Indie, Rock & Alternative

Thee Oh Sees – ‘Web’
https://soundcloud.com/castle-face-1/thee-oh-sees-web

San Fran’s Thee Oh Sees just keep on trucking. They seem to be constantly touring…

Discopunks – ‘Tie Me Up’

Discopunks are a new Dublin band whose members are currently unknown but who have been…

Intro: Girlpool – brash and basic girl pop/punk duo

The early releases from Philadelphia-based Girlpool, a duo made up of to seventeen year-olds from…

Skelocrats – ‘Zirconium Heart’

Skelocrats will return with a new album Bella Bella later this month with a stronger…

Tame Impala – ‘Let It Happen’

Tame Impala have been one of those bands I just didn’t get when they surged…

Clarence Clarity – ‘Will To Believe’

Clarence Clarity’s No Now album (streaming on Soundcloud) is a cacophonous toys-out-of-the-pram sonic vista, ever-changing,…

Review: Leo Drezden – Multi-Moment

Leo Drezden’s debut album Multi-Moment is a colourful ride through post-rock, electronic, jazz and prog.…

Tandem Felix – ‘Nothing I Do Will Ever Be Good Enough’

There’s much nodding enjoyment to be had from Dublin band Tandem Felix’s new song ‘Nothing…

Edward F Butler – ‘Bank Heist Debut’

Edward F Butler impressed me with his previous single ‘Running From Fears’, and here we…

The Hard Ground – ‘Pucker’

Cork-band The Hard Ground have released some quality music over three EPs in the last…

Toro y Moi – ‘Buffalo’

If ‘Empty Nesters’ was a alt-rock curveball, ‘Buffalo’ resets the mood from a Pavement-style track…

The Academic – ‘Different’

Mullingar’s The Academic were one of the best live bands I saw last year on…

Kool Thing are now Evvol; hear a new track ‘Your Love’

Sometimes it’s best to wipe a clean slate and start anew. Kool Thing, the Berlin-based…

Spies – ‘Sea Creature’
https://soundcloud.com/spiesdublin/sea-creature-trout-records/

Dublin indie-rock band Spies have a new EP on the way entitled Sea Creature due…

Ciaran Lavery & Ryan Vail – ‘The Colour Blue’

Quet Arch is a new label from the people behind Champion Sound Recordings for non-electronic…

Alarmist – ‘Morning, Kepler’

The four-piece instrumental Dublin band Alarmist are back with some new music to follow up…

Godspeed You! Black Emperor return with new album

Godspeed You! Black Emperor are playing Vicar Street in April but it won’t be a…

Frankenstein Bolts – ‘Up To The Roots’

Wexford songwriter Justin Cullen released Slow Season, his debut album as Frankenstein Bolts last year.…

Algiers – ‘Blood’

I introduced the music of Algiers, an Atlanta “doom soul trio” here three years ago…

Cloud Castle Lake – ‘Turn Your Head’

After previewing their crescendo-reaching intricate new single ‘Glacier’, Cloud Castle Lake have revealed the song’s…