New Artists

Halsey – ‘Ghost’

If you’re a fan of Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry’s pitched vocals you’ll be thrilled to hear…

Intro: Niia – A background with Wyclef, Bond and Chopin leads to powerful new music

New York-based singer Niia (pronounced “Nye-a” ) came to my attention through the wonderful hazy…

Intro: Cornerboy Muzik – a Cork rap producer making moves in the U.S.

Cornerboy Muzik is a rap music producer from Cork who has already produced beats which…

Intro: Dustin Tebbutt – Aussie / Scandinavian falsetto folk

Not content with life in his home of Australia, Dustin Tebbutt looked north. Where many…

Juce – ‘Call You Out’

The London girl trio Juce are getting their swag on by looking like TLC back…

Intro: Sylvan Esso – Mountain Man girl & Megafaun guy’s new project

Mountain Man were a young trio of Appalachian folk singers who released their debut album…

RocStrong – ‘Go’Head’

Andre J.P Bangala is the brains behind Rocstrong a band so new that there’s only…

Intro: LIZ – Mad Decent’s R&B club pop artist

I haven’t been keeping too close of attention on Mad Decent’s output of late but…

New artist of the week: Glass Animals

When you hear that a band are from Oxford, it’s likely that you’ll think of…

New artist of the week: Salt Ashes

There’s quite a lot R&B influenced electronic production around at the moment so much so…

Listen to Loud Mouth Compilation Volume 6

The Loud Mouth Collective’s regular Bandcamp compilations are less definitive compilations than snapshots of where…

Intro: Blooms – Sacred Animals and a UK singer team up

Darragh Nolan released a fine EP as Sacred Animals a few years ago but since…

New artist of the week: Arthur Beatrice

As published today in the Irish Independent’s Day & Night Magazine. Pick it up to…

Kinds – ‘Breathe’

Karen Warner and Mark Morrish are a musical duo from Cornwall called Kinds whose debut…

ATMA – Kool Thing’s Jon Dark lets out the heartache

“The heart was made to be broken,” said Oscar Wilde and it sounds like Kool…

New music picks: Stine Bramsen, Childbirth & Farao

Stine Bramsen – Prototypical Danish band Alphabeat were either perfect pop music or like a…

Intro: Tinashe – R&B singer on the rise

Tinashe Jorgenson Kachingwe, best known as Tinashe has spent her short career making significant moves…

Intro: Monoak – Irish producer in London creating nimble electronic textures

An Irish man based in London, Johnny Oakley goes under the name Monoak when he’s…

New music picks: St. Pepsi, Wet & Jean Deaux

Every Friday, I’ll post a selection from my Irish Independent Day and Night pages. Pick…

Raleigh Ritchie – ‘Stronger Than Ever’

Thanks to The Guardian for making me aware that I’ve seen Raleigh Ritchie before. His…