Donegal ambient electronica producer Keith Mannion AKA SlowPlaceLikeHome is streaming a new track titled ‘Silence is a Rhythm too’. Lifted from the forthcoming reboot of his wonderful Post-Hoc EP – released to a steady stream of much-deserved praise this time last year – the previously unreleased track will be streamed for the next week via his Soundcloud page. Stream the track below.
Having successfully completed a pledge campaign to ensure its release, the ever singular Mojo Fury unveil the sprawling mastery of The Difference Between having reignited the fire in the hearts of their fanbase. Considering the almost necessary participation of the latter, not to mention the band’s own open-handed generosity in return, there is a very real sense of both camps being in it together. That said, with the grandiose silhouette of their groundbreaking 2011 debut album Visiting Hours of a Travelling Circus looming large in the background, the question remains: will the Mike Mormecha-fronted band falter in the wake of huge expectation or…
To mark the start of the Thin Air Club downstairs in Belfast’s Voodoo bar every Sunday night, we’re holding a special listening party of Don’t Try, the incredible new album by Derry band Jetplane Landing on Sunday, October 20. Aside from playing the album from start to finish, we will also be spinning tracks from bands that have influenced Jetplane, some of their earlier material and many other great tunes on the night. The first FIVE people through the door get a free copy of Don’t Try and there will be mindblowingly good drink promotions all night. Awesome. Go here for the…
With hints of everyone from Queens of the Stone Age, Echo and the Bunnymen and Mark Lanegan, Dublin band The Mighty Stef are streaming their extremely impressive new EP, Iveagh Flats. Serving as a sampler of their forthcoming new album – produced in Los Angeles by none other than Alain Johannes of Queens of the Stone Age and Them Crooked Vultures repute – the three-track release really underlines the band’s forward momentum at the moment. Stream the three-track EP via Soundcloud below.
It’s interesting to listen to Matthew Siskin (aka Gambles) speak about his debut album, Trust. Borne out of a set of circumstances that are nothing short of tragic, it is a record that is raw and poignant. Roughly three years ago, Siskin got engaged, then lost a child, left his wife, and turned to drink and drugs for two years. Much of Trust is addressed to his ex-wife of whom Siskin has previously said, “I wanted her to hate me. I did things to make her hate me. Because that would be easier than saying, ‘I have to leave'”. Trust…
Fronted by Snow Patrol guitarist Nathan Connolly, Little Matador are a band that have already proved themselves to be much more than the sum of their parts. The “parts”, in this instance, before the aforementioned globetrotters, LaFaro, Idlewild and many more projects and musical endeavours besides. Boasting five evidently versatile musicians, the band went down a storm at one of their first shows, opening for none other than Nine Inch Nails at Belsonic in Belfast. We speak to Nathan about the band’s early beginnings, their forthcoming debut album and making time to make it work. Hi Nathan. Firstly, could you tell us how Little Matador came about and who’s…
Belfast-based post-hardcore/noise-rock three-piece PigsAsPeople have unveiled the video to their recent single, ‘The Art Of Leaving Your House’. Directed by William Murphy, the video features the band performing the track in their practice space. The single itself was release in July via Bandcamp. Get it here for a name your price download. Watch the video below.
On what would have been his 159th birthday (pending a range of frankly inconceivable factors), the status of Oscar Wilde as one of literature’s greatest wits and stylistic visionaries is one completely set in stone. Having permeated the music and lyrics of innumerable composers bands from Prokofiev to the Smiths down the ages, it got us thinking: “Hey, wait a minute! There’s tonnes of songs written about (or that reference) novels and books not necessarily written by Oscar Wilde. That justifies a Spotify playlist, surely?” Admittedly, not the greatest “Eureka!” moment in history but perservere we did in the name of…
Having kept their collective head down over the last few months, Dublin band Alarmist have resurfaced in fine style via their new single, ‘Bunda Internacionale’. The lead single from the band’s forthcoming new EP Pal Magnet, the song’s bobbing, shifting instrumentalism strikes a wonderful balance between the warped textures of Tera Melos and the Ethio-jazz groove of Mulatu Astatke. Pal Magnet is available for digital download on November 1st. Stream ‘Bunda Internacionale’ via Soundcloud below.
Ahead of its launch at Belfast’s Voodoo on October 26, we have an exclusive first listen of the incredible new EP by Northern Irish alt-folk five-piece The Emerald Armada. Produced by Tony McHugh and the band, the four-track, wonderfully-titled Hearty Laughs and Warmer Hearts was mastered by Jon Moorehead. With the band on a brief and apparently successful stint in the mainland in advance of the EPs release, check out the event page for the launch of Hearty Laughs and Warmer Hearts here. Stream the EP via Bandcamp below! Exclusive stream: The Emerald Armada – Hearty Laughs & Warmer Hearts by…