Irish Music

Land Lovers return with ‘Angeline’

Popical Island stalwarts Land Lovers are back with new music to follow up their split…

Intro: a promising pop debut listen from Dubliner Tim Chadwick

Here’s a promising listen to the first single from Dublin singer-songwriter Tim Chadwick. ‘Blindfolded’ is…

First look: Rusangano Family’s new ‘Lights On’ video conceived by Rubberbandits’ Blindboyboatclub

This Friday, Rusangano Family, who are God Knows, MuRli and MynameisjOhn, the Limerick-based rap trio…

Rocstrong rocks an ode to his deceased friend on ‘Block Party (Kaiser)’

Rocstrong arrived on the Irish scene with a swaggering funk rock sound that soon bagged…

Listen to the new Mossy Nolan EP – The Exile

Mossy Nolan’s music walks a thin line between traditional Irish music, folk and singer-songwriter styles.…

Dublin band Fangclub channel Nirvana with 2-minute debut single ‘Bullet Head’

Short and to the point is how the Dublin band Fangclub are keeping things with…

Watch the new Saint Sister video for ‘Blood Moon’

Atmosfolk duo Saint Sister, Gemma Doherty and Morgan MacIntyre are one of the best new…

Listen to Jennifer Evans’ artful & frantic new single ‘Bakkos’

Jennifer Evans is ready to follow up her debut album Works From the Dip and…

Hvmmingbyrd return with a new sound on ‘Out of My Head’

The alt-pop band Hvmmingbyrd recently underwent a transition in which they changed their lineup and…

Overhead, The Albatross announce debut album & release cinematic video for ‘Indie Rose’

Overhead, The Albatross have announced their debut album Learning To Growl. It’ll feature the previously-featured…

Contour wrote a song using the 1916 GPO morse code signal

Photography: Olga Kuzmenko In the past few months, I’ve been sent some music that addresses…

EVVOL – ‘Physical L.U.V’

Berlin-based Evvol released a fine album called Eternalism last year, which included the higlights ‘Four…

Premiere: Watch Ham Sandwich’s new video for ‘Satellite’

HamsandwicH’s  Stories From The Surface album has cemented the Kells band as one of Ireland’s…

Ryan Vail’s whispered minimal electronics show up in ‘Mirrors’

Following on from the brittle brooding ‘Wounds’, Derry’s Ryan Vail has dropped a new track…

Clu have made a remix of Blade Runner

Dublin A/V duo Clu specialise in electronic bass and dance music paired with tripped-out visuals.…

BARQ introduce their alt R&B with single ‘Gentle Kind Of Lies’

BARQ are a new Dublin band making Alt R&B music or “Agrosoul” as they describe…

Dublin hip-hop duo Dusty Residents rap about being ‘Wanted’

MC Bradshaw and producer Taaffeman make up the Dublin hip-hop duo Dusty Residents. The duo…

Killarney producer Sheerin drops the bright pop sheen dance track ‘We Are One’

The 20 year-old Kerry producer David Sheerin is a self-taught DJ from Killarney who came to my…

Lisa O’Neill returns with ‘Pothole In The Sky’

The talented Cavan singer-songwriter Lisa O’Neill has made a welcome return with news of her…

Introducing: Pine The Pilcrow – a rising cinematic trio

Pine The Pilcrow are a new band I was only vaguely aware of until Ruby…