• Watch: We Cut Corners – Every Thief

    December 18, 2013 - By 

    Having really hit home with the superb ‘YKK’ last month, Dublin indie rock duo We Cut Corners have unveiled the video to their  new single, ‘Every Thief’. Set to feature on their forthcoming debut album, Think Nothing – out via Delphi in April – the track is, for the most part, a decidedly more restrained affair than ‘YKK’ from Conall Ó Breacháin and John Duignan. Sparse and delicate in equal proportion for the first half, the track erupts at its climax – the refrain of “Will you be mine?” cutting off in striking fashion at the end. Watch the video for the…

  • Watch: Hornets – Stay Free

    December 14, 2013 - By 

    Ahead of supporting LaFaro at Belfast’s Voodoo tonight, Saturday, December 14, Belfast-based punk metal band Hornets have unveiled the video to their new single, ‘Stay Free’. Shot and produced by Patrick McElwee,  the video for the single – released via Start Together Singles Club – was shot on location in Belfast city and features a guest appearance from Steven Toner from Belfast glam punk five-piece The Unprotected. Having recently expanded to a four-piece (as the only photo of the new line-up, above, shows), Hornets have just finished recording their latest EP, No Faith, with Rocky O’Reilly. The EP is expected to be release…

  • Watch: Out Krypton Son – I See A Sadness

    December 10, 2013 - By 

    Off the back of the release of his stunning ‘Can’t Make You Come Back’ (not to mention a sublime cover of Willie Nelon’s ‘Pretty Paper’) Derry singer-songwriter Chris McConaghy AKA Our Krypton Son has unveiled a live video of a sublime new track, ‘I See A Sadness’. Filmed in Smalltown America’s studio in Derry, the video – edited by Paul Brown and his team from In Your Steps – is, according to the STA blog on the video, “delicate in every sense of the word and is sure to pull on the heart strings and bring a tear to a…

  • Watch: The Late David Turpin – Fur

    December 6, 2013 - By 

    Taken from his third studio album We Belong Dead, Dublin-based singer-songwriter The Late David Turpin has unveiled the video to his new single, ‘Fur’. Made in collaboration with photographer Mark Duggan and the actress Julie Shanley as well as friends of Turpin, the video was inspired by Derek Jarman’s The Angelic Conversation and Jean Cocteatu’s La Belle et la Bete. Speaking of the video, Turpin said, “When I made ‘Fur’ I was thinking about hair. Because we live in a pornographic society, hair – like all the realities of the body – is something we seem to either fetishise or…

  • Red Enemy sign to Mediaskare, release new video

    December 6, 2013 - By 

    In a brilliant one-two, Dublin progressive hardcore/metal band Red Enemy have announced they have joined the roster of U.S.-based Mediaskare Records, unveiling the video to their latest single ‘Changing The End’ in the process. In a post on their official Facebook page, the five-piece said, “We’re chuffed to announce that we have officially joined the Mediaskare Records roster. Mediaskare has been the home to some of our best friends and favourite metal bands down through the years and it’s truly an honour to be a part of their future plans. You can expect an album in 2014 but we will have more…

  • Video exclusive: Ed Zealous – Telepaths

    December 3, 2013 - By 

    Belfast-based electro-indie four-piece Ed Zealous having gave us an exclusive first look at their DIY video for their new single ‘Telepaths’ – and what a visual delight it is they’ve come with. Speaking about the video, the band’s drummer Paul Irwin said “We wanted to see what we could come up with having absolute zero budget, so we found an old warehouse full of strange lights and props, brought in a console and lit ’em up!” With the single itself released back in November, ‘Telepaths’ will feature on Ed Zealous’ forthcoming eagerly anticipated debut album, Wired – set for released…

  • Watch: Jetplane Landing – Beat Generation… Ha!

    November 19, 2013 - By 

    Taken from their fourth studio album, Don’t Try, Derry alt-rock quartet Jetplane Landing have unveiled the video to their forthcoming single, ‘Beat Generation… Ha!’ Referencing beat literature exponents such as Gregory Corso and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the video features cut-and-paste text from the likes of Corso’s poem ‘I am 25’, poetry works including A Coney Island Of The Mind by Ferlinghetti and press articles on the literary pioneers. ‘Beat Generation… Ha! is released on December 2nd via Smalltown America. Watch the video below.

  • Watch: We Cut Corners – YKK

    November 18, 2013 - By 

    Having released a stream of it last month, Dublin indie rock duo We Cut Corners have unveiled the Eoin Heaney-directed video for their new single, ‘YKK’. Filmed in black and white, the minimalist video features the pair performing the track in front of supremely seizure-inducing visuals from Dublin-based projection/visual artist collective LeTissier. ‘YKK’ is released via Delphi on November 25 and is set to feature on We Cut Corners’ second studio album, which will be released next year. Watch the video below via Vimeo.

  • Video exclusive: Seven Summits – Little Twist

    November 11, 2013 - By 

    Just over a year since the release of their stellar second album Fossils, Belfast-based indie rock band Seven Summits have unveiled their ridiculously infectious new single ‘Little Twist’ – and we have an exclusive first look at the video. Directed by the band’s guitarist and keyboardist Dominic Coyle, the black and white video features, among other things, some of the most hypnotising slow-motion flapping of the lips that has ever been committed to film. The single – released as part of Belfast Music Week – was recorded by Phil D’Alton and mastered by Jon Moorehead. You can stream/buy it via…

  • Exclusive video: Robyn G Shiels – Underneath the Night of Stars

    November 8, 2013 - By 

    Huge fans of his work, we have an exclusive first look at the new video for the stellar ‘Underneath the Night of Stars’ by Belfast-based singer-songwriter Robyn G Shiels. Directed by LUMO, the animated video, with its initially wistful but eventually rather dark culmination, serves as a perfect accompaniment to the song, the title track taken from Shiels’ most recent EP. Stream Underneath the Night of Stars here. Check out our review of the EP here. Watch the video for ‘Underneath the Night fo Stars’ below.