Irish Music

Listen to Æ MAK’s debut EP – I Can Feel It In My Bones

Dublin duo Aoife McCann and Ellie McMahon’s Æ MAK burst onto the Dublin music scene…

Mango represents Dublin’s grime scene with ‘What Are You Sayin?’

Earlier this year, the Dublin MC and former member of The Animators dropped the superb…

First Listen: Sligo hip-hop trio This Side Up’s debut album Full Fat

Having formed in Sligo at a vinyl-only night in McGarrigles in 2008, This Side Up…

Watch a documentary about the recording of We Cut Corners’ new album in a church

John Duignan and Conall Breachain’s third album as We Cut Corners‘ The Cadences Of Others…

Cork producer ELLLL to release new Romance EP, drops Ariana Grande refix

Cork producer Ellen King aka ELLLL has been cultivating a propulsive style of low-end techno…

Barq debut ‘Bear’, a song about dealing with loss

Rising Dublin four-piece Barq’s two singles thus far have revealed an alternative live band jazz/R&B vibe.…

Watch Nocturnes’ Sligo-set video for ‘Serpents’

From Pearse McGloughlin and Nocturnes‘ recent album The Soft Animal LP (premiered here) , ‘Serpents’…

Cinema releases new song ‘Searching’

Peter Fleming, the Kildare-born producer known as Cinema released a fine album of instrumental electronica…

Gaze Is Ghost – ‘Feather And Bone’

Strabane musician Laura McGarrigle, Gaze Is Ghost, has had a quiet couple of years on…

Color//Sound & Raglans member Brendan McGlynn shares languid solo project Lovr

Brendan McGlynn is the former singer of Color//Sound and the current guitarist of the Raglans.…

Premiere: Toofools deliver glittering disco-funk & soul on ‘Touch’

In a short time, TooFools, a band brought to us by Lorcan O’Dwyer, Steven McCann…

Premiere: Daithí – ‘Falling For You’ feat. Sinead White

Galway electronic pop producer Daithí teamed up twice last year with Sinead White on ‘Love’s…

Limerick producer Proper Micro NV revels in electronic soul on ‘Flaws’

The Limerick electronic producer Rory Hall aka Proper Micro NV has impressed me with occasional…

Kildare producer EMBRZ has a remix of The 1975’s ‘Somebody Else’

Maynooth electronic producer Jack Casey AKA EMBRZ has already put his spin on a track…

Hear two new Saint Sister songs – ‘Tin Man’ & ‘Corpses’

The atmosfolk duo Saint Sister, Morgan MacIntyre and Gemma Doherty have established themselves as one of…

Watch Slow Riot’s stylish & dystopian video for ‘Absent Dreams’

Limerick alt-rock band Slow Riot have just signed a deal with UK label Killing Moon,…

First Listen: Swords – Tidal Waves

Diane Anglim (vocals & piano), Jarlath Canning (bass, guitars & synth) and Ian Frawley (drums)…

RiZA’s ‘Thank You’ is the sound of contemporary Irish/African music

Congolese/Dublin guitarist/singer Niwel Tsumbu’s band RiZA is made up of Eamonn Cagney (of Treelan) on…

Ruth – ‘Queen Of The Con’

The Kerry musician and singer, Ruth, who is now based in Dublin city, featured her…

Album of the week: Bantum – Move

Four years on to the month, Cork producer Ruairi Lynch, Bantum, follows up his debut…