• Irish Tracks of the Week – July 2nd

    It’s been another big week for new Irish music, with tracks and albums coming from all over the country from emerging artists and established favorites. Dig into new releases from the Altered Hours, Aonair, Villagers, Maria Kelly, Zizou, Erica Cody and more. The Altered Hours – Radiant Wound Radiant Wound by The Altered Hours Aonair – Your Man Your Man by Aonair John Francis Flynn – My Son Tim Villagers – So Simpatico Maria Kelly – Good Enough Zizou – Piecemeal Pieces zizou band · Piecemeal Pieces Cubs – River of Amber​/​Frozen Waterfall River of Amber/Frozen Waterfall by Cubs Rónán…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – April 9

    It’s been another stellar week for new releases in every corner of the island. Delve into the best of the lot, featuring Katie Kim & Sean Mac Erlaine, D. McCabe, Beoga, Maria Kelly, TAYNE, Sinéad O’Brien, Elkin, James Bruce and more Katie Kim & Sean Mac Erlaine – Empire One Empire One by Katie Kim & Seán Mac Erlaine D. McCabe – The One They Couldn’t Fix The One They Couldn’t Fix by D. McCabe Maria Kelly – Martha Martha by Maria Kelly Sinéad O’Brien – Kid Stuff Beoga – Breathe EP James Bruce – Elephant Elephant by James Bruce…

  • Watch: Tayne – Haunted

    Fronted by Galway native Matt Sutton, London-based noise-pop band Tayne has returned with new single – and their strongest track to date – ‘Haunted’. Lifted from the band’s forthcoming debut album, Breathe (which is expected some time in October) it’s a brilliantly full-blown, fist-clenched affair from the band, brimming with synth arpeggios, larynx-shredding vocals and a rhythm section that pummel without mercy. Speaking about the track’s homespun visuals, Sutton said, “With the video for ‘Haunted’, I wanted to recreate some of the themes from the record and also give an insight to the chaotic, intense live presence of the band. The…

  • Stream: Tayne – Sacrifice

    London-based, Galway-native Matt Sutton AKA Tayne has shared his new single ‘Sacrifice’. Following last year’s ‘Heartbeat’, the former It Was All A Bit Black And White frontman, continues his ventures into the world of deranged electro-pop with this new venture, taking off a forthcoming EP. ‘Sacrifice’ is a song for those times when you want the sheen and melody of pop music but also feel like chucking a chair across a room. Savagery and distortion combed with vibrancy and gloss, Sutton is making music to suit fans of The Naked and Famous, All Tvvins or Carly Rae Jepsen‘s Emotion…provided you filtered those songs through a distortion pedal and…

  • Video Premiere: Tayne – Heartbeat

    It being Valentines Day and all, Tayne, the brand new project from Matthew Sutton, guitarist from It Was All A Bit Black And White, has unveiled the spick and span video for his debut single ‘Heartbeat’. The Galway native, London based musician first debuted his new musical endeavour back in December with a suitably glistening cover of Fleetwood Mac‘s ‘Dreams’. Stepping further into the light then, Tayne’s debut original track is a dazzling synth pop romp that will satisfy fans of All Tvvins and The Naked and Famous. With more to come from the artist in the coming months, enjoy the flashy video for ‘Heartbeat’…