• Under the Drum 2024

    September 19, 2024 - By 

    For all the many truly special DIY festivals scattered across the island (Féile Na Gréine, Open Ear, Quarter Block Party…) there is always and forever space for more. For those of you of a similar disposition who are located in and around Belfast—or not adverse to a little road trip—the inaugural outing for Under the Drum on Saturday, 28th September, is very worthy of your attention. Taking over Breckenhill, a family home and events venue just 30 minutes from Belfast and on the edge of the Antrim hills, the boutique festival is, blessedly, set to bring together various artists we’ve…

  • Stream: Junior Brother – Take Guilt

    September 19, 2024 - By 

    A new Junior Brother song has long been good cause for some celebration here at TTA. In the six years since we featured him as one of our 18 artists to watch out for in 2018, Ronan Kealy has underscored his status as one of the island’s all-time songwriting greats. A born curveballer par excellence, the Kerry native increasingly put paid to the kneejerk “alt-folk” mantle via sprawling songs that are as burrowing and beatific as they are brilliantly-realized. It’s a fact woven throughout his latest, ‘Take Guilt’. Paired with a lyric video by Dylan Gomery, it’s a sorcerous five-minute…

  • Premiere: PostLast – Mizen

    September 18, 2024 - By 

    In their first six months, PostLast, the duo of HAVVK’s Julie Hough and BARQ’s Stephen McHale, have consistently drawn us in with their prismatic alt-pop craft. Three months after premiering their third single, ‘Scavenge,’ we’re excited to present a first listen of the wonderfully wistful ‘Mizen,’ out tomorrow, 19th September. The song was inspired by one of Julie Hough’s earliest memories – a family holiday in Cork and Kerry. The accompanying music video features the same seascapes that mesmerised her as a child. Reflecting on the track, Julie said: “I remember being in the back seat of the car, listening…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 13th September

    September 13, 2024 - By 

    We’d bet there’s no other floating landmass delivering better music this week than ours. Stream new releases from Elaine Malone (featuring the legendary Roy Montgomery), Post Punk Podge & The Technohippies, Skinner, Lord Jane, Gurriers, Julie Dawson and more Elaine Malone and Roy Montgomery – Electric Turbulence Post Punk Podge & The Technohippies – Keep On Raving In The Free World Keep On Raving In The First World by Post Punk Podge & The Technohippies Crispy Jason – Shadowcon One Shadowcon One by Crispy Jason Skinner – Tell My Ma Laytha – Autumn’s Haze Julie Dawson – Bottom of the…

  • Ten Past Seven and Bye Bye Tsunami Set For Irish Mini-Tour

    September 12, 2024 - By 

    Kerry bog prog masters Ten Past Seven are joining forces with Copenhagen trio Bye Bye Tsunami for a string of Irish gigs later this month. A year after teaming up for a Berlin show, these two genre-flipping experimental powerhouses will hit Limerick, Cork, and Dublin from 19-21 September. Expect a supreme raft of support from Louder Than Books, Rising Damp, Eoghan Horgan (Non-Sleep), and Gag Reflex at different stops along the way. You can file every single one of these under unmissable. Thurs 19th Sept: The Commercial/Record Room, Limerick (with Louder Than Books) Fri 20th Sept: Nudes/Dali, Cork (with Rising…

  • Monday Mixtape: Susi Pagel

    September 9, 2024 - By 

    Off the back of her new single ‘S.T.R.E.S.S.E.D,’ Belfast alt-pop powerhouse Susi Pagel waxes lyrical about some of her all-time favourite songs, featuring Radiohead, Pale Waves and more Jazmin Bean – Favourite Toy The Traumatic Livelihood album became one of my favourites of all time so quickly. I knew it would be amazing, I added the whole thing to my playlist before I’d even listened- but this song really stood out to me and is one of my most listened to songs despite only coming out last year. What draws me to Jazmin’s music, especially this track, is the way…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 6th September

    September 6, 2024 - By 

    In what’s been one of the very best weeks for Irish music this year, here’s our round-up of new releases from His Father’s Voice, RÓIS, Adore, Tigers of Tin Pan, Myles O’Reilly, Banríon and more His Father’s Voice – Black Poison Morning Black Poison Morning by His Father's Voice RÓIS – CAOINE Tigers of Tin Pan – Don’t Say You Don’t Believe in God Adore – Supermum! Minced Oath – Two Way Silver Two Way Silver by Minced Oath Maria Kelly – Slump Anthony Layde – Aphids Myles O’Reilly – Music from the Threshold Music From The Threshold by Myles…

  • Premiere: Anthony Layde – Aphids

    September 5, 2024 - By 

    A couple of months ago, I had the pleasure of being invited to the latest edition of Soft Gut Songwriting Camp. As I tried to sum up here, in under two days, I saw some of the island’s top talent in both songwriting and production come together to create some truly outstanding original music. But one collaboration in particular stood out for me—and many others in attendance at Analogue Catalogue that weekend. ‘Aphids,’ the new single from Northern Irish artist Anthony Layde, felt singular. With Layde’s masterfully vulnerable refrains paired with the soaring register of Belfast art-pop artist J SHIELDS…