Indie, Rock & Alternative

Glass Animals return with ‘Life Itself’

Glass Animals debuted their new single ‘Life Itself’ last night on Annie Mac’s BBC show.…

Super Furry Animals return with ‘Bing Bong’

After last year’s reunion shows, the Super Furries will be playing a US tour and…

New artist of the week: Jens Kuross

Background: Idaho-born musician who studied Jazz at Berklee college in Boston but just started releasing…

MKAI – ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’

MKAI are four MacSweeny brothers from Cork who released their debut EP Waiting produced and…

Radiohead – ‘Burn The Witch’

There it is – the new Radiohead song from their forthcoming untitled record. The context…

Album review: Doomsquad – Total Time

The Toronto band Doomsquad began life making “sandpaper-cheesegrater folk music,” but the transition on second…

windings – ‘Stray Dogs’/’Helicopters’

We last heard from windings at the end of 2014, via a remix by fellow…

Callum Orr – ‘Love’

Dublin singer-songwriter Callum Orr released his second EP, Dawning Throes in the Unitarian Church last…

I Have A Tribe – ‘Buddy Holly’

I Have A Tribe’s Patrick O’Laoghaire is approaching the release of his debut album Beneath…

The False and The Fair – ‘Bald Apes’

The False and The Fair are an Dublin alternative rock band formed in 2013 who…

Pleasure Beach – ‘Magic Mountain’

The Belfast band Pleasure Beach have left a dent on the Irish music scene in…

Kappekoff’s ‘All Day Long’ is a burst of light

You may have heard this tune on my New Music Spotify playlist this past week.…

Ciaran Lavery – ‘Okkervil River’

With the forthcoming release of Let The Bad in and a productive and eventful SXSW…

Molossus – a new band from members of The Jimmy Cake, Hands Up Who Wants To Die and Percolator

Molossus are a new band formed from members of The Jimmy Cake, Hands Up Who…

Land Lovers return with ‘Angeline’

Popical Island stalwarts Land Lovers are back with new music to follow up their split…

Intro: sir Was: eclectic Gothenberg Caribou-style psych-beat musician

The Swedish producer sir Was will release his debut EP Says Hi on June 3rd…

Rocstrong rocks an ode to his deceased friend on ‘Block Party (Kaiser)’

Rocstrong arrived on the Irish scene with a swaggering funk rock sound that soon bagged…

Funeral Suits come back with ‘Tree Of Life’

Dublin alt-rockers Funeral Suits are active once again for the first time in four years…

Dublin band Fangclub channel Nirvana with 2-minute debut single ‘Bullet Head’

Short and to the point is how the Dublin band Fangclub are keeping things with…

Holy Fuck – ‘Xed Eyes’

Canadian tape-manipulating analogue live electronic instrumentalists Holy Fuck announced a new album called Congrats, their…