Recommended Albums & Releases

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Sunken Foal
Friday Syndrome Volume 2

An accomplished collection of Friday night jams part deux.

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Daniel Avery
Drone Logic

A jumbo-sized old-fashioned dance debut from the UK producer.

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Emakousma
Island

An instrumental album of atmospherics through guitar and piano from the Monaghan man.

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The First Wave

Analogue-made electronica with a human edge.

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All City Records
Amada compilation

Bobby, Dorian Concept, Georgia Anne Muldrow, James Pants, SCNTST, Obey City and more provide the exclusive cuts.

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Ghost Maps
The Ocean From The River

A meticulous debut solo album from Jeff Martin.

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Lisa O'Neill
Same Cloth Not

A beautifully distilled album brimming with the Cavan lady's personality and colloquialisms.

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Katharine Philippa
Broken to be Rebuilt EP

A stunning EP from one of the best new artists to emerge from Northern Ireland.

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Champion Sound 2013
Best of label compilation

An eight-track collection from the Belfast label featuring Ryan Vail, Ghosts and Unknown.

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Mister Goodnite
Songs About Love And Lack Thereof

Like finding some forgotten freaky psychedelic Beatles mixtape.

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Alarmist
Pal Magnet EP

Dublin band's music spins and pivots in motion and colour.

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Darkside
Psychic

A glowing minimal groove record from Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington.

Features & Premieres

Funeral Suits – ‘All Those Friendly People’ Nat Walker Remix (video)

Funeral Suits – ‘All Those Friendly People’ Nat Walker remix (video)

A couple hang around spots in Dublin in this remix video.

Funeral Suits’ ‘All You Friendly People’ was recently remixed by Chromatics’ Nat Walker on the latest remix EP which also features a version from Japanese Popstars. The original video has an inexplicable 4 million views which featured weird masked dudes but the remix video by Shaun Ryan is all about love. AAAAWW. The suits are on… Read more »

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Fight Like Apes – ‘Carousel’

A pre-Chrimbo treat track is a nice precursor for 2014.

Looking through the Fight Like Apes discography (i.e. listening to the music they’ve released), some of their best tunes are the ones that pair a raucous energy with an emotional heft – ‘Tie Me Up With Jackets’, ‘Knucklehead’, ‘Poached Eggs’ and ‘Battlestations’. ‘Carousel’ is one of those tracks, a Fight Like Apes song with their… Read more »

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Emakousma – Island (album stream)

An instrumental album of atmospherics through guitar and piano from the Monaghan man.

Expressive instrumental guitar melodies, fingerplucked treated string notes, ambient waves of noise, piano chords lumbering into minimal arrangements and terse dispositions. Those are the kinds of things to expect from Island, the debut album from illustrator Barry Quinn. The Monaghan man’s music is less about creating a beautiful noise (though there is much of that… Read more »

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Nialler9 Podcast #43: Oh Sheit It’s Summah

Podcast artwork by 400 Facts. Just in time for Summah, it’s the latest podcast featuring a solo run from me (Aoife is a bizzy lady at the moment). 14 songs taken from recent and greatest releases this year and beyond.

Podcast artwork by 400 Facts. Just in time for Summah, it’s the latest podcast featuring a solo run from me (Aoife is a bizzy lady at the moment). 14 songs taken from recent and greatest releases this year and beyond.