Irish Music

Adultrock – ‘Chants’

After Annie Mac posted ‘In The Shade’ as part of her Free Music Mondays series…

Listen to a sampler of The Community Games – a Popical Island four-way release

Apart from being one of the best Irish-centric compilation titles I’ve heard in ages, The…

Listen to MMOTHS’ gentle Alone mix – perfect for early morning / late night

Jack Colleran aka Mmoths did a mix for Oki-Ni last week that’s perfect for a…

Slow Skies – ‘On The Shore’

The reaction to this new Slow Skies track has already been great on the blogs…

Daithí remixes Liza Flume’s ‘Poison’ into a club banger

Daithí expands his reputation as a solid remixer (see also) with this Liza Flume remix,…

Tieranniesaur – ‘DIYSCO’

Tieranniesaur’s new album comes out in May on Popical Island and here’s the title track…

Review & stream: Kool Thing’s debut album

Jon Dark and Julie Chance’s music as Kool Thing to date, has shapeshifted in forms…

Cat Dowling – ‘Come On’

I have to confess I don’t listen to Irish radio much, but I would hope…

Review: MMOTHS – Diaries EP

It’s been a fascinating thing to watch, the trajectory of 19 year-old Jack Colleran/MMOTHS. The…

Intro: Terriers – a Dublin downtempo duo

Marie Celeste, the debut EP from Dublin duo Terriers, Peter Ward and Ronan Downing has…

Life After Modelling return with The Gospel According to Matthew J Anthony

As band careers go, Life After Modelling weren’t really a thing for very long. They…

Ryan Vail – ‘Fade’

I caught an impressive live set from Ryan Vail and his musical partner Katie Cosgrove…

Nightbox return with new single ‘Burning’

From Wicklow but based in Canada now, Nightbox are back with a debut album this…

Kid Karate – ‘This City’

With an appearance at SXSW coming up in a couple of weeks (full list of…

Watch Le Galaxie’s neon-dripping video for ‘The Nightcaller’

Greg Corcoran and Steve MacDevitt’s video for Le Galaxie‘s ‘The Nightcaller’ explores all the things…

Watch the Solar Bears Supermigration short film / album preview

Being keen cinema aficionados, and with a new album on the way, Solar Bears have…

Listen to the sci-fi intergalactic funk of Space Dimension Controller’s ‘Welcome to Mikrosector-50’

If ‘You Can’t Have My Love’ wasn’t ridiculous enough in its ’80s electro funk ways,…

Cork’s Reid releases free download ‘Wake’

Cork producer REID has uploaded his first bit of new material since last year’s ‘Miami’.…

Listen to Diamond Dagger’s new ’80s electro EP – DD-1

Formerly named Sarsparilla, Diamond Dagger’s spent the last year or so playing live with David…

Album of the week: Girls Names – The New Life

If you weren’t already enthused by Belfast’s Girls Names now is the time, their second…