Australian trio PVT (previously known as Pivot) have shared a new video for their recent single 'Another Life'. Their album New Spirit is due on February 17 via Felte. They have also just announced European tour dates with a London show on April 14 at Kamio.

PVT is an act that's embraced technology at every turn and their uncompromised songwriting and musical understanding have seen their first four albums released to global acclaim. They've been all over, both on their own steam and in the support of acts like The Arctic Monkeys, Gary Numan, Warpaint, Bloc Party, and Gotye.

2017 sees Dave Miller, along with brothers Richard & Laurence Pike, return with their fifth album. New Spirit suggests a reunion in what has become a hotbed for political and cultural intolerance:  The New Australia. The country has succumbed to divisive politics and irrational fear. Obvious fraud and immorality driven by a gutless media and an indifferent public. Sound familiar?

But on the fringe, there is a new movement. One that's gathering steam. It's hopeful. Beautiful. Confronting in its peaceful spirit. This is PVT's home town and they're back to set things straight. Their uncompromising approach to musical self-determination has seen them battling labels, trends and sometimes their own audience, but the content has never been this sharp, and especially never this political.

New Spirit track list:

01. Spirit Of The Plains

02. A Feeling You Can Find

03. Salt Lake Heart

04. Interlude

05. Another Life

06. Fool in Rain II

07. Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend

08. Kangaroo

09. Murder Mall

10. New Spirit

11. Fake Sun In China

See PVT live:

19.04 London, UK @ Kamio

21.04 Gent, BE @ Charlatan

22.04 Esch-sur-Alzette, LU @ Kulturfabrik (Out of The Crowd Festival)

25.04 Toulouse, FR @ Metronum

26.04 Bordeaux, FR @ Iboat

27.04 Limoges, FR @ La Fourmi

28.04 Paris, FR @ Le Point Ephemere (PZZLE Festival)

Gardiner Music returns to action with Katie Laffan and No Hot Ashes on Saturday February 4. After being resident in Whelan’s Upstairs through 2016, the event is moving to The Workman’s Club in 2017.

For Stockport’s No Hot Ashes, it is their first gig in Ireland The post-pop- disco funk quartet have settled on a heavy bass infused Red Hot Chili Peppers meets James Brown with a rap / hip hop overlay. The combination is as infectious as it is fresh. They are band you have to see live as their performances ooze raw funk rhythms and a passion for entertaining crowds.

Twenty year old Dubliner Katie Laffan made her live debut as a drummer at the age of thirteen. Laffan has used a bedroom studio, her grandad’s old keyboard, a laptop, instruments and €99 mic to create a sound drawn on a range of musical styles from funk and modern pop to reggae and ska, post-punk and even a bit of hip-hop. It was an approach that resulted in 2015’s acclaimed debut EP Dead As Disco.

Tickets are €10 and can be found here https://billetto.ie/…/340f720d-405a-457f-8249-9baf…/overview

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