Subterranean Sounds
@subtsounds.bsky.social
Promoting independent live music.Putting on cool gigs in Waterford Ireland
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Our February gig is a beauty. Mercury Prize nominee John Bramwell (I am Kloot)
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Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen with WOMEN lead singers:
The Delines 💙
Freakwater💙
Niamh Bury💙
Rozi Plain💙
Niamh Regan💙
The Delines 💙
Freakwater💙
Niamh Bury💙
Rozi Plain💙
Niamh Regan💙
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen with WOMEN lead singers:
Nina Simone
10,000 Maniacs
This Is The Kit
The Fabulous Courettes
Stella & The Dreaming
Nina Simone
10,000 Maniacs
This Is The Kit
The Fabulous Courettes
Stella & The Dreaming
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen with WOMEN lead singers:
Rozi Plain
Stereolab
Natalie Merchant
Bikini Kill
Throwing Muses
Rozi Plain
Stereolab
Natalie Merchant
Bikini Kill
Throwing Muses
February 1, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen with WOMEN lead singers:
The Delines 💙
Freakwater💙
Niamh Bury💙
Rozi Plain💙
Niamh Regan💙
The Delines 💙
Freakwater💙
Niamh Bury💙
Rozi Plain💙
Niamh Regan💙
A worthy cause. Paul was a cool guy, a music guy, a friendly guy and above all a kind guy. 💙
Those with a Waterford connection might have known Paul O'Brien, heard him sing/play, or enjoyed a pint in his company. A GoFundMe has been created to help out with things after his untimely passing. If you're in a position to spare any amount, it would be greatly appreciated - thank you 🙏
Donate to Paul O Brien, organized by Roy Collins
We are coming together to support the family of Paul O’Brien, one of life’s true gentlemen, who suddenly sadl… Roy Collins needs your support for Paul O Brien
www.gofundme.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:53 PM
A worthy cause. Paul was a cool guy, a music guy, a friendly guy and above all a kind guy. 💙
Not many tickets left for this special gig.
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January 29, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Not many tickets left for this special gig.
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SUBTERRANEAN SOUNDS is delighte ie.powertik.com/en/events/jo...
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Kinda Townes Van Zandt / Willy Vlautin/ Waylon Jennings hybrid. 👇
April 2nd, Grammy-nominated singer songwriter Ben de la Cour brings his Noir Americana to our Upstairs Underground. Last night we saw him perform in The Olympia Theatre, Dublin, opening for the legendry Lucinda Williams. Quite the night of music🎸🎶
January 27, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Kinda Townes Van Zandt / Willy Vlautin/ Waylon Jennings hybrid. 👇
War Child Records presents ‘HELP(2)’ - the new collaborative album, out 6th March 2026. We made this album to help. You can help too. Pre-order now: warchildrecs.ffm.to/help2
All proceeds from this album support War Child's work with children living through conflict.
All proceeds from this album support War Child's work with children living through conflict.
January 27, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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We're always on the look for new talent at WVPA HQ, so we're doubly delighted to have two debutants on the decks in Downes' on #VinylFriday. First up is Robbie Grogan, taking up the baton from his dad, Robert, who rocked the house last year.
#WaterfordVinyl #VinylPlayers
#vinylcommunity #vinyllps
#WaterfordVinyl #VinylPlayers
#vinylcommunity #vinyllps
January 27, 2026 at 6:39 PM
We're always on the look for new talent at WVPA HQ, so we're doubly delighted to have two debutants on the decks in Downes' on #VinylFriday. First up is Robbie Grogan, taking up the baton from his dad, Robert, who rocked the house last year.
#WaterfordVinyl #VinylPlayers
#vinylcommunity #vinyllps
#WaterfordVinyl #VinylPlayers
#vinylcommunity #vinyllps
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"Boom" - A Film About #TheSonics (2018).
La historia jamás contada de una de las bandas más salvajes e influyentes del rock and roll, The Sonics.
Por primera vez, los cinco miembros originales de la banda cuentan cómo todo empezó, de principio a fin!!!🙂↔️
youtu.be/A2kIh6SYXTY?...
La historia jamás contada de una de las bandas más salvajes e influyentes del rock and roll, The Sonics.
Por primera vez, los cinco miembros originales de la banda cuentan cómo todo empezó, de principio a fin!!!🙂↔️
youtu.be/A2kIh6SYXTY?...
Boom ! - A Film About The Sonics (2018 - VOSTFR)
YouTube video by MrNoonification
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January 27, 2026 at 10:34 AM
"Boom" - A Film About #TheSonics (2018).
La historia jamás contada de una de las bandas más salvajes e influyentes del rock and roll, The Sonics.
Por primera vez, los cinco miembros originales de la banda cuentan cómo todo empezó, de principio a fin!!!🙂↔️
youtu.be/A2kIh6SYXTY?...
La historia jamás contada de una de las bandas más salvajes e influyentes del rock and roll, The Sonics.
Por primera vez, los cinco miembros originales de la banda cuentan cómo todo empezó, de principio a fin!!!🙂↔️
youtu.be/A2kIh6SYXTY?...
April 2nd, Grammy-nominated singer songwriter Ben de la Cour brings his Noir Americana to our Upstairs Underground. Last night we saw him perform in The Olympia Theatre, Dublin, opening for the legendry Lucinda Williams. Quite the night of music🎸🎶
January 27, 2026 at 8:52 PM
April 2nd, Grammy-nominated singer songwriter Ben de la Cour brings his Noir Americana to our Upstairs Underground. Last night we saw him perform in The Olympia Theatre, Dublin, opening for the legendry Lucinda Williams. Quite the night of music🎸🎶
Yorkston/Thorne/Khan - Westlin Winds
YouTube video by Claus Schützenhöfer
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January 26, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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Dick Gaughan with 'Now Westlin Winds' or 'Song Composed on August' by Robert Burns.
Dick Gaughan - Now Westlin Winds
YouTube video by 76AMD
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January 25, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Dick Gaughan with 'Now Westlin Winds' or 'Song Composed on August' by Robert Burns.
What a night of music & words! There was ample evidence of living in our SubT community...and some evidence of Irish folk magic too! David Keenan, Ben Mac Coilte & Liam the harpist combined to fill our souls.
#Musicsky #Speirgorm
#Musicsky #Speirgorm
January 24, 2026 at 1:32 PM
What a night of music & words! There was ample evidence of living in our SubT community...and some evidence of Irish folk magic too! David Keenan, Ben Mac Coilte & Liam the harpist combined to fill our souls.
#Musicsky #Speirgorm
#Musicsky #Speirgorm
Not to be missed!!!🎸🤘🎶
*NEW BELFAST DATE* Happy to be adding a Saturday night Belfast to our return to Ireland in May, tickets go on sale today.
We’re bringing our good mate Ted Chippington with us for all four dates. Waterford already SOLD OUT so you know what to do : www.thenightingales.org.uk/live
We’re bringing our good mate Ted Chippington with us for all four dates. Waterford already SOLD OUT so you know what to do : www.thenightingales.org.uk/live
January 24, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Not to be missed!!!🎸🤘🎶
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Raring to go after our Christmas break, #VinylFriday returns to Downes' on Friday, Jan 30th. Join us for a night of great music and good times from 8.30pm.
#WaterfordVinyl #VinylPlayers #WaterfordCity #waterfordvinylcrew #WaterfordCulturalQuarter
#WaterfordVinyl #VinylPlayers #WaterfordCity #waterfordvinylcrew #WaterfordCulturalQuarter
January 23, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Raring to go after our Christmas break, #VinylFriday returns to Downes' on Friday, Jan 30th. Join us for a night of great music and good times from 8.30pm.
#WaterfordVinyl #VinylPlayers #WaterfordCity #waterfordvinylcrew #WaterfordCulturalQuarter
#WaterfordVinyl #VinylPlayers #WaterfordCity #waterfordvinylcrew #WaterfordCulturalQuarter
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Wowser! This is going to be very cool indeed. 👌🤘🎸🎶😎
#BreakingNews
#GigAnnouncement
#MusicSky
#Speirgorm
We are seriously stoked to be doing this in association with BankLane. The ice-cool shoegaze icon, Miki Berenyi brings her trio to Waterford.
ON SALE NOW!
#GigAnnouncement
#MusicSky
#Speirgorm
We are seriously stoked to be doing this in association with BankLane. The ice-cool shoegaze icon, Miki Berenyi brings her trio to Waterford.
ON SALE NOW!
January 17, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Wowser! This is going to be very cool indeed. 👌🤘🎸🎶😎
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CONGRATULATIONS
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to these great
IRISH ALBUMS
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nominated for the
CHOICE MUSIC PRIZE
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◉ JUST MUSTARD
◉ pôt-pot
◉ SPRINTS
◉ MARIA SOMERVILLE
◉ BRICKNASTY
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@feltelabel.bsky.social @4ad.com #choicemusicprize #IrishBluesky #speirgorm
CONGRATULATIONS
◎
to these great
IRISH ALBUMS
◎
nominated for the
CHOICE MUSIC PRIZE
◎
◉ JUST MUSTARD
◉ pôt-pot
◉ SPRINTS
◉ MARIA SOMERVILLE
◉ BRICKNASTY
◎
ʟɪꜱᴛᴇɴ
tr.ee/GildedIrishS...
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@feltelabel.bsky.social @4ad.com #choicemusicprize #IrishBluesky #speirgorm
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
◎
CONGRATULATIONS
◎
to these great
IRISH ALBUMS
◎
nominated for the
CHOICE MUSIC PRIZE
◎
◉ JUST MUSTARD
◉ pôt-pot
◉ SPRINTS
◉ MARIA SOMERVILLE
◉ BRICKNASTY
◎
ʟɪꜱᴛᴇɴ
tr.ee/GildedIrishS...
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@feltelabel.bsky.social @4ad.com #choicemusicprize #IrishBluesky #speirgorm
CONGRATULATIONS
◎
to these great
IRISH ALBUMS
◎
nominated for the
CHOICE MUSIC PRIZE
◎
◉ JUST MUSTARD
◉ pôt-pot
◉ SPRINTS
◉ MARIA SOMERVILLE
◉ BRICKNASTY
◎
ʟɪꜱᴛᴇɴ
tr.ee/GildedIrishS...
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@feltelabel.bsky.social @4ad.com #choicemusicprize #IrishBluesky #speirgorm
Just landed on the Choice Music Prize shortlist. Our guest on May 15th.
JUNIOR BROTHER
A truly unique artist.
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JUNIOR BROTHER
A truly unique artist.
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Buy tickets for Junior Brother @ SubTsounds, in Waterford | powertik ie, by Subterranean Sounds
Buy tickets for Junior Brother @ SubTsounds, in Waterford. A truly unique artist. Junior Brother makes his Waterford debut with Subterranean Sounds, and we a...
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January 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Just landed on the Choice Music Prize shortlist. Our guest on May 15th.
JUNIOR BROTHER
A truly unique artist.
ie.powertik.com/en/events/ju...
JUNIOR BROTHER
A truly unique artist.
ie.powertik.com/en/events/ju...
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Leagues O'Toole @foggynotions.bsky.social looks back on the best music of 2025
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Leagues O'Toole looks back on the best music of 2025 | Nialler9
Leagues O’Toole is a music promoter and label owner with Foggy Notions based in Dublin, and he puts on many of the acts he recommends here.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Leagues O'Toole @foggynotions.bsky.social looks back on the best music of 2025
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#BreakingNews
#GigAnnouncement
#MusicSky
#Speirgorm
We are seriously stoked to be doing this in association with BankLane. The ice-cool shoegaze icon, Miki Berenyi brings her trio to Waterford.
ON SALE NOW!
#GigAnnouncement
#MusicSky
#Speirgorm
We are seriously stoked to be doing this in association with BankLane. The ice-cool shoegaze icon, Miki Berenyi brings her trio to Waterford.
ON SALE NOW!
January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
#BreakingNews
#GigAnnouncement
#MusicSky
#Speirgorm
We are seriously stoked to be doing this in association with BankLane. The ice-cool shoegaze icon, Miki Berenyi brings her trio to Waterford.
ON SALE NOW!
#GigAnnouncement
#MusicSky
#Speirgorm
We are seriously stoked to be doing this in association with BankLane. The ice-cool shoegaze icon, Miki Berenyi brings her trio to Waterford.
ON SALE NOW!
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Aldous Harding live @Vicar_Street Dublin June 5th 2026.
Tickets on sale now www.ticketmaster.ie/aldous-hardi...
Tickets on sale now www.ticketmaster.ie/aldous-hardi...
January 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Aldous Harding live @Vicar_Street Dublin June 5th 2026.
Tickets on sale now www.ticketmaster.ie/aldous-hardi...
Tickets on sale now www.ticketmaster.ie/aldous-hardi...
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Bandcamp has banned AI music; How are other music services addressing AI?
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Bandcamp has banned AI music; How are other music services addressing AI? | Nialler9
Bandcamp have come out this week and stated very clearly their policy on AI made music.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Bandcamp has banned AI music; How are other music services addressing AI?
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Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
![Excerpt from Wikipedia reads: "Fight against merchandising his characters
For years, Watterson battled against pressure from publishers to merchandise his work, something that he felt would cheapen his comic through compromising the act of creation or reading.[21][22]
He refused to merchandise his creations on the grounds that displaying Calvin and Hobbes images on commercially sold mugs, stickers, and T-shirts would devalue the characters and their personalities. Watterson said that Universal kept putting pressure on him and that he had signed his contract without fully perusing it because, as a new artist, he was happy just to find a syndicate willing to give him a chance (two other syndicates had previously turned him down). He added that the contract was so one-sided that, if Universal really wanted to, they could license his characters against his will, and could even fire him and continue Calvin and Hobbes with a new artist. Watterson's position eventually won out, and he was able to renegotiate his contract so that he would receive all rights to his work. Later he said that the licensing fight exhausted him and contributed to the need for a nine-month sabbatical in 1991.[23]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreihmgl3sxrmb5t6edpjnixyanj2rvcf43zdv46mbifhl7hdtmz5u6y@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
Too 10 all-time favourite vocalists (who did gigs for us) Off the top of my head.
Josienne Clarke
David Corley
Linzi Clarke
Seamus Fogarty
Amy Boone
David Keenan
Mark Eitzel
James Yorkston
Mark McCambridge
David McGregor
Murray A. Lightburn
At least another 10 I feel guilty about leaving out!
Josienne Clarke
David Corley
Linzi Clarke
Seamus Fogarty
Amy Boone
David Keenan
Mark Eitzel
James Yorkston
Mark McCambridge
David McGregor
Murray A. Lightburn
At least another 10 I feel guilty about leaving out!
Top 10 all-time favourite vocalists? Off the top of my head:
Mark E. Smith
Elizabeth Fraser
Billy Holiday
Hope Sandoval
Kathleen Hanna
Michael Stipe
Jim Morrison
Eva Louise Goodman
David Behrman
Sarah Vaughan
Mark E. Smith
Elizabeth Fraser
Billy Holiday
Hope Sandoval
Kathleen Hanna
Michael Stipe
Jim Morrison
Eva Louise Goodman
David Behrman
Sarah Vaughan
Top 10 all-time favourite vocalists? Off the top of my head:
Beth Gibbons
Aretha Franklin
Stina Nordenstam
Paul Buchanan
Sarah Vaughan
Frank Sinatra
Nick Drake
Roy Orbison
Nina Simone
Ella Fitzgerald
Beth Gibbons
Aretha Franklin
Stina Nordenstam
Paul Buchanan
Sarah Vaughan
Frank Sinatra
Nick Drake
Roy Orbison
Nina Simone
Ella Fitzgerald
January 14, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Too 10 all-time favourite vocalists (who did gigs for us) Off the top of my head.
Josienne Clarke
David Corley
Linzi Clarke
Seamus Fogarty
Amy Boone
David Keenan
Mark Eitzel
James Yorkston
Mark McCambridge
David McGregor
Murray A. Lightburn
At least another 10 I feel guilty about leaving out!
Josienne Clarke
David Corley
Linzi Clarke
Seamus Fogarty
Amy Boone
David Keenan
Mark Eitzel
James Yorkston
Mark McCambridge
David McGregor
Murray A. Lightburn
At least another 10 I feel guilty about leaving out!
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The Nightingales - Gales Doc (not from 2025 but shown to me this year and I love it, in fact it’s as old as Pink Pony Club) youtu.be/jDeAxCQIcGM?...
The Nightingales - Gales Doc
YouTube video by firerecords
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December 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The Nightingales - Gales Doc (not from 2025 but shown to me this year and I love it, in fact it’s as old as Pink Pony Club) youtu.be/jDeAxCQIcGM?...
Grammy-nominated Ben De La Cour is our guest in the UpstairsUnderground on April 2nd.
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January 12, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Grammy-nominated Ben De La Cour is our guest in the UpstairsUnderground on April 2nd.
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