Irish Music

SIIGHTS – ‘Lights Out’

Toni Etherson and Mia Fitz ak Siights came together during songwriting sessions for other artists.…

Kojaque is looking for your ‘Wificode’

Kojaque is a Dublin rapper who has been making music for several years via Youtube…

WOB! and Erica Cody hook up for summer on ‘Higher’

WOB! are a live drum’n’bass electronic band from Dublin (who want to make you ‘Move’)…

Listen to Daithí’s new Holiday Home EP

Daithí’s new EP Holiday Home features 5 tracks of electronic pop constructed with elements drawn…

Album of the week: Ships – Precession

Sorca McGrath and Simon Cullen have been making music as Ships for the last five…

Lakerama explore the tapped in world’s effects on us with soulful fringe electronica

The Limerick/Cork pairing of Lakerama, Graeme S (Hsuan Records) and Senita (also of Shookrah) have…

Soundtrack First Listen: Lorcan Finnegan’s horror film Without Name by Gavin O’Brien & Neil O’Connor

Without Name is a new horror film coming to cinemas on Element Pictures on May…

Premiere: The Hot Sprockets – ‘Right Spots’

Dublin soul rockers The Hot Sprockets have returned with a new single called ‘Right Spots’,…

Ailbhe Reddy releases surprise 5-track EP – Attach To Memory

The Dublin singer-songwriter Ailbhe Reddy is currently excelling at this music thing. Building on last…

Premiere: 045 Recordings mark a new generation of Kildare producers with compilation EP

As I wrote recently, my hometown of Newbridge, Kildare has clearly punched above its regional…

Belfast’s Jordan has a great EP coming out with Tuff City Kids edits

Jordan McCuaig is a Belfast producer and DJ who co-runs The Night Institute club and…

Irish psychedelic-leaning indie from Birds Of Olympus – ‘Vine Of The Soul’

New Irish four-piece band Birds Of Olympus fronted by John ‘Spud’ Murphy (formerly of Hybrasil)…

Elaine Mai addresses grief with elegiac electronic song ‘The Colour Of The Night’

Elaine Mai follows up her nostalgic summer haze track from last year – ‘Enniscrone’ with…

Shookrah pay tribute to family ties on ‘Our Own Way’

The Cork band Shookrah take their sweet music influences from soul, jazz, R&B and electronic…

Mix & Fairbanks’ Girls takes the best of Inspector Norse & Daft Punk in one glorious dancefloor cut

Mix & Fairbanks are two young Kildare producers and DJs Rob Smyth and Gary O’Reilly…

Autre Monde – ‘New Recruit’

Why just this day last week, I featured a sturdy track from Autre Monde, aband…

Slow Skies – ‘Shut Your Eyes’

Karen Sheridan’s Slow Skies project has returned with ‘Shut Your Eyes’, their first new song…

Sligo rap trio This Side Up drop ‘Billy No Mates’ video

This Side Up are a Sligo trio that dropped an excellent album of West Coast…

Soulé – ‘Troublemaker’

Dublin artist Soulé follows up her impactful first two singles ‘Love No More’ and ‘Good…

Floor Staff elevates his alternative pop style with the Convictions EP

Anthony Donnelly’s Floor Staff went quiet for a while there but it was the arrival…