Irish Music

Listen to the new album from Dublin alt experimentalists Rollers/Sparkers

Over two years ago, the Dublin alt experimental band Rollers/Sparkers returned with their first bit…

Carriages return with ‘Like A Child’

Harry Bookless and Aaron Page, known as Carriages, were a regular fixture on Dublin music…

Listen to Cinema’s debut album A Night Train To Budapest

Peter Fleming, the Kildare-born producer in charge of Cinema has impressed me with his instrumental…

Hear tracks from the latest Bodytonic release from Irish producer Manzana Kicks

Bodytonic have been focusing on enriching Dublin city with bars of late but they are…

Burnt Out – A North Dublin working class expression of living through the recession

Burnt Out is a new project based out of North Dublin. It’s a music project…

Album premiere: J. Cowhie – Veil

The music of John Cowhie aka Goodtime, has consistently had a textured appeal to it…

Listen to a Diamond Dagger remix of Everything Shook’s ‘Come Back To Mine’

The music of Everything Shook, the three-piece of Robyn Bromfield, Jessica Kennedy and Áine Stapleton…

Watch Meltybrains? perform live in extreme close up in Connollys Of Leap

Meltybrains? went down to play in the rejuvenated venue in West Cork, Connolly’s of Leap…

Slow Riot – ‘Trophy Wife’

Limerick post-punk band Slow Riot have a new single coming to follow up their impressive…

Bad Bones – ‘Games’

Only last month, Sal Stapleton’s Bad Bones project impressed with the track ‘Beg’. That song’s…

Album of the week: The Gloaming – 2

This weekend, and part of the next week, The Gloaming will take up a sold…

The Natural History Museum – ‘Jeweller’

Electronic producer Dunk Murphy and singer-songwriter Carol Keogh, have only just released a fine album…

First Listen: Ailbhe Reddy – ‘Distrust’

Ailbhe Reddy is a singer-songwriter who’s been bubbling under for a bit developing her sound.…

Slow Skies leaves us longing for a ‘Winter Night’

Karen Sheridan and Conal Herron’s Slow Skies was quiet for 2015 since ‘Bodies’ and their…

Premiere: Wyvern Lingo – ‘Beast At The Door’

With each passing song, Wyvern Lingo show a new facet of their developing sound, especially…

Watch Myles Manley play in a Arsenal / Leicester FA cup game from 1997 (NSFW)

Last January, Myles Manley released his career-best track ‘Pay Me What I’m Worth’. A year…

Listen to Ciaran Lavery’s new single ‘Return To Form’

Antrim singer-songwriter Ciaran Lavery has announced a second album Let Bad In to be released…

Listen to the solo EP from Come On Live Long’s Robert Ardiff

Come On Live Long’s singer Robert Ardiff has concocted a solo EP of material between…

J. Cowhie – ‘Long Way Home’

A year after his last track ‘Did You Ever Even Notice?’ and the excellent 2011…

Watch the new Hozier video featuring Saoirse Ronan

Hozier’s latest video for ‘Cherry Wine’ stars Saoirse Ronan and addresses domestic violence. The most…