Irish Music

Watch the new video for Lynched – ‘Cold Old Fire’

We look for signs that Dublin’s heart’s still beating, That concrete and glass and peelers…

Check out a great track from Dublin label compilation Furtive

Furtive are a collective and label based in Dublin who are planning the release of…

I Have A Tribe – ‘Buddy Holly’

I Have A Tribe’s Patrick O’Laoghaire is approaching the release of his debut album Beneath…

WOB! encourage you to let your body ‘Move’

WOB! are a duo who have been indulging in electronic music taking in drum’n’ bass,…

James Vincent McMorrow features on the new Kygo single

Well. It was so long ago now that I had forgotten the news but back…

Kildare producer EMBRZ has officially remixed Carly Rae Jepsen

Carly Rae Jepsen’s newest album Emotion was a  hit with more independent-driven music sites when it came…

First listen: Lisa O’Neill – Pothole In The Sky

Let it be known that development that is worthwhile and sustainable doesn’t happen overnight. The…

Proper Micro NV – ‘Natural Born Forgiver’

The 21 year-old Limerick producer Rory Hall has been trying out different electronic styles over…

Watch Wastefellow’s digitally trippy ‘Wonder’ video

Wastefellow first came to my attention via his collaboration with Bobby Basil – ‘G Train’.…

The False and The Fair – ‘Bald Apes’

The False and The Fair are an Dublin alternative rock band formed in 2013 who…

Roisin Murphy – ‘Mastermind’

Gift. Roisin Murphy is following up last year’s sophisticated album Hairless Toys with Take Her…

Irish musicians respond to the homeless crisis

Ireland’s rate of homelessness is something we should all be concerned about. Even today, there…

Let this 18 minute “musical cosmos” from Bray’s El Grey wash over you

Here’s something I don’t come across to often in my new music travels. El Grey…

Listen to the debut single from Cork-born Lyra about embracing your own accent

Hear the Lyra song from TV Show Striking Out here. Lyra is a new artist…

Pleasure Beach – ‘Magic Mountain’

The Belfast band Pleasure Beach have left a dent on the Irish music scene in…

These two Blessington brothers are making impressive teen pop

Sean & Conor Price are two brothers from Blessington, Co. Wicklow. Conor is 14 and…

Feather – ‘Like No Other’

Emma Garnett makes music under the name Feather, sometimes with friends Ben Bix and RiZA…

Ciaran Lavery – ‘Okkervil River’

With the forthcoming release of Let The Bad in and a productive and eventful SXSW…

Molossus – a new band from members of The Jimmy Cake, Hands Up Who Wants To Die and Percolator

Molossus are a new band formed from members of The Jimmy Cake, Hands Up Who…

Album of the week: Rusangano Family – Let The Dead Bury The Dead

MynameisjOhn, MuRli and God Knows first appeared in 2014 with an album called Rusangano /…