Pop Music

Katie Laffan changes tack with the affecting ‘Trophy’

It takes time to build and Katie Laffan is taking the time she needs. At…

Premiere: Hvmmingbyrd – Know My Name EP

Hvmmingbyrd are a very different proposition from the alt-folk pop band they formerly traded as.…

Sylvan Esso release new single ‘Radio’

Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn have returned as Sylvan Esso with their first bit of…

Intro: Sensual pop time with Tender’s ‘Outside’

New North London based artists Tender (James Cullen and Dan Cobb) recently signed to Partisan…

Kildare duo Tebi Rex release the dance/hip-hop of ‘Black Enough’

​Matt O’Baoill and Max Zanga are Tebi Rex an alt hip-hop duo from Maynooth, Kildare…

Banks’ ‘Gemini Feed’ is a dark synthwave take on ’90s R&B

The second song from Banks’ forthcoming album The Altar (September 30th), ‘Gemini Feed’ is a…

Intro: Ardyn – UK siblings reaching out with new pop tones

Cotswold brother and sister Rob and Katy Pearson, Ardyn, appeared earlier late in 2015 with…

Scandinavian pop howler Skott debuts the bright pop of ‘Wolf’

Skott is a new artist out of Scandinavia (who apparently “grew up in a remote…

New Portals – ‘Cage’

Having recently released a reworked collection, VCR & Chill of their electro-pop project New Portals’…

Hvmmingbyrd – ‘If Love Was Enough’

Hvmmingbyrd are a Dublin band that recently reappeared as a duo and a new sound…

Hear Justin Bieber reimagined as a drippy ’80s pop star

You’ve all seen Game Of Thrones the ’90s version but what about music? Am I…

The Avalanches’ ‘Colour’ is moody melty psychedelia of the highest order

After waiting so long for new music from The Avalanches, coming back with ‘Frankie Sinatra’…

Hare Squead’s major label debut single is here

Anyone interested in new music in Ireland will have been keeping an eye on Hare…

Shura – ‘What’s It Gonna Be?’

Shura makes the kind of pop that I can get behind, it’s fun, melodic, it’s…

Grace Lightman really sounds like Kate Bush on ‘Faultless’

Despite all its problems with trying to keep users and labels happy at the same…

Lyra embraces her Irish accent & big drums on ‘Emerald’

The London-based Cork artist Lyra debut with an impressively polished ambient pop song called ‘Rabbit In The…

Metronomy – ‘Old Skool’

Metronomy are back. It’s hard to believe that Love Letters was released in 2013, such…

James Vincent McMorrow features on the new Kygo single

Well. It was so long ago now that I had forgotten the news but back…

Kildare producer EMBRZ has officially remixed Carly Rae Jepsen

Carly Rae Jepsen’s newest album Emotion was a  hit with more independent-driven music sites when it came…

Listen to the debut single from Cork-born Lyra about embracing your own accent

Hear the Lyra song from TV Show Striking Out here. Lyra is a new artist…