The best new music/artist picks of the last week. As published in today’s Day & Night Magazine. Follow Day & Night on Twitter or Facebook
Haerts
As released by Neon Gold, the arbiters of cool accessible music, the New York band with members from Europe and North America have been called a “a veritable United Nations of pop supremacy.” Their debut single Wings is certainly a great soaring pop song.
Phoria
Red is the debut track from a Brighton five-piece who mix downbeat piano atmospherics, electronic flourishes with Sigur Ros style tones. Three of the band members have been playing together since they were SIX.
Expert Diggs
Dublin’s The Expert (sans Messiah) & Galway’s Danny Diggs are two beat-loving rap producers who set each other a challenge: to each make a version of a song based on a sample and see who flipped it best. They released an EP of the results for us all to enjoy.
Empire Of The Sun
It’s been five years since the Aussie electropop duo appeared looking like very camp Mad Max extras. They’re back with a new album Ice On The Dune in June and Alive, the first track is a carousing return to dancefloors.
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, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
Phoria is very good song.
Review: http://www.bitcandy.com/newFinds/newFindDedicated/new-music-2013-finds-phoria