow, ASIWYFA and more. 1-thedangeris-ep-damienmcglynn [...]
Jape has remixed And So I Watch You From Afar’s new single taken from the exceptional Gangs, ’7 Billion People All Alive at Once’. It is a very different remix from Jape, in fact, it has been reworked it into a pretty indistinguishable dance number with only mere echoes of the original coming through. '7 Billion People All Alive At Once’ [...]
You will have heard '7 Billion People All Alive at Once' by now if you had bought And So I Watch You From Afar's latest album Gangs. Jape has since gotten his hands and ears on it and come with with a remix that is longer than the original and [Read more]

Jape has remixed And So I Watch You From Afar's new single from Gangs , '7 Billion People All Alive at Once' into a heady dance rework. Have a listen to that plus the radio and album versions of the original below. Then buy them from Bandcamp for €1.50. 7 Billion People All Alive at Once by Richter Collective
A fresh batch of acts for the Picnic . Oh Land The Vaccines Jape And So I Watch You From Afar Cry Before Dawn Gordon Gano And The Ryans The Jezabels Nightbox Esben And The Witch James Chance And Les Contortions The Minutes Somadrone [...]