Irish Music

Enemies return with a new sound on ‘Play Fire’

Two years on from the fine album Embark, Embrace and Wicklow’s Enemies are showcasing a…

Bleeding Heart Pigeons – ‘A Hallucination’ (video)

Before Bleeding Heart Pigeons’s A Hallucination EP gets the release treatment on vinyl and digital…

Planet Parade – ‘Blue Sky’

Since re-appearing last year, Michael Hopkins and Andrew Lloyd, aka Planet Parade have sculpted some…

Hear Kildare producer Cinema remix Lyttet’s ‘Distance’ into a smooth Balearic cut

Continuing their run of remixes from Kildare producers, Lyttet have enlisted

First Listen: Somadrone feat. Richie Egan – ‘Invitation’

Neil O’Connor is a prolific composer and producer. His previous Somadrone album The First Wave…

Watch a Nialler9 video about Irish music @ Castlepalooza

The Irish often think of themselves as underdogs but time and time again, we prove…

The new Girl Band tune and video is the greatest thing of the week

I took a few days off (it’s called a weekend workaholics) and spent it on…

Emzee A raps his ‘Sober Thoughts’

Dublin rapper Emzee A dropped some cloud-rap style back in May with ‘Lucid Dreaming’ and…

Belfast indie-electronic duo New Portals ‘Do It Right’
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The Belfast duo New Portals, appeared on my radar, as Northern Irish bands often do,…

Kojaque – ‘Out For Donutz’

Kojaque is a rapper from Dublin who appeared with the late-night piano reflection ‘Midnight Flower’…

FKA Twigs – ‘Patron & Glass’ (CLU version)

Today Clu were announced as an addition to the Body&Soul area at Electric Picnic, which…

I Am Niamh – ‘Hang On’

Niamh Parkinson’s debut album Wonderland features music drawn from her experience as a classically-trained musician,…

Listen to Louth composer Breifne Holohan’s calming debut Eastern Passages

Eastern Passages might last for a relatively short time of 30+ minutes but the impression…

I Have A Tribe – ‘Scandinavia’

Patrick O’Laoghaire, I Have A Tribe, has returned with a new track to follow up…

Bitch Falcon – ‘TMJ’

Bitch Falcon were one of the recipients of some studio time of the recent Guinness…

Replete – ‘Day Off’

English label Shifting Peaks has a new compilation coming out which features 50 tracks taken…

First Listen: The Expert – Dynamic Drift

Since the dissolving of the early part of the best Irish group in the first…

Listen to Daithí’s house remix of I’m Your Vinyl’s ‘Erase It’

I’m Your Vinyl’s recent single ‘Erase You’ has some retro pop swing to it. Not…

Video premiere: Joni – ‘Running’

The crossover between the underground and the mainstream is something which has happened in the UK frequently…

Intro: Lakerama – vocalist Senita & producer Graeme S team up

Lakerama is a new project from two musicians with form. On the production end, you…