Irish Music

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Introducing: We Are Losers

Super Extra Bonus Party guitarist Gavin Elsted (DOI: He’s a good friend) has been busy…

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Introducing: LaserTom & The Blast Crew – Cosmic space disco from Ireland

How about some Irish-made low-tempo cosmic space disco for your Tuesday? A Dublin producer (real…

Listen to the new Adebisi Shank album now

This Is The Second Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank is released this week.…

Biggus Diccus – “Home of the hot throbbing riff”

If you’re a fan of Spinal Tap and Eagles of Death Metal, then Biggus Diccus…

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New Fight Like Apes – ‘Poached Egg’

Fight Like Apes are due to release their awesomely-titled second album The Body of Christ…

Video: Yes Cadets – ‘Lies’

New single from Yes Cadets who played a super set at Indiependence last weekend.

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Download ‘Genki Shank’, another new Adebisi Shank tune

The interest in Adebisi Shank’s ‘International Dreambeat’ was pretty high by this blog’s usual standards…

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New Adebisi Shank – ‘International Dreambeat’

Taken from their second album This Is The Second Album Of A Band Called Adebisi…

Video: Jennifer Evans – Scattered’

Music video for Jennifer Evans’ ‘Scattered’. Animated and directed by Andmapsandplans. The song is from…

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Windings – ‘Old Like J’

Limerick label Out On A Limb will release two superb tracks from Windings and Vertigo…

Road Records to close on July 24th

Sad news. Despite attempts to keep it afloat in the last year and a half…

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Introducing: Bingo

Bingo is 21 year-old producer Frank Sweeney from Dublin who makes luscious tracks with nods…

Solar Bears – Inner Sunshine EP

The Solar Bears album She Was Coloured In is definitely one of the top Irish…

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Introducing: Skeleton Jones

Awesome jangly indie-pop from Ken McAllister formerly of 8Ball who goes under the name of…

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Introducing: Meljoann – Irish electro skweee funk

Early days for Meljoann but this Irish lass has a style unique to herself already:…

Enemies – ‘Nag Champa’

Enemies are the latest band on Richter Collective to release a full-length album after solid…

My Drowned in Dublin column/playlist

The good folks over at Drowned in Sound asked me to write about what’s going…

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New Nouveaunoise – ‘Panaka’

‘Panaka’ is another preview from Nouveaunoise’s forthcoming album Paraphrase Accolade (out June 11th) which features…

B-Movie Lightning – ‘Triple Trouble’

The brilliant Donal Dineen/ Cian O’ Cíobhaín– recommended single from former Cane 141 man Mike…

Popical Island: Ireland’s new popscene

Compilation alert! Popical Island are a collective of bands and musicians who have little in…