Indie, Rock & Alternative

New music: Fickle Friends, Laura Groves, Tears & Marble

Fickle Friends – ‘Swim’ This Brighton five-piece band’s new single ‘Swim’ is a good antidote…

Intro: The Academic – Mullingar’s bright young hopefuls

Mullingar has been the hometown of Joe Dolan, Niall from One Direction and The Blizzards.…

Intro: The Cast Of Cheers’ Neil Adams is Kuma Hana

While The Cast Of Cheers have been on quiet time, Conor Adams has made music…

Listen to Paddy Hanna’s solo album – Leafy Stiletto

As noted previously, Paddy Hanna is the lead singer of Grand Pocket Orchestra, perhaps the…

Mansionair – ‘Hold Me Down’

Lachlan Bostock and Alex Nicholls are Mansionair, a pretty new production duo from Sydney, i.e…

Meltybrains? – ‘Green, Yellow & Purple’ (video)

Both times I’ve seen Meltybrains? play in Dublin, both shows were shut down by the…

St. Vincent – ‘Digital Witness’

You can hear the influence of Annie Clark’s recent collaborative album with David Byrne on…

Girl Band – ‘Lawman’

Dublin band Girl Band had a relatively quiet 2013 but they’ve got things moving for…

Little Bear – ‘Night Dries Like Ink’ (video)

Derry’s Little Bear had a fine 2013 that was helped immensely by two appearances at…

We Cut Corners – ‘Every Thief’

We Cut Corners played some songs from their second album a couple of weeks ago…

Listen to No Monster Club’s new album Foie Gras

Dublin indie-rock trio No Monster Club have been bouncing along at a zippy pace like…

St. Vincent – ‘Birth in Reverse’

For her new self-titled St. Vincent album, Annie Clark sounds like she’s dialing up the…

Intro: Chrystyne – Diamond Dagger and Goodtime’s new psychedelic electro project

If Diamond Dagger’s recent ‘What’s Your Friends Name’ track proved anything it’s that the double…

CON VOS – ‘Coast’

Irish singer Sorcha Richardson and New Jersey duo Fortunate Ones’ rap/electro-pop project CON VOS gave…

Intro: Sisters – Limerick London-based noise-pop band

Sisters are a new alt-rock band consisting of Andrew (drums), Aoife (bass/vocals) and Niall (guitar/vocals)…

Fight Like Apes – ‘Carousel’

Looking through the Fight Like Apes discography (i.e. listening to the music they’ve released), some…

Tandem Felix – ‘How Strange the Weather’ (Trout Records session)

Following on from videos of Enemies and Cian Nugent, the latest Trout Records session features…

Wampire – ‘The Hearse’ (video)

One of the records I’ve given a lot of time to this year but have…

Majical Cloudz – ‘Savage’

The questionably-named Majical Cloudz don’t have much else that’s in question. This year’s Matador-released Impersonator…

The Late David Turpin – ‘Like Bird and Beast’ feat. Cathy Davey

True to his eccentric form, David Turpin has released a free download of his track…