Indie, Rock & Alternative

Ginnels – A Country Life (album stream)

Since releasing his first album under the name Ginnels, Mark Chester, who is also in…

Rhodes – ‘Your Soul’

I introduced Rhodes back in August, as an English singer-songwriter who was releasing contemplative folk…

Lewis – An unknown ’80s singer gets a new lease of life

Here’s what sounds like a gem of an album called L’Amour from 1983 which was…

Intro: Sylvan Esso – Mountain Man girl & Megafaun guy’s new project

Mountain Man were a young trio of Appalachian folk singers who released their debut album…

Premiere: Fight Like Apes – ‘Crouching Bees’

Having re-introduced themselves with ‘Carousel’ and a Fundit campaign that marked the band’s new independent…

Talos – ‘Tethered Bones’

Hush War Cry are no more. The Cork band walked a fine line between Wild…

Hundred Waters – ‘Cavity’

Hundred Waters dropped the beautiful ‘Down From The Rafters’ unexpectedly last month and now they’re here…

Listen to windings & Land Lovers’ split LP

Today is the release day for windings & Land Lovers‘ split 12″ LP which is…

M83 – ‘I Need You’

M83’s music has an epic quality that means it makes sense for it to has…

No Spill Blood – ‘White Out’ (live)

No Spill Blood are about ready to follow up their Street Meat EP (your number…

HAWK – ‘Seasick Summer’

HAWK are a band fronted by Galway lady Julie Hawk, who are now based in…

Gruff Rhys – ‘American Interior’

Having explored his ancestral past in by making a film/songs about a long lost Patagonian…

The Horrors – ‘I See You’

As The Horrors progress in their career, they appear to dig deeper into older music,…

The Minutes – ‘Cherry Bomb’

The Minutes have had a deserving good few years touring Europe, Russia and the US…

New artist of the week: Glass Animals

When you hear that a band are from Oxford, it’s likely that you’ll think of…

Hundred Waters – ‘Down From The Rafters’

As my single favourite band discovery in the last few years, when I fled the…

Sleep Thieves – ‘City Of Hearts’

Dublin three-piece Sleep Thieves are gearing up to release their album You Want The Night…

Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek to release solo album as Ramona Lisa

Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek has a self-produced album called Arcadia on the way in April under…

Planet Parade – ‘Prick’ / ‘You And The Devil’

Kildare duo Michael Hopkins and Andrew Lloyd, Planet Parade, released a couple of EPs of…

Album of the week: Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness

When you have a voice so striking you could hang a hat on it, it’s…