Irish Music

MAU remixed Liza Flume’s ‘Bodies’ into body-conscious remix

Last month, Liza Flume made a welcome return with ‘Bodies’, a sparse song adorned with…

Wallis Bird celebrates happiness on new single ‘Change’

Wallis Bird has been toiling away in Berlin working on her new album for the…

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WIFE’s crosses machinery & nature on ‘Glass Interruption’

It may have once felt like a big leap from black metal to experimental electronica…

Cork’s Chris Power dropped a new sweet beats mixtape

With a cover image that looks at first glance like it was taken from some…

Blooms flirts with temptation on ‘Distance’

London-based Cork lady Louise Cunnane, Blooms, has this year, featured on collaborator Kobina’s EP as…

Rocstrong – ‘Show Off What You Got’

Andre J.P Bangala’s nascent career has quickly ascended from radio play to TV ads to…

Skinner has made 2016’s definitive album about skulling cans and smoking rollies

When the world seems to be turning madder with each passing day, sometimes you need…

First Listen: Pearse McGloughlin’s Nocturnes – The Soft Animal LP

Pearse McGloughlin will release his fourth album of music under the name Nocturnes on Friday.…

Dundalk’s T.P.M. are back with saucy little number ‘Eat That Curry’

Dundalk’s T.P.M. first came to us via a street performance of their song ‘All The…

Hvmmingbyrd – ‘If Love Was Enough’

Hvmmingbyrd are a Dublin band that recently reappeared as a duo and a new sound…

Phare’s ‘Monday’ is pulsing bounced electronica

Known for his work as one half of ambient shoegaze band Lyttet, Kildare man Peadar…

Bren McGillicuddy spins a hypnotic Jon Hopkins-style jam on ‘Join with Gold’

Bren McGillicuddy is a Dublin producer who is about to release his debut release. The…

Swords return with the short hook-filled single ‘Betty Machete’

The Dublin band Swords have a new album due this winter called Tidal Waves and…

Plutonic Dust – ‘Kill For Gold’

The nu-disco synth electronic band Plutonic Dust (Veronica Moran, Patrick McAdam, Kevin McKnight, Ciaran O’Shea…

Hear Funeral Suits’ new track ‘Crowded Out’

The Dublin band Funeral Suits have their first album in four years on the way.…

Watch Ciaran Lavery’s new video for ‘Okkervil River’

Ciaran Lavery’s Let Bad In is one of the finest Irish albums of the year…

Hear James Vincent McMorrow’s new R&B-leaning song ‘Rising Water’

Update: gigs and album title also announced. James Vincent McMorrow’s new album We Move is…

Premiere: Ailbhe Reddy – Hollowed Out Sea EP

After debuting her excellent single ‘Distrust’, Ailbhe Reddy has kindly given myself first dibs on…

Members of Jogging, Waiting Room & Cat Palace form Like Chandeliers

Like Chandeliers are a new band which got its start as a long-distance home recording…

Hear Cork’s Abovedat’s new track with Jesse Boykins III

Stevie G & Young Wonder’s Ian Ring Abovedat project debuted a couple of months back…