Discopunks – ‘Tie Me Up’

Discopunks are a new Dublin band whose members are currently unknown but who have been…

Intro: Girlpool – brash and basic girl pop/punk duo

The early releases from Philadelphia-based Girlpool, a duo made up of to seventeen year-olds from…

Young Fathers – ‘Shame’

Young Fathers released another preview from their forthcoming album White Men Are Black Men Too,…

Young Wonder – ‘Enchanted’

Following on from the excellent ‘Intergalactic’, Ian Ring and Rachel Koeman, Cork-duo Young Wonder are…

Listen to Hystereo’s ‘Aquarium’, the first release on This Greedy Pig’s new label

Dublin’s This Greedy Pig are known for their DJing, design and delving into culture on…

Skelocrats – ‘Zirconium Heart’

Skelocrats will return with a new album Bella Bella later this month with a stronger…

Tame Impala – ‘Let It Happen’

Tame Impala have been one of those bands I just didn’t get when they surged…

Sufjan Stevens – ‘Should Have Known Better’

Last night, a select Dublin audience got a full headphones listen to Sufjan’s new album…

Watch the new thumb-wrestling No Monster Club video for ‘The Loneliest Master’

No Monster Club’s excellent People Are Weird album is receiving a real-world launch on Saturday…

Princess Slayer – ‘Passion Alley’

Every year for the last three, I’ve been a judge of Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent competition.…

Clarence Clarity – ‘Will To Believe’

Clarence Clarity’s No Now album (streaming on Soundcloud) is a cacophonous toys-out-of-the-pram sonic vista, ever-changing,…

Villagers detail a breakup on new song ‘Hot Scary Summer’

Last year, Villagers released ‘Occupy Your Mind’, a song which addressed the Russian laws against…

Listen to Twin Shadow’s new album Eclipse

‘To The Top’ and ‘Old Love/New Love’, two of the three songs we heard from…

Review: Leo Drezden – Multi-Moment

Leo Drezden’s debut album Multi-Moment is a colourful ride through post-rock, electronic, jazz and prog.…

Planet Parade – ‘Cardiac’

Planet Parade were up there with one of my favourite Irish bands last year. They…

Listen to a Cyril Hahn remix of Caribou’s ‘Second Chance’

Caribou are releasing a remix package this week of Our Love tracks. The album has…

Tandem Felix – ‘Nothing I Do Will Ever Be Good Enough’

There’s much nodding enjoyment to be had from Dublin band Tandem Felix’s new song ‘Nothing…

SignA – ‘Lines’

Stefano Schiavocampo and Massimiliano Galli are two Italian lads who are based in Dublin who,…

Edward F Butler – ‘Bank Heist Debut’

Edward F Butler impressed me with his previous single ‘Running From Fears’, and here we…

The best tracks of the week playlist

This week, songs that impressed came from Cork’s The Hard Ground, LA R&B singer Kelela…