Indie, Rock & Alternative

Cloud Castle Lake remain singularly impressive on ‘Twins’

Cloud Castle Lake are a band like few others. If melding intricate arrangements with elements…

New band of the week: WhenYoung – Limerick London pop punk trio

Whenyoung are a new London-based pop punks made up of Irish musicians Aoife Power (Vocals/…

Dublin rockers Fontaines D.C. release the thrilling video ‘Hurricane Laughter’

Fontaines burst on the Dublin music scene with a colloquially-driven debut single ‘Liberty Bell’. The…

And So I Watch You From Afar – ‘A Slow Unfolding Of Wings’

Welcome back And So I Watch You From Afar. The Belfast band will release their…

Zola Jesus announces Dublin gig & new album Okovi

Nika Roza Danilova aka Zola Jesus has announced her return with a new album on…

Intro: New Irish band Little One collaborate with female singers

Little One are a new band formed in Dublin calling themselves a “post/indie” group. The…

First listen: The Jimmy Cake’s massive new album ‘Tough Love’

Dublin experimental veterans The Jimmy Cake today unveil their new album, Tough Love, in full,…

Queens of the Stone Age for Dublin show; hear new track

Queens Of The Stone Age have announced their Irish return as part of the Villains…

The Jimmy Cake share new music from new LP Tough Love

Ahead of its full physical and digital release on Cork-based weirdo boutique Penske Recordings, The…

Squarehead are back with ‘Waves’

After contributing to a worthy compilation along with Mac DeMarco and Oh Boland last week,…

Wolf Alice announce new album with single ‘Yuk Foo’ along with Dublin & Belfast gigs

Wolf Alice have announced their new album Visions of A Life (on 29 September via…

Listen to All Tvvins & James Vincent McMorrow collaborate on ‘Alone Together’

All Tvvins have followed up their debut album IIVV with a special collaborative single with…

First Listen: Sea Pinks – Watercourse

Sea Pinks, the Belfast guitar pop trio spearheaded by Neil Brogan, on guitar and vocals,…

Beauty Sleep go ‘All In’

Fresh from The Great Escape, The Belfast three piece Beauty Sleep return with a new…

The Fontaines’ channel Dublin into their rock’n’roll single Liberty Belle

The Fontaines are a Dublin band who are unmistakably Dublin. Captured outside the Parliament Street…

Count Vaseline addresses this Russia thing

Remember when Russia used to be the mortal enemy of the west and now US…

Silverbacks channel slacker Pavement-esque pop on debut Sink The Fat Moon EP

Silverbacks are a new Dublin-based band whose music is in the field of slacker indie…

Silences – ‘Red Dress’

Armagh band Silences last caught my attention with the dynamic song ‘There’s A Wolf’ last…

LCD Soundsystem look in the mirror & get on with it on ‘Call The Police’ & ‘American Dream’

Is there any way two new songs, even in abrupt fashion, could live up to…