Indie, Rock & Alternative

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…

We Cut Corners – ‘Best Friend’

We Cut Corners second album Think Nothing is forthcoming. We’ve heard ‘Every Thief’ (now down)…

Villagers – ‘Occupy Your Mind’

As the Winter Olympics begins, the Russian government’s campaign to silence their unequal gay citizens…

Download: CON VOS – Cocoon Bloom EP

Irish folk singer Sorcha Richardson and New Jersey duo Fortunate Ones have showed us the…

Angel Olsen – ‘Hi-Five’ (video)

The vintage rock sound that Angel Olsen seems to be pursuing on her new album…

New artist of the week: Arthur Beatrice

As published today in the Irish Independent’s Day & Night Magazine. Pick it up to…

The Mighty Stef – ‘Nightwatchman of the Iveagh Flats’ (video)

The Mighty Stef’s recent Iveagh Flats EP was a fine snapshot of a band at…

Elaine Mai – ‘EDC’

Elaine Mai started out as a singer-songwriter who used loop pedals to achieve a desired…

ATMA – Kool Thing’s Jon Dark lets out the heartache

“The heart was made to be broken,” said Oscar Wilde and it sounds like Kool…