The Men They Couldn’t Hang are back on the road this autumn, and the pick of the run is three nights as special guests on The Undertones’ 50th anniversary shows: Sunderland Fire Station (October 22), Sheffield Foundry (October 23) and Manchester O2 Ritz (October 24). Shepherd’s Bush folk-punk meets Derry teenage kicks.
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Madra Salach: Debut Album Gorta Due January 15
Dublin six-piece Madra Salach have announced their debut album, Gorta, out January 15, 2027 on Island Records. It’s led by last week’s punkier single “Ribbon Factory.”
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Firkin: 18 and Legal at Barba Negra
Budapest’s howling Huns Firkin have reached the age of majority. Eighteen years of Hungarian Celtic punk gets a proper birthday blowout on Friday, November 6, at Barba Negra’s Blue Stage in Budapest.
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New York & New Jersey Scene Report: A World Record, Christmas at Connolly’s and Dublin Comes to Brooklyn
First stop on our tour of the regional scenes: the five boroughs, Long Island, upstate and across the Hudson to Jersey. There’s a world record on Second Avenue, the Bronx bar-band tradition is alive and still thirsty, and Brooklyn is about to get a double helping of new-wave Irish trad. Here’s the NY/NJ radar from mid-October through Christmas.
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The Mary Wallopers: Paddywhackery Live Heads Down Under, Plus a First NZ Show
Dundalk’s rowdiest are going long-haul. The Mary Wallopers have announced Paddywhackery Live 2027, a May return to Australia and their first-ever New Zealand show, through Frontier Touring.
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Interview: Muirsheen Durkin & Friends on Bunch Of Bastards, The Pogues and Beamish
Arnsberg’s Muirsheen Durkin & Friends have been hammering out Celtic folk-punk since 2010, with bagpipes, AN OVERFLOWING stage and a T-shirt motto borrowed from The Skels. Their new album, Bunch Of Bastards, has been out worldwide since September 19th, eight years after 11 Pints & 3 Shots, with a green marbled vinyl edition out November 16th and a home-turf release party on November 28th We sent over a few questions, and Lanze, MacRünker and Kentop came back with Pogues confessions, a beer verdict nobody saw coming and a question of their own for us.
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Jolly Jackers: The Weird Ones Is Out
Budapest Celtic punkers Jolly Jackers have put out their fifth studio album, The Weird Ones: ten tracks and 33 minutes of fiddle, flute and whistle crashing into loud guitars. It landed on September 18 via Bandcamp and the usual streamers.
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Boston Scene Roundup: Black Rose Benders, Southie Oompah and a Haggis on the Cape
The clocks haven’t gone back yet, but the Hub’s Celtic punk and Irish rock crews are already lining up the autumn sessions, from State Street to Southie to the Cape. Here’s what’s on the Greater Boston radar from mid-October through the holidays. Pace yourselves.
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Skerryvore: Beautiful Mistakes, Then Here Come the Scots (Again) Down Under
Scotland’s pipes-and-guitars juggernaut Skerryvore are heading back down under in February and March 2027 for their biggest Australian run yet, the Beautiful Mistakes Album Tour. Tickets went on sale September 30.
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The Scratch: All Out in Killarney Before Christmas
Dublin’s folk-metal buskers-made-good The Scratch are heading to Kerry for a pre-Christmas blowout. They top the first ALL OUT Festival at Gleneagle Arena, Killarney, on Saturday, December 19, sharing the bill with fellow Dublin noise merchants Gurriers and Sprints.
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