Irish Music

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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…

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Two Door Cinema Club’s top 5 Irish acts right now

As part of the extensive Irish week last month in which I asked loads of…

Video: Villagers – ‘Home’ (Yours Truly video)

It’s been a fascinating road for Conor O’ Brien’s Villagers project. If you been following…

Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands – Contact Sports

The Skinny Wolves-released Patrick Kelleher 7″ for Contact Sports featuring the original track and the…

Trophy Boyfriend – ‘Distant Chimes’

I first featured Gregor Ruigrok aka Trophy Boyfriend back in October’s MAP but since then…

Grand Pocket Orchestra – ‘Basketballs’

The bounciest little ball of fun in Irish music are back with a new single,…

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Introducing: Aoife Cleary

In light of last week’s celebration of all things good in Irish music, watch out…

Irish week: guest posts roundup

Well that was a lot of fun. Here’s a handy list of all the guest…

Irish week: The Torture Garden’s top 5 Irish acts right now

All this week, we’re having guest posts from various people involved in different strands of…

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Irish week: Sinead Gleeson’s top 5 Irish acts right now

All this week, we’re having guest posts from various people involved in different strands of…

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Irish week: Karl McDonald’s top 5 Irish acts right now

All this week, we’re having guest posts from various people involved in different strands of…

Irish week: Pete Thumped’s top 5 Irish acts right now

All this week, we’re having guest posts from various people involved in different strands of…