"It’s an idiot savant record, lovely, well balanced pop bristling under the surface of what seems to be something that was put together in a shed over the weekend and recorded onto a Dictaphone wielded by a sugared-up toddler." - Dara Higgins on Skelocrats' Whip Crack Away.
19 bands from the Popical Island crew take over Whelan's on Saturday 7th July for the launch of the third - and final - Popical Island compilation CD.
Tieranniesaur, So Cow, Land Lovers & the rest of the Popical Island crew head to The Roisin Dubh in Galway on Thursday to take over Strange Brew for one night.
Meteor Choice Music Prize nominee Mumblin' Deaf Ro plays The Odessa Club on January 24th with Land Lovers & Barry McCormack.
Popical Island present a series of gigs at the Stags Head on 3rd, 10th & 24th March featuring the likes of Land Lovers, September Girls, Valerie Francis, Skelocrats, Cave Ghosts and more.
Popical Island's Popicalia returns to Siteation on November 23rd, with Land Lovers, Windings & So Cow.
Young Hearts' annual Yule event takes place on December 5th, with Land Lovers, Paddy Hanna, Women's Christmas, Dónal Lunny and many more raising funds for the Simon Community
Land Lovers launch their new LP The Rooks Have Returned in The Workmans Club on Saturday night, with The Dinah Brand and Field Trip
Springtime For The Mystic is taken from the new Land Lovers album The Rooks Have Returned, out now on Popical Island
Crowd Of Lungs is taken from Land Lovers' new album The Rooks Have Returned