Albums & Releases

Disclosure – Settle

I’ve been reading some reviews of Disclosure’s debut album Settle over the last week. I’ve…

Free download: Italians Do It Better – After Dark 2 compilation

It’s kind of bizarre than Johnny Jewel would choose to give away After Dark 2,…

Austra – Olympia (Irish album premiere)

Listen to Austra’s second album Olympia right here courtesy of Deezer. Austra’s debut album Feel…

Album of the week: Mount Kimbie – Cold Spring Fault Less Youth

Dominic Maker and Kai Campos’ aka Mount Kimbie were very much at the vanguard of…

Sounds Of System Breakdown – Nomad (review)

The term “electro-rock” always makes me a bit queasy. I just imagine some misguided classic-leaning…

Album of the week: Majical Cloudz – Impersonator

Like the Montreal duo’s intense live show, Impersonator is like being stuck inside the head…

Little Green Cars – Absolute Zero (review)

My first experience of Little Green Cars was of a ragged but talented bunch of…

Listen to debut album from The Redneck Manifesto’s Niall Byrne as Bill Blood

My name is Niall Byrne. There are two other Niall Byrnes I regularly get confused…

Album of the week: Ghostpoet – Some Say I So I Say Light

Those familiar with Obaro Ejimiwe’s debut Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam will find much…

Album premiere: Cat Dowling – The Believer

Former Alphastates singer returns with an excellent debut solo album. As former lead singer of…

Album stream premiere: Tieranniesaur – DIYSCO

Tieranniesaur are back with a second album of disco indie jams. Listen to it here.…

Listen to Young Wonder’s Show Your Teeth EP

If you’re a regular reader of this site, you’ll likely have heard ‘To You’ and…

Album premiere: Enemies – Embark, Embrace

The second album from Wicklow band Enemies is the sound of musicians moving further away…

Daft Punk – Random Access Memories (First listen review)

Yesterday, I attended a playback of the new Daft Punk album in Dublin. Those in…

Album of the week: Solar Bears – Supermigration

John Kowalski and Rian Trench’s debut album as Solar Bears, 2010’s She Was Coloured In…

Listen to Record Store Gay 2013 – a compilation of gay covers from Irish bands

Our LGBT brothers and sisters are the focus of lots of attention at the moment,…

Jai Paul’s LP is leaked on Bandcamp – What is going on?

When I got a text from a friend early on Sunday morning alerting me to…

Album of the week: James Blake – Overgrown

In his short time as a prolific musician, James Blake has made music that could…

Listen to the orchestral pop debut album from Sundernix

Back in late January, I debuted ‘Brasserie’ from Sundernix. That song comes from Sundernix’s self-titled…

Listen to The Community Games album featuring No Monster Club, Cave Ghosts, Ginnels, Grand Pocket Orchestra

Popical Island’s The Community Games compilation, which you may have heard a sampler of already…