INTRO: Bleeding Heart Pigeons – Limerick teens with expansive ambition

The name Bleeding Heart Pigeons was a bit of a misnomer for me. It was…

Watch The Weeknd on Later With Jools Holland

For those who weren’t awake for the near midnight showing of The Weeknd’s debut television…

Listen to Lemonada’s Kelly Green Vol.2 collection

It was Kelly Green Vol.1 that introduced us to Lemonada in the first place back…

Ships – ‘Places’

Here’s a favourite from Ships live show (Simon Cullen, Sorcha McGrath with Cian Murphy). ‘Places’…

The Holy Roman Army – One Atom That Was You

Last year’s Lazerians mini-album marked a change in Chris and Laura Coffey’s The Holy Roman…

Intro: Richie !Kaboogie – exploratory electronica from Cork-based producer

His name will be known to those in Ireland familiar with bass, dubstep and jungle…

HUNK! – ‘Dupe’

HUNK! are a new band based in Dublin featuring Niamh Hegarty, Sundara O’Higgins and Gerard…

Watch Hot Chip and Peter Serafinowicz’s amazing football video game-themed music video

Amazing video for Hot Chip’s ‘Don’t Deny Your Heart’ by Peter Serafinowicz. Reminds me of…

Chromatics – ‘Cherry’

A coolly-atmospheric new track from Chromatics. You get the feeling Johnny Jewel has vaults of…

40 of the best new artists of 2012: Part 4

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Ending the four part…

Album of the week: Jessica Pratt – Jessica Pratt

It’s easy to hear why Jessica Pratt’s been called a retro American gal or a…

New music: Amateur Best, Wild Belle, Flight Facilities & NoNoNo

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

GOODTIME – ‘Just Can’t Get Away’ (Jape remix)

Goodtime had the good foresight to figure out that the songs from his The Colours…

40 of the best new artists of 2012: Part 3

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Continuing the four part…

40 of the best new artists of 2012: Part 2

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Continuing the four part…

Laid Back – ‘Fly Away’ (Poolside Edit)

If you were looking for an album to would suit the description ultra-chilled electronic disco-funk…

40 of the best new artists of 2012: Part 1

Today, I kick off a four-part series feature where I share a selection of 40…

Watch the new Villagers video for ‘Nothing Arrived’

I went to see Villagers play the now-intimate by their standards Whelan’s show last week…

Listen to the electronic bounce of Staygold’s ‘Wallpaper’

This Royksopp-esque bouncy Scandinavian electronica ‘Wallpaper’ featuring Style Of Eye and Pow comes from the…

Listen to the ESG electronic-funk of Gramme’s ‘Too High’

Here’s a band who first appeared in 1996. Gramme are a London band who didn’t…