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.
Twigs
Another somewhat mysterious R&B act a la The Weeknd except this one is female. Twigs is a London singer of atmospheric R&B electronica and has already appeared on the cover of i-D magazine and unrelated, as a dancer two Jessie J videos. Luckily, her two debut tunes warrant more than a cursory investigation.
LV
Known for being one of the early creators of the UK dubstep sound, this trio have refocused their music on making culture-clashing music featuring collaborations with South African rappers and vocalists like Spoek Mathambo, Okmalumkoolkat and Ruffest.
Dan Croll
A Liverpool lad who has supported Michael Kiwanuka and James Vincent McMorrow of late, Croll sounds like a guy ready to make a splash with his big-sounding indie-pop if debut song From Nowhere is any indication.
Radical Face
As album themes go, the tale of a fictional family through its generations is up there with Sufjan’s supposed 50 States project but Ben Cooper’s galloping folk song We’re On Our Way makes that grand ambition sound intimate.
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.
her real name is twigs paramour