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Fontaines DC by Theo Cottle

Fontaines DC think big after announcing new album ‘ROMANCE’.

Fontaines DC will make the jump to the UK and Ireland arena stage later this year. With Romance due for release on August 23rd, and spring/summer touring set to include the major UK festivals of Glastonbury…

Fontaines DC by Theo Cottle

Fontaines DC set their new record for release on August 23rd.

Fontaines DC have confirmed the details of their fourth studio album ROMANCE. Their first working with producer James Ford, the news has been announced with the thumping new single Starburster, complete with a…

Fontaines D.C. with Live4ever at SXSW 2019 (Paul Bachmann) Fontaines D.C. have given more of their Belfast-based fans the chance to see them live on the UK and Ireland tour which is due to begin next month. Related news: Fontaines D.C., Reneé Rapp, Denzel Curry among new names for Reading …

Idles playing Brooklyn Steel on May 10th, 2019 (Paul Bachmann / Live4ever) It’s the summer Bank Holiday in the UK today, and with mighty fine weather greeting it for once here’s part two of a playlist which might just add to the soundtrack for today’s activities. 50 of the best…

Fontaines D.C. supporting Idles at Brooklyn Steel on May 10th, 2019 (Paul Bachmann / Live4ever) Fontaines D.C. are part of a trippy circus on their new video for Sha Sha Sha. Related news: Fontaines D.C., Reneé Rapp, Denzel Curry among new names for Reading And Leeds 2024 News Round-Up: Adele, …

Idles playing Brooklyn Steel on May 10th, 2019 (Paul Bachmann / Live4ever) It felt like New York’s entire music scene had descended on Brooklyn for last Friday’s (May 10th) gig at the Steel venue featuring Idles and Fontaines D.C. There were plenty of fans who’d made even longer journeys too;…

Idles playing Brooklyn Steel on May 10th, 2019 (Paul Bachmann / Live4ever) ‘The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time’ goes the George Bernard Shaw quote, one now so ubiquitous you can find it emblazoned on…

Fontaines D.C. at the SXSW 2019 Live4ever Lounge (Paul Bachmann) With the continuing rise of nationalism – and its best friend forever the disaster capitalist – lurking never far away, Dublin quintet Fontaines D.C. have found a unique voice amongst the chaos, one birthed in the vandalism of their city’s…

Fontaines D.C. with Live4ever at SXSW 2019 (Paul Bachmann) Fontaines D.C. started their North American visit with a debut appearance on US television earlier this week. Related news: Fontaines D.C., Reneé Rapp, Denzel Curry among new names for Reading And Leeds 2024 News Round-Up: Adele, Fontaines D.C.…

Fontaines D.C. post-show at the London Forum (Sam Huddleston / Live4ever) Fontaines D.C. are looking ahead to 2020 and already have their first UK gigs of that year confirmed. Related news: Fontaines D.C., Reneé Rapp, Denzel Curry among new names for Reading And Leeds 2024 News Round-Up: Adele, Fontaines D.C.…

Fontaines D.C. performing at South By Southwest 2019 (Sam Huddleston / Live4ever) There’s something special about watching a band live in the week they release their new album. They’re normally brimming with energy and crackling with confidence, safe in the knowledge that their latest masterpiece is finally finished and about…

Fontaines D.C. with Live4ever at SXSW 2019 (Paul Bachmann) Fontaines D.C. have unveiled the new version of Boys In The Better Land which will be a part of their debut album Dogrel when it is released on Friday. Related news: Fontaines D.C., Reneé Rapp, Denzel Curry among new names for …

An odd but encouraging footnote of this post-Sleaford Mods era has been the emergence of a raft of new voices consciously avoiding the hype cycle; whilst the likes of Shame and Idles have both taken time to mature from humbler beginnings, neither has been willing to scale the ladders of…

  Fontaines D.C. with Live4ever at SXSW 2019 (Paul Bachmann) Fontaines D.C. have bagged their first UK festival headline spot and will top Rockaway Beach in January 2020. Related news: Fontaines D.C., Reneé Rapp, Denzel Curry among new names for Reading And Leeds 2024 News Round-Up: Adele, Fontaines D.C.…

Fontaines D.C. live at London’s Kentish Town Forum (Sam Huddleston / Live4ever) On their new single Roy’s Tune, Fontaines D.C. are showing (if it wasn’t already obvious) that there’ll be far more to their debut album Dogrel than the lazy ‘punk’ tag when it is released on April 12th. Related…

Idles performing in London for PRS Presents (Alberto Pezzali / Live4ever) Liverpool has been picked to host the 2019 edition of BBC 6Music Festival. Related news: IDLES, Wet Leg to headline Truck Festival 2024 IDLES add more dates to November/December 2024 UK and Ireland tour Fontaines D.C., Reneé Rapp, …