Indie, Rock & Alternative

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’
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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…

Autumns – Blonde EP

If nearly-incoherent reverbed noise-rock that nods to a lo-fi garage past and sounds like it…

Alabama Shakes’ new songs are different and more 21st century

The problem with penning a towering achievement of a song like ‘Hold On’, a catchy…

The Go! Team – ‘Blowtorch’

The old Go! Team lo-fi rattle is in full-effect on ‘Blowtorch’ as if the rhythm…

All Tvvins – ‘Thank You’

Conor Adams and Lar Kaye aka All Tvvins dropped their big new track ‘Thank You’…

Go Wolf – ‘Running’

The Belfast band Go Wolf continue their forays into ’80s-gilded synth and indie pop with…

Intro: Cat Palace – new devotional Dublin music

David Blaney is Cat Palace, a new Dublin music project which will get a debut…

Young Fathers – ‘Rain Or Shine’

The Scottish alt-rap band and one of the best live bands around, Young Fathers just…

Hear No Monster Club’s new album People Are Weird

If the back catalogue of Bobby Aherne’s No Monster Club has taught us anything is…