Indie, Rock & Alternative

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…

Album of the week: Braids – Deep In The Iris

The music of Montreal via Calgary band Braids has often been characterised by skittering digital…

Watch Spies’ new video inspired by the movie Splash

Spies’ Sea Creature EP (stream here) has spawned a new video for the title track.…

Listen to SOAK cover St. Vincent’s ‘Digital Witness’

Bridie Monds-Watson was asked by Rookie Magazine to cover St. Vincent which she did in…

Listen to And So I Watch You From Afar’s new album Heirs

And So I Watch You From Afar’s fourth album Heirs is released Friday here on…

Future Islands return to Letterman and release new single ‘The Chase’

Future Islands have released the new song they cut at Abbey Road for Record Store…

Lung Dart – ‘B OK’

The music of London-based duo Lung Dart has a desolate feel to it, as if…

Torres’ second album could be huge

I had Torres pegged as a Nashville singer-songwriter when she first came around. Mackenzie Scott…

Lyttet – ‘Saint Etienne’

Kildare musicians Claire Nicole and Peadar Kearney make reverb-drenched air-dried music that crosses indie, folk…

Amber Run – ‘5AM’

The Nottingham band Amber Run’s music dips into elegiacal atmospheric ballads and indie-rock reminiscent of…

Calm Candy – ‘Tunnels’

I just stumbled across this beautiful song on Soundcloud from Portland duo Joe and Amelia…

Album of the week: Young Fathers – White Men Are Black Men Too

There aren’t many bands out there who sound like they care what people think less…

Intro: Tomorrows – members of Biggles Flys Again, The Chapters…

Tomorrows is a new band project featuring five members of the bands Biggles Flys Again,…

And So I Watch You From Afar – ‘Redesigned A Million Times’

There was a beautiful piece of radio on BBC’s Across The Line last week about…

Empress Of – ‘Water Water’

It’s sometimes a good sign when a new artist goes quiet. In the case of…

Listen to little xs for eyes’ new album Everywhere Else

The Dublin six-piece band little xs for eyes have lost and gained some members over…

Ratatat – ‘Cream On Chrome’

Ratatat returned over the weekend after four years away to play Coachella. The duo of…

White Sage – ‘Parnell Street June 1955’

White Sage is the new project from Andy Walsh, who recently opened the new Little…

Video: Leo Drezden – ‘Black Palace’ (Live At Smalltown America)

Wicklow proggy math-rock band Leo Drezden recently travelled to Derry to play a set for…

Silences – ‘The Sea’

The Armagh band Silences were a recent pick at last year’s Hard Working Class Heroes…