Irish Music

Patrick Kelleher – ‘Put Out The Lights & Cry’ (video premiere)

Dublin experimental ghost / slacker / disco / pop musician Patrick Kelleher is back with…

Deady – ‘Lightning & Thunder’

Cork soul singer Brian Deady is back with ‘Lightning & Thunder’ a new single with…

Terriers – ‘For You’ / ’13/13′

Peter Ward and Ronan Downing , who call themselves the electronic duo Terriers have been…

Hear Chromatics’ Nat Walker remix Funeral Suits

Chromatics and Desire band member Nat Walker has remixed ‘All Those Friendly People’, one of…

James Vincent McMorrow – ‘Cavalier’ (video)

James Vincent McMorrow returned with news of a second album Post-Tropical and a stunning first…

Premiere: Alarmist – Pal Magnet EP

Alarmist debuted the rolling twisted rhythms ‘Bunda Internacionale’, a song which also has African and…

Interview: Lasertom – sonic treats, special moments and disco grooves

Ireland’s electronic scene has been enriched of late by artists and musicians exploring the fringes…

Intro: Darling – glossy Dublin pop/rock duo

Darling are a new Dublin duo, Gary Harding and James McGuire who were formerly members…

Biggles Flys Again have an excellent new Dublin-centric video & Strands remix

‘Chambers’ from Biggles Flys Again’s Remember Saturdays album is subtitled as ‘(Or The Twenty Eight…

Listen to a finger-picked track from Monaghan-based Emakousma

Barry Quinn is a Monaghan man, an illustrator and a musician under the name Emakousma…

Premiere: Bouts – Nothing Good Gets Away (album stream)

Bouts are a Dublin rock band made up of Barry Bracken (Vocals, Guitar), Colin Boylan…

Intro: Ghost Maps – Halfset’s Jeff Martin’s new project

Instrumental Dublin band Halfset are by now, a band pretty much considered defunct and with…

Premiere: The Mighty Stef – Iveagh Flats EP

Stefan Murphy’s name is the title but The Mighty Stef are very much a band…

Aoife Underwater – ‘You Didn’t Break’

Here’s a musician who I featured three years back who went quiet shortly afterwards. The…

Alarmist – ‘Bunda Internacionale’

Dublin band Alarmist have been quiet since last year’s live dates. The band’s debut EP…

James Vincent McMorrow – ‘Cavalier’

With James Vincent McMorrow’s second album Post Tropical on the way in early 2014 (January…

Dioscó Na mBó – ‘Brassanova’

While the name conjures up some sort of novelty Irish language Studio 54-loving mad cows…

Watch Sleep Thieves’ one-shot video for ‘Sparks’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBXKd_NFNIo&feature=youtube_gdata_player The video for Sleep Thieves’ song Sparks‘ by Neil Hoare keeps it simple by…

Spies – ‘November Sun’

Dublin rock band Spies received a hige amount of attention for their superb single ‘Distant…

Ben Bix – ‘Meiji Cloud’ (video)

Ben Bix is a singer, musician and producer who also plays in Dublin band Meltybrains?…