Introducing: The Depravations – Galway’s sunny indie folksters

While Ireland’s west coast doesn’t have the same sunny connotations as its American counterpart, Galway…

Q-Tip and Kanye West – ‘Award Tour’ (live at Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival)

From Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. Q-Tip plays Button Factory, Dublin on Wednesday Aug 24th. Tickets €30…

Si Schroeder – ‘Jump Ship’

It’s been five years since Si Schroeder released Coping Mechanisms. That album was the winner…

Shangaan Electro on CNN (video)

My backstory with Shangaan Electro. I can’t wait to see Nozinja and dancers hit Ireland.…

Chairlift – ‘Amanaemonesia’

The band with the stupid name return with a song title that is not a…

MAP – The global music blogs mixtape – July 2011

Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks a large number of music bloggers across the world to share a track from their home country that they think you should hear. Ireland’s song is represented by Little Green Cars.

Album stream: Lorem Ipsum – Between Hospitals

A solo project of a young witty Dublin dude who would Totally prefer to remain…

Listen to the Benjamin Francis Leftwich album & win tickets to his Irish tour

I’ve been enjoying the debut album by Benjamin Francis Leftwich this morning which is apt…

Download the Wugazi mashup album

The full album version of Wugazi, the surprisingly good mashup album of Fugazi and Wu-Tang Clan joints is here. It’s awesome and just what you’re looking for right now. File beside Solen’s the equally brilliant Wu_Tang / Autechre mashup album.

Kanye West live at SXSW (Video)

I was there in Austin that night but I couldn’t get in. The gig was…

Theophilus London – ‘Girls Girls’ (Video)

PARTY OF THE YEAR. New mental Theophilus London video illustrated by Tim Walkiewicz. Theo’s album…

Album Of The Week: Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands – Golden Syrup

Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands‘ second album was never going to be exactly…

New Boom Bip song & Zig Zaj album details

It’s a while since we had a Boom Bip solo record – 2005’s Blue Eyed…

Solar Taxi – ‘Glass Hearts’ (The Casanova Wave ‘Sleep Tight’ Remix)

The Casanova Wave remix of Solar Taxi’s ‘Glass Hearts’ lends the song a synthy euphoria…

The Caretaker: A contemplation on Alzheimer’s disease through music

The Caretaker With An Empty Bliss Beyond This World may just be the most conceptual…

Win tickets to Indiependence 2011

Now in it’s third year as a paying festival, Indiependence, the Mitchelstown, Cork-based festival returns…

Memory Tapes – ‘Green Night’ (CREEP remix)

Lovely long and Languid remix by CREEP of Memory Tapes‘ ‘Green Night’. Directed by Ellen…

Grand Pocket Orchestra – ‘Ooo La Te Woo’

Since GPO released their debut The Ice Cream last year and solidified their lineup they’ve…

CocknBullKid – ‘Yellow’ (Greenmoney remix) – premiere

CocknBullKid’s next single from her album Adulthood is ‘Yellow’ and will be released on Moshi…

Interpol – ‘The Undoing’ (Moths remix)

Imagine if you were studying for your Leaving Cert exams and you release a couple…