Indie, Rock & Alternative

Death From Above 1979 – ‘Trainwreck 1979’

They broke up back in 2006, after their debut and only album You’re a Woman,…

Watch Princess cross-dressing in their video for ‘Neverlook’

Dublin band Princess have a new video for their reverb-drenched ’80s noise-rock single ‘Neverlook’ which…

HAWK – ‘Antidote’ / ‘Hush’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtwiPS0P5eE Back in February, I wrote about HAWK, a new band formed around Galway’s Julie…

alt-j – ‘Left Hand Free’

Anyone who thought ‘Hunger Of The Pine’ was an indication that alt-j were turning into…

Adebisi Shank – ‘Voodoo Vision’

After the pulverising polychromatic force that was ‘Big Unit’, Adebisi Shank have dropped another track…

Ménage à Trois – ‘Bobby’s Prism’

Ménage à Trois are a Manchester band who had a track remixed by Los Porcos…

Spies – ‘Moosehead’

One of the most promising young rock bands in Ireland, Spies, are back with a…

Intro: Dear Desert – Emotive synth-pop purveyors

Well here’s something a bit different. Dear Desert are a brand new Irish band, based…

Adebisi Shank return with ‘Big Unit’

All other bands can go home for the day because there’s a new Adebisi Shank…

Intro: Florence Olivier – A new band writing “fun summery songs”

Florence Olivier is a new project from three musicians based in Dublin: Rob Maguire, Blathnaid…

Death Grips release another surprise album, with each track featuring Björk

As is their M.O. at this point, Death Grips released Niggas On The Moon. Each…

Princess – ‘Neverlook’

I’ve yet to see Dublin band Princess live but I’ve heard only good things from…

Caribou – ‘Can’t Do Without You’

If the presence of Caribou on festival lineups this summer had you wondering if Dan…

JJ – ‘All White Everything’

I’ve never quite been sure what to make of JJ, the Swedish duo whose entire…

Me And My Dog – ‘The Scenic Route’

Popical Island have just opened their own rehearsal space / venue called The Pop Inn.…

The Mighty Stef – ‘Fourteen Yellow Sunflowers’

The Mighty Stef’s Pledgemusic pre-order for the new album Year Of The Horse has been…

Mr Twin Sister – ‘Out Of The Dark’

New York band Twin Sister have returned with new music and new slightly altered name…

R.S.A.G. – ‘I’ll Be There’

Jeremy Hickey has been dividing his time between France and Ireland of late, playing with…

Hawklion – ‘Africa’

Every four to six weeks or so, the guys and gals on BBC NI’s outstanding…

Listen/download: Enemies’ new Embark, Embrace remix EP

Judging by the numbers of views of the album stream from Enemies here last year,…