The top 10 tracks of the week

10 songs you should hear right now… 1. Girl Band – ‘Lawman’ One way to…

Album of the week: James Vincent McMorrow – Post Tropical

If you’re looking for the most stark difference between James Vincent McMorrow’s Early In The…

New music: Fickle Friends, Laura Groves, Tears & Marble

Fickle Friends – ‘Swim’ This Brighton five-piece band’s new single ‘Swim’ is a good antidote…

Intro: The Academic – Mullingar’s bright young hopefuls

Mullingar has been the hometown of Joe Dolan, Niall from One Direction and The Blizzards.…

Arenas x Talkboy – EP

The internet is great. A huge interconnected network of computers that everyone in the entire…

Intro: The Cast Of Cheers’ Neil Adams is Kuma Hana

While The Cast Of Cheers have been on quiet time, Conor Adams has made music…

Listen to Paddy Hanna’s solo album – Leafy Stiletto

As noted previously, Paddy Hanna is the lead singer of Grand Pocket Orchestra, perhaps the…

Withneil And I – 2 EP

Neil Burns is a musician, songwriter and producer who namechecks Derry, Donegal and Down as…

King Krule – ‘A Lizard State’ (video)

The most lively track from King Krule’s debut album 6 Feet Beneath The Moon, ‘A…

Mansionair – ‘Hold Me Down’

Lachlan Bostock and Alex Nicholls are Mansionair, a pretty new production duo from Sydney, i.e…

FKA Twigs – ‘Water Me’ (DJ DJ Booth Remix)

I’m quite a fan of FKA Twigs’ music . Both her EPs are stellar pieces…

Meltybrains? – ‘Green, Yellow & Purple’ (video)

Both times I’ve seen Meltybrains? play in Dublin, both shows were shut down by the…

Watch Snakadaktal’s looptastic and hypnotic video for ‘Fall Underneath’

Melbourne five-piece band Snakadaktal released a fine debut album of atmospheric indie tunes with Sleep…

Chromeo – ‘Come Alive’ (feat. Toro y Moi)

Chromeo’s White Women is certainly one of my most anticipated albums of 2014. We’ve already…

St. Vincent – ‘Digital Witness’

You can hear the influence of Annie Clark’s recent collaborative album with David Byrne on…

Girl Band – ‘Lawman’

Dublin band Girl Band had a relatively quiet 2013 but they’ve got things moving for…

Little Bear – ‘Night Dries Like Ink’ (video)

Derry’s Little Bear had a fine 2013 that was helped immensely by two appearances at…

Readers’ Poll: Top 25 Irish albums of 2013

Concluding the Best of 2013 lists with your favourite Irish albums as voted in the…

Readers’ Poll: Top 30 Irish songs of 2013

Best of 2013 continues. The results of your favourite Irish songs are in. Check the…

Readers’ Poll: Favourite gigs, videos, EPs and remixes of 2013

Here are the first results of the Readers’ Poll showing your favourite gigs, videos, EPs,…