New Artists

Transviolet – ‘Bloodstream’

Los Angeles’ Transviolet have followed up the excellent ‘Girls Your Age’ with ‘Bloodstream’, a more-direct…

JD Sampson and Young & Sick team up as for some synth-disco as Sharer

JD Sampson has form in riot grrrl band Le Tigre and the active electro band…

Rosa Nutty – ‘Fine Print’

The Dublin-based singer-songwriter Rosa Nutty recently successfully completed a Kickstarter for her debut EP Bunny,…

NV – ‘What Do You Feel?’

20 year-old Limerick producer Rory Hall has been making tracks in various veins of nu-house,…

Belfast indie-electronic duo New Portals ‘Do It Right’
https://soundcloud.com/just-portals/do-it-right-1

The Belfast duo New Portals, appeared on my radar, as Northern Irish bands often do,…

Connie Constance – ‘Stars’

I sometimes think of upcoming singers or musicians in categories and Connie Constance fits into…

Starling – ‘Take It Down’

A new artist on the rise in the UK, Starling has debuted with a beautiful…

Transviolet – ‘Girls Your Age’

The sweet strains of Transviolet’s unnamed singer recall Lana Del Rey at her most LA-sounding…

Video premiere: Joni – ‘Running’

The crossover between the underground and the mainstream is something which has happened in the UK frequently…

Intro: Lakerama – vocalist Senita & producer Graeme S team up

Lakerama is a new project from two musicians with form. On the production end, you…

Check out this lilting live performance from Dublin’s Saint Sister

Hailing from Belfast and Derry but based in Dublin, Gemma Doherty and Morgan MacIntyre’s project…

Overcoats – ‘Smaller Than My Mother’

I introduced you to the melodic ambient pop folk New York duo Overcoats recently through…

Gallant – ‘Weight In Gold’

It’s become increasingly harder for new artists to stand out in the field of R&B,…

Jack Garratt – ‘Weathered’

A criticism I levelled at Jack Garratt’s show at The Great Escape, was one of…

Bear Worship – ‘Shimmerings’

Bear Worship is a new project from the Irish musician Karl Knuttel who quit making…

Intro: Jake Houlsby – calming Newcastle singer-songwriter

I’ve been supremely calmed by the music of Newcastle singer-songwriter Jake Houlsby, who formerly called…

BEAKS – ‘Good Friday Agreement’

Calling herself Lady Esmerelda Felicity S. Von de Beaks, the singer/musician behind the Northern Irish…

Silent Interlude – ‘Holding Game’

Niamh Walsh, Niall Cooke, Shawn Brennan and Seán Walsh make up the new Dublin band…

Intro: Overcoats – melodic ambient pop folk

Overcoats are a New York-based duo who describe their music as “electro-folk-soul”, an accurate descriptor…

Intro: Anna B Savage – an intense brittle minimal howl

There’s a magnetising to the music of Londoner Anna B Savage that draws you in,…