Indie, Rock & Alternative

R.S.A.G. – ‘Don’t Move So Fast’

Jeremy Hickey has spent most of 2014 not working on his own music, mostly in…

Oh Wonder – ‘All We Do’

One of the bands I’m most excited about at the moment are this duo from…

Elastic Sleep – ‘Slip’

Elastic Sleep’s ‘Slip’, their newest single has an eerie alchemic quality to it. There are…

Meltybrains? – ‘IV’

Dublin band of experimental messers Meltybrains? are back with some material before the year is…

Lonelady – ‘Groove It Out’

It has been over four years since Manchester artist Julia Campbell, aka Lonelady released her…

Intro: Pockets – a new Irish indie band

Pockets are a new four-piece band who describe themselves as “dark folk rock”. The Galway/Dublin…

First listen: Adrian Crowley’s new album Some Blue Morning

The Galway singer and musician Adrian Crowley has made a name for himself for creating…

Sylas – ‘Shore’

The fledgling label Aesop has this year given us a fine EP from Iranian/English electronic…

Tei Shi – ‘See Me’

Argentinian-born NYC-based singer Valerie Teicher’s last track as Tei Shi was one of my favourites…

Aoife Underwater – ‘Cusp Of Nothing’

 Aoife Cleary is Aoife Underwater, who has featured here in small doses sporadically covering The…

Oh Wonder – ‘Dazzle’

One of the most interesting new bands around, Wonder Wonder who have had a high…

Watch three Irish rock bands perform under a railway line in North Strand, Dublin

Underline is what happened when three loud Irish rock bands, Ten Past Seven, Turning Down…

Kool Thing – ‘I See You (I Am You)’

After a period where Kool Thing-related people went off to do other music things, the…

Panda Bear – ‘Mr Noah’

Panda Bear in 2014 is a long way from the Panda Bear that made his…

Subplots – ‘Future Tense’

Earlier this Summer, Subplots returned as a duo with news of a new album on…

Watch Floor Staff perform ‘Gift Horse’ in Elektra studios

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCrox_-yg2o Anthony Donnelly’s band Floor Staff have released some fine tracks in the melodic indie…

Premiere: Jape – ‘The Heart’s Desire’

Richie Egan and his band will return to releasing Jape records in January 2015 with…

Watch the video for ‘Lakes’ from new Dublin band Sails

New Dublin band Sails (not to be confused with Let’s Set Sail) are a new…

Kindness – ‘This Is Not About Us’ (video)

“We’re in an era when we have the freedom to be completely postmodern in the…

Intro: Sissy – lo-fi feminist garage punk

“You know this battle can only be won if we are on our knees.” Unidentified…