Aurora live at Trinity College in Dublin last night. Photos by Sean McMahon  

Ahead of the release of their new album I Contain Multitudes this week, self-confessed “inconsistent indie” band Stoat select and discuss the tracks that have influenced them the most from The Felice Brothers to Frank Ocean. Oliver! Soundtrack – Reviewing the situation Cormac: There’s always been a vein of musical theatre running through Stoat’s music. I listened to the Oliver! soundtrack probably a thousand times as a kid, and have always wanted to play Fagin on stage … me and John have both been in stage productions of the show, but alas, neither of us got that role (weirdly, we…

To coinside with the release of her new album NEST, acclaimed composer Amanda Feery selects the songs that have left a lasting impression on her work, from Julia Wolfe to Robert Ashley. Gazelle Twin and NYX – Deep England Elizabeth Bernholz’s (Gazelle Twin) album Deep England was an important starting point for NEST. Deep England responds to dark currents of English nationalism and conservatism in a Brexit landscape, digging up an England of ancient ghosts, and turning the image of an idyllic Albion on its head. There is a deep rage throughout the album that I attuned to immediately and…