• Stream: Abebisi Shank – World In Harmony

    July 23, 2014 - By 

    The follow-up to last month’s totally glorious ‘Big Unit’ – a track we called “nigh on four minutes of increasingly inimitable, dazzlingly unravelling, meticulously imaginative post-rock” – Dublin instrumental rock trio Adebisi Shank are streaming an equally anthemic masterstroke, ‘World In Harmony’. If sheer unbridled exhilaration required a soundtrack, the five-minute track – set to feature on the band’s forthcoming third album – would surely be in contention. Drenched in propulsive, rhythmic elation, the track is an effects and chant-laden triumph, making us just that little bit more (ok, quite) excited about the new record. This is the Third Album of a band called…

  • Inbound/exclusive remix stream: SlowPlaceLikeHome

    July 23, 2014 - By 

    A self-proclaimed “cosmic forest-dweller”, fast-rising South Donegal musician Keith Mannion AKA SlowPlaceLikeHome has spent the last two years increasingly beguiling us with his sublimely somnambulant craft. Following on from a string of wonderful EPs last year – collectively bookending his extremely promising debut album, There Go The Lights Again – Mannion is set to release the ten-track Romola next month, an albums that us all but seduced already, thanks to singles, ‘She Comes In Colour Stereo’ and ‘Luna’. Accompanied with an exclusive remix stream of John Daly’s take on the former track (below), Brian Coney chats to Mannion about the inspirational value of isolation, the…

  • Eagulls announce Belfast and Dublin shows

    July 23, 2014 - By 

    Maybe you’ve managed to catch Eagulls at Longitude last week, or even supporting Franz Ferdinand in March. Well, the group have now announced two Irish headline shows for October this year. The band will be performing at Belfast’s Limelight 2 on Wednesday, October 22 and Dublin’s The Academy 2 the following night. Tickets for both shows go on sale on Friday, July 25 at 9am. Eagulls eponymous debut has been one of the best we’ve seen this year, so check out ‘Possessed’ below.

  • Stream: SBTRKT – New Dorp, New York

    July 23, 2014 - By 

    London’s favourite masked DJ Aaron Jerome, aka SBTRKT has unveiled an eccentric new track, featuring Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, called ‘New Dorp, New York’. The debut track from the producer’s much anticipated sophomore album Wonder Where We Land follows 2011’s much-lauded SBTRKT, an album that brought artists such as Sampha and Jessie Ware much-deserved exposure, as well as refining his tense, minimal post-dubstep into something that has been emulated ever since. This new track is even more bubbly and noisy than ever, with Ezra Koenig’s rambling lyricism adding a modest pop flavour to the song. Listen to ‘New Dorp, New York’ below. The new album…

  • Gigs of the Week: Ciaran Lavery, Tycho, Swords & RESET

    July 23, 2014 - By 

    Another week, and like all weeks it presents many, many opportunities to check out the very best gigs on offer around the country. The number of gigs does tend to drop somewhat during the summer months, but we’ve managed to unearth several shows that you can wrap your ears around… Tycho – The Button Factory, Dublin; Wednesday, July 23 Post rock-inflected electronic group Tycho will be performing at the Button Factory this Wednesday. Beautiful, swirling soundscapes are to expected here in what ought to be a wonderfully dreamy and epic show. Tickets are €14 and doors are at 7.30.  …