• Irish Tracks of the Week – 27th October

    October 27, 2023 - By 

    As we approach the tail-end of the year, several new Irish releases stake their claim as the some of very best of 2023. Listen to new LPs from ØXN, Problem Patterns & Naoise Roo, a new Gaza Relief fundraiser EP from Moot, as well as new tracks by Lucy Gaffney, Alicia Raye and more ØXN – CYRM Naoise Roo – Emotionally Magnificent Problem Patterns – Blouse Club Jellypelt/Polytunnel – Gaza Relief Fund EP Gaza Relief Fund EP by Jellypelt/Polytunnel Lucy Gaffney – Next Year Uly – 33s Alicia Raye – Close to Me Moon Landing – Feel, Don’t Think Elaine…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 16th September

    September 16, 2022 - By 

    Dive into the best Irish music of this week from Gilla Band, Farah Elle, Joshua Burnside, Kynsy, Clara Tracey, Meljoann and more.  Photo by Mark McGuinness Gilla Band – Post Ryan Farah Elle – Laundry Elaine Mai & MuRli – Ready Calmea – I know now I didn’t know, what it meant to really go I know now I didn’t know, what it meant to really go by Calmea Thee U.F.O. – Ponderous Fug Ponderous Fug by Thee U.F.O Waldorf + Cannon – Cut Loose Krea – September Sun Joshua Burnside – Late Afternoon In The Meadow (1887) Kynsy – Simple Life…

  • SoFFT Nights Reveal 2022 Line-Up

    March 7, 2022 - By 

    Lisa O’Neill and Tolü Makay are among the names set to play this year’s SoFFT Nights. Making its return to Dunderry Park in Co. Meath across 4-5th June, the festival will also play host to Elaine Mai (with MayKay and Sinead White), Pastiche, Moxie, Kíla, and Séan Fitzgerald with Lankum’s Daragh Lynch across the weekend. Beyond live music, there will also be activities including astronomy talks, bat walks, shamanic journeying, reggae yoga, sound baths, active imagination workshops, music for young children, and site-specific theatre. “We put on the very first festival in the midst of covid in October 2020 and over the course of…

  • 2021 Choice Music Prize Shortlist Revealed

    January 5, 2022 - By 

    The shortlist for the 2021 RTÉ Choice Music Prize Album of the Year has been announced. Presented in association with IMRO and IRMA, the shortlist is yet another strong genre-spanning affair, featuring the likes of Bicep, For Those I Love, Kojaque, Villagers and Elaine Mai. Check out the full shortlist below. Bicep – Isles (Ninja Tune) Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill – In the Game (Rosaleen Records / Rosa Productions) For Those I Love – For Those I Love (September Recordings) Orla Gartland – Woman on the Internet (New Friends Music) HousePlants – Dry Goods (Bone China Records) Kojaque – Town’s…

  • Elaine Mai – Home

    November 15, 2021 - By 

    The title of Elaine Mai’s long-awaited debut album, Home, holds a lot of weight. Living through a pandemic changed the way we understand the meaning of the word, with many people left to create their own sense of home with what they had. For Mai, who has been an active figure in the Irish music scene for 10 years now, these nine tracks feel like a homecoming in themselves. Inviting a host of female collaborators to contribute to the album, this record further solidifies Mai’s esteemed place within the scene, and the home she has found within it. Home’s arrangements…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – October 8th

    October 8, 2021 - By 

    As well as a plethora of great singles from the likes of Whozyerman?, Silverbacks, Rory Nellis, Wynona Bleach, Cabin and more, the week has featured new EP and album releases from the likes of Silverbacks, Elaine Mai, Shibashi and Rachel Mae Hannon. Whozyerman? – Why What Silverbacks – Archive Material Wynona Bleach – Aubergines Aubergines by Wynona Bleach Rory Nellis – Strange Behaviour Cabin – Dull Aonair – Think Twice (feat. Caoi de Barra) Shibashi – Shibashi EP Rachel Mae Hannon – Like It Is EP Odd Morris – Silhouette

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – September 10th

    September 10, 2021 - By 

    As things look set to gradually open again, this week sees some key releases from the likes of Sive, Thumper, This Ship Argo, Elaine Mai & Sinéad White, Lisa Hannigan & Crash Ensemble, Let’s Set Sail, Vale, as well as the long-awaited collaborative album from Mick Flannery and Susan O’Neill. Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill – In The Game This Ship Argo – The Ornament of the Lovestruck Heart The Ornament of the Lovestruck Heart by This Ship Argo Elaine Mai – Go Slow (feat. Sinéad White) Lisa Hannigan & Crash Ensemble – MCMXIV MCMXIV by Lisa Hannigan & Crash Ensemble…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – June 4th

    June 4, 2021 - By 

    This week is one of extreme abundance across the board, with the first collaborative release from Joshua Burnside & Lemoncello’s Laura Quirke, SORBET’s debut album, Nerves, Skinner, Tuath, Hex Hue, Jake Wallace, Punching Peaches, Ciaran Lavery, Soda Blonde, VerseChorusVerse, Royal Yellow, and some cuts from a cover compilation to benefit No More Dysphoria including F.R.U.I.T.Y., Problem Patterns, Big Daisy and many more. Joshua Burnside & Laura Quirke – Taking The Wheel Laura Quirke & Joshua Burnside – Taking the Wheel by Joshua Burnside SORBET – This Was Paradise This Was Paradise by SORBET Nerves – Leigue Leigue by NERVES Tuath – That…