Pop Music

Transviolet – ‘Bloodstream’

Los Angeles’ Transviolet have followed up the excellent ‘Girls Your Age’ with ‘Bloodstream’, a more-direct…

Belfast indie-electronic duo New Portals ‘Do It Right’
https://soundcloud.com/just-portals/do-it-right-1

The Belfast duo New Portals, appeared on my radar, as Northern Irish bands often do,…

Brian Deady – ‘A Darkness’

Cork’s Brian Deady has proved himself to be a fine vocalist, and one with variety…

Starling – ‘Take It Down’

A new artist on the rise in the UK, Starling has debuted with a beautiful…

Vök bring the Icelandic synth cool with ‘Waterfall’

That ‘Waterfall’ is ice cool is no surprise. Vök, the three piece band who made…

Jack Garratt – ‘Weathered’

A criticism I levelled at Jack Garratt’s show at The Great Escape, was one of…

Lianne La Havas – ‘What You Don’t Do’

Lianne La Havas has followed up the swirling single ‘Unstoppable’ with another fine track that…

Shura – ‘White Light’

I remained largely immune to the music of Shura, the BBC Sound of 2015 shortlisted…

Rudi Zygadlo drops the summery PC Music-esque track ‘Symphathies Scrapbook’

Rudi Zygadlo was one of the producers I encountered at the Red Bull Music Academy…

Bear Worship – ‘Shimmerings’

Bear Worship is a new project from the Irish musician Karl Knuttel who quit making…

BEAKS – ‘Good Friday Agreement’

Calling herself Lady Esmerelda Felicity S. Von de Beaks, the singer/musician behind the Northern Irish…

Alessia Cara flips Portishead’s ‘Glory Box’

Isaac Hayes’ ‘Ike’s Rap II’ is the source sample of two of the best British…

Rocstrong – ‘Hold Ya’

Andre J.P Bangala is back with another slice of funky rock music from his Rocstrong…

Roosevelt – ‘Night Moves’

What I really like about the music of Marius Lauber AKA Roosevelt is his ability…

Hear the great debut single from Belfast’s Pleasure Beach – ‘Go’

Pleasure Beach are a new band from Belfast, who formed in a Belfast coffee shop…

Moullinex – ‘Take A Chance’

Moullinex makes music that is fun, summery dance with a disco flavour and the new…

Sinéad White – ‘Better’

A rising talent on the Irish music scene, Kildare singer-songwriter Sinéad White will release her…

Young Wonder – ‘Sweet Dreaming’

Cork duo Young Wonder have given us a few sides to their new music from…

Blonde Maze – ‘Awake / Asleep’

Blonde Maze is the musical moniker of Amanda Steckler from New York and judging by…

Made In Heights – ‘Forgiveness’

LA duo Made In Heights dropped two fine singles in ‘Panther’ and ‘Ghosts’ last year,…