New/old music: D E N A, Niamh De Barra, Highasakite, Old School Rap Tapes

Every Friday, four new music picks from music blogs worldwide are published as part of my Day & Night pages. Follow Day & Night on Twitter or Facebook. The magazine is out today in print with every copy of the Irish Independent so pick it up to see my full internet-heavy section as well as the rest of the mag.

D E N A

D E N A’s ‘Cash, Diamond Rings, Swimming Pools’ is an infectious pop tune and the brainchild of Denitza Todorova, a Eastern European MIA fan from Bulgaria, who is now based in Berlin.

Old School Rap Tapes

Free downloads of early live rap performances of the ’80s featuring Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash, Kurtis Blow, Biz Markie, Fab 5 Freddy and lots more. Kick it old school.
old-school-hiphop-tapes.blogspot.ie

Niamh De Barra

The eccentric tones of Irish singer De Barra dominate the lo-fi folk and electronic instrumentation of her free-4 track Below The Sea EP. Modern electronic sea shanties perhaps?
Listen/Download the EP

Highasakite

This Norwegian trio’s song Indian Summer seemingly borrows its central melody from David Bowie’s Heroes but coats it in enough woodblock percussion and celebratory guitar and keys that’d you’d hardly notice.

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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.