Irish Music

18 new bands to see at Hard Working Class Heroes 2015

This year’s Hard Working Class Heroes lineup of new bands is a tough one. Primarily…

Watch Sorca Ships’ new project Wounded Healer perform ‘Panic About Love’

Ships are one of my favourite Irish bands of the last few years. They have…

Saint Sister – ‘Madrid’

Saint Sister came into our lives via a video performance of their track ‘Castles’ that…

Watch the new Le Galaxie ‘Love System’ video by Feel Good Lost

Le Galaxie’s second album Le Club gets a regular rotation on my record player (in…

Wyvern Lingo – ‘Subside’

The Bray trio of Caoimhe Barry, Saoirse Duane and Karen Cowley aka Wyvern Lingo have…

First listen: The Academic – ‘Northern Boy’

Mullingar band The Academic have been on my radar since December 2013 and the release of…

Otherkin – ‘Feel It’

Dublin band Otherkin landed themselves a lot of interest, particularly in the UK, with their…

Album premiere: Somadrone – Oracle

Neil O’Connor’s last album as Somadrone, The First Wave, was characterised by an adept experience…

Watch Anderson try and sell his debut album via door to door sales to Dubliners

This Friday, Anderson will release his debut album Patterns of lush folk and singer-songwriter music,…

New Portals – ‘Groove Boy’
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Madonna’s ‘Into the Groove’ begins with the pop star flaunting her moves in her bedroom,…

Listen to promising Dublin band TNLYF’s debut EP i

Dublin band TNLYF (The Nightlife) have metamorphosed from a stadium rock act on early single…

Maud In Cahoots – ‘Cure For The Crazy’

Maud in Cahoots‘ music has been growing in stature over the last year or two,…

Johnny Stewart – ‘Flesh, Blood, Skin & Bone’

OK, OK. First thing’s first. The cynics among you (and in me) could blast Johnny…

EMBRZ – ‘Lights’ ft. pennybirdrabbit

Maybe you caught EMBRZ, the Kildare producer Jack Casey’s live set at Body & Soul…

Girl Band – ‘Pears For Lunch’

Just a few weeks on from ‘Paul’, Girl Band are here to freak out your…

little xs for eyes – ‘Funk Island’

It’s a fast-moving world dear readers, and music is moving faster than many artforms. Each…

Let Meltybrains? teach you ‘The Vine’ in their new instructional music video

Meltybrains? took a left and right turn with ‘The Vine’ the polychromatic tropical recent single…

T-Woc starts new 7″ label, first release features Irish/Malay singer Aminah Dastan

Dublin/Sao Paolo-based Mick T-Woc has a long-established interest in dub, reggae and electronic music and…

Contour – ‘Rearrange & Realign’

Dublin duo Contour are back with a new EP called Blessed With Weird Things on…

First Listen: The Jimmy Cake – Master

Instagram, Irish Water, Marriage Equality, EDM, Jobbridge, Hozier. This is just a small list of…