Indie, Rock & Alternative

Amateur Best – ‘In Time’

Amateur Best’s ‘Too Much’ (below) sneaked its way into my top 100 songs of the…

Farewell J.R. – ‘Night Wolves’

Farewell J.R.’s musical headquarters is in Cambridge, England care of Nick Rayner but it has…

Sounds Of System Breakdown – ‘Mayfly’

I’ve heard a few bits and pieces from Sounds Of System Breakdown’s forthcoming album Nomad,…

And So I Watch You From Afar – ‘Like a Mouse’

Surprise! Here’s a nice early Christmas present. A taster of And So I Watch You…

Watch Villagers’ Conor O’Brien performs ‘My Lighthouse’ at Young Hearts Run Free

Villagers‘ Conor O’Brien was the guest at We Love Yule last Saturday night, the Young…

Dutch Uncles – ‘Flexxin’

Ooh, so Dutch Uncles 2013 album Out Of Touch In The Wild was already a…

Listen to the Skelocrats new Hot Yoga EP

Earlier this year, A supergroup of Dublin-based Popical-related musicians  calling themselves Skelocrats impressed many with their…

INTRO: Bleeding Heart Pigeons – Limerick teens with expansive ambition

The name Bleeding Heart Pigeons was a bit of a misnomer for me. It was…

HUNK! – ‘Dupe’

HUNK! are a new band based in Dublin featuring Niamh Hegarty, Sundara O’Higgins and Gerard…

The #1s – ‘He’s Too Good For Everyone Else But He’s Not Good Enough For You’

A fun and cheap animated video for a lo-fi garage pop thrill from Dublin’s The…

Honningbarna – ‘Offerdans’

If you’ve seen this band on their previous two trips here, you’ll know. Don’t sleep…

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Alt-J feat. Mountain Man – ‘Buffalo’

Oh joy. A brand new track from Alt-J from the soundtrack to David O’ Russell’s…

Watch Twinkranes perform two new songs in their Blackpitts rehearsal space

Twinkranes released a debut album Spektrumtheatresnakes, in 2009 but they pop up here and there…

Battlekat – ‘Rituals That Make The Rain Fall’

Copenhagen’s Battlekat, who were calling themselves the incorrigible Just A Number 05272011 for a while,…

EatenbyBears – ‘Your Pet Is Dead’

The four guys in EatenbyBears have received rightful attention thanks to the uber-catchy ‘Simple As…

Dutch Uncles – ‘Fester’ (video)

Dutch Uncles’ best track ever so far in the world gets a nice video. What…

Watch So Cow’s one minute music video

‘Ruane Vs. the A-Bomb’. By So Cow. On their split LP with Squarehead. Go. I’ll…

The Cast Of Cheers – ‘Trucks At Night’ (video)

The Cast Of Cheers have been busy on the music video front this year. ‘Trucks…

Alias Empire – ‘Lay Down’

Having returned briefly three years ago in their new guise as Alias Empire, the band…

Gallops – ‘G is for Jaile’

I’ve written about Gallops here before, the propulsive Welsh post-rock Wrexham band whose sound runs…