The new Girl Band tune and video is the greatest thing of the week

I took a few days off (it’s called a weekend workaholics) and spent it on…

Listening post: The Maeve label pick some defining tracks

Maeve is a record label with a global reach but with a thoroughly Irish background.…

Ghostpoet – ‘Sorry My Love, It’s You Not Me’ (Ghost Culture Remix)

As much as I like Ghostpoet’s style, sometimes his style of vocals and music combined…

Emzee A raps his ‘Sober Thoughts’

Dublin rapper Emzee A dropped some cloud-rap style back in May with ‘Lucid Dreaming’ and…

Transviolet get roughhoused in the ‘Girls Your Age’ video

LA band Transviolet dropped a video for their Lana Del Rey-style debut single ‘Girls Your…

The National’s Matt Berninger & Menomena’s Brent Knopf have a debut album as EL VY, are playing Dublin

EL VY is a new project by Matt Berninger of The National and Brent Knopf…

Lisa Hannigan takes a smooth R&B turn with London’s R I T U A L

As fans of Lisa Hannigan will know, the lady’s breath-filled voice is one of her…

The best songs of July 2015

My favourite songs of the month. Get the majority of them as a continuous playlists below…

The best tracks of the week

Also available on Spotify. New music chart !!! – ‘Freedom 15’ Chet Faker – ‘1998’…

!!! (chk chk chk) are back with a stomping disco of ‘Freedom ’15’

Following on from the Record Store Day release of the opening track ‘All U Writers’,…

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,…

Alessia Cara conquered her US TV debut performance on Jimmy Fallon

I don’t think we can pretend to be too surprised that Alessia Cara won big…

Connie Constance – ‘Stars’

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

Ibeyi cover Jay Electronica on brand new single ‘Exhibit Diaz’

The French Cuban twins Ibeyi have been playing their own inspired cover of Jay Electronica’s…

Kojaque – ‘Out For Donutz’

Kojaque is a rapper from Dublin who appeared with the late-night piano reflection ‘Midnight Flower’…

Jamie Lidell – ‘Pink Light’

Jamie Lidell is always on the radar. Lately, it’s been out of the foreground as…

Chet Faker and Banks team up on a new version of ‘1998’

Chet Faker has released a new version of his Built On Glass album standout ‘1998’,…

FKA Twigs – ‘Patron & Glass’ (CLU version)

Today Clu were announced as an addition to the Body&Soul area at Electric Picnic, which…

Brian Deady – ‘A Darkness’

Cork’s Brian Deady has proved himself to be a fine vocalist, and one with variety…

I Am Niamh – ‘Hang On’

Niamh Parkinson’s debut album Wonderland features music drawn from her experience as a classically-trained musician,…