Intro: soulful minimal pop from Nottingham’s Indiana

‘Bound’ is some moody and minimal soulful percussive pop from a Nottingham singer Indiana. Her…

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down feat. Joanna Newsom – ‘Kindness Be Conceived’

The new album from Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, We The Common is…

Clu – ‘Moonrunner’ feat. Gemma Dunlovely (video)

Clu’s languid electronic R&B track ‘Moonrunner’ with Gemma Dunlovely on vocals gets a “The Chart…

Angel Olsen tours Ireland in May

For those who like their folk music, expressive and a little off-kilter, Chicago’s Angel Olsen…

Listen to Space Dimension Controller’s ’80s electro jam ‘You Can’t Have My Love’

Check out this ridiculous ’80s electro jam from Belfast’s Jack Hamill aka Space Dimension Controller…

Grizzly Bear – ‘Gun-Shy’ (video)

The creepy jerky video by Kris Moyes for the relatively serene ‘Gun-Shy’ from last year’s…

Daughter – ‘Still’ (video)

Daughter played their debut Irish gig on Saturday night. Almost a year ago, the Daughter…

Bonobo – ‘Cirrus’

Bonobo’s last album 2010’s Black Sands had much to recommend on its tracklisting and ‘Cirrus’…

Listen to Quompilation #3: Irish bands cover their favourite songs of 2012

For the last two years, January has been brightened up by the appearance of Quompilation,…

Watch Lethal Dialect’s impressive live performance from Community Of Independents Button Factory gig

Lethal Dialect shows you how Irish hip-hop can be done over a J Dilla Beat…

The Knife – ‘Full Of Fire’ (video)

Update: A video/short film for the track by Marit Østberg is now up. Also, Shaking…

Album of the week: FaltyDL – Hardcourage

Before 2012, the music of New York producer Drew Lustman aka FaltyDL was synonymous with…

New music: Snakadaktal, Bebe Black, Youth Lagoon & Mozart’s Sister

Every Friday, four new music picks selected from music blogs are published as part of…

Gramme – ‘Girls Talk’ (video)

I’ve explained Gramme’s backstory before and their subsequent reappearance with an awesome album of electronic/punk…

Foals – ‘My Number’ (video)

Now this is more like it isn’t it? ‘Inhaler’ is a decent tune but it…

Souleance drop the funky beats

Get a load of Fulgeance’s and DJ Soulist’s aka Souleance’s new LA BEAT TAPE which…

Cymbals – ‘The Natural World’

Cymbals just keep going from strength to strength. Like ‘Like An Animal’ before it, ‘The…

Watch Shugo Tokumaru’s amazing paper-motion video & hear his new album In Focus?

There’ll always be a place in my heart for the music of Japan’s Shugo Tokumaru.…

Hervé ft. Katie Stelmanis of Austra – ‘Save Me’ (video)

Spooked electronica from Hervé with disentangled vocals from Austra’s Katie Stelmanis. It’s the first single…

Amateur Best – ‘In Time’

Amateur Best’s ‘Too Much’ (below) sneaked its way into my top 100 songs of the…