• Monday Mixtape: AM Shanley

    October 13, 2024 - By 

    Ahead of the release of his sublime new single ‘You Really Have Me’ this Friday, 18th October, Lisburn artist AM Shanley waxes lyrical about some of his all-time favourite songs, featuring Sparklehorse, Cat Power, Quasi, Guided By Voices and more PJ Harvey – Who The Fuck (Demo) Twenty years ago this year, PJ Harvey released Uh Huh Her and my fourteen-year-old self skived school to buy it – and my world was changed. I adore everything about this song, the delivery is so playful and feral and fun. Her sludgy Drop C guitars throughout that album are just wonderful and…

  • Monday Mixtape: Adore

    September 23, 2024 - By 

    Lara Minchin and Lachlann Ó Fionnáin of fast-rising Irish garage-punk outfit Adore share their all-time favourite tracks, spanning from Wire, Paul Brady and Gilla Band to Brian Eno, The Breeders, and Dutch glam-rock mystery Pantherman With support from Shark School, Adore headline Whelan’s in Dublin on Saturday, 2nd November. Go here for tickets Lachlann Ó Fionnáin: Gilla Band – Why’d They Hide the Bodies Under My Garage? When I was 16, I saw Gilla Bnd for the first time on the 2nd of their two nights in Vicar Street in 2019. I kinda did it to challenge myself as I…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 20th September

    September 20, 2024 - By 

    Between the sublime keening of RÓIS and Macdara Yeates’ incredible debut LP, it’s a huge week for Irish traditional vocal music. Throw in the likes of new Junior Brother, Bedrooms, and The Low Field, and we’re feeling a little blessed RÓIS – Feel Now MO LÉAN by RÓIS Junior Brother – Take Guilt Macdara Yeates – Traditional Singing from Dublin Traditional Singing from Dublin by Macdara Yeates Bedrooms – Perfectly Still Perfectly Still by Bedrooms The Low Field – Gather Gather by The Low Field Moon Landing – Shadows Collide K3:LU – Vol.II Cortis David C Clements – The Garden

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Monday Mixtape: And So I Watch You From Afar

    September 2, 2024 - By 

    In this installment of Monday Mixtape, Ewen Friers of North Coast post-rock heroes And So I Watch You From Afar takes us on a guided tour of the music that soundtracked the band’s recent U.S.—from Peach and Blue Whale, to Real Terms and Junk Drawer. I thought that seeing as I’ve spent the summer travelling in support of ‘Megafauna’, a nice framing device for my mixtape might be basing it around some of the bands and artists I’ve encountered along the way, some new, some well established, some I’ve been a fan of for years, some I’ve just discovered! Whilst…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – August 30th

    August 30, 2024 - By 

    Dive into the very best tracks and albums of the week from AONAIR, Or:la, Pat Lagoon x RikShaw, Ciaran Lavery, Kex x Alex Gough, Adjunct Ensemble, Gaptoof, Big Sleep and more AONAIR – Love/Fiction Adjunct Ensemble – Habits of Assembly Habits Of Assembly – Live at Cafe OTO by Adjunct Ensemble Or:la – Sea Slugs Pat Lagoon x RikShaw – Posture Kex x Alex Gough – The Follower Ciaran Lavery – Ctrl Alt Del Really Good Time – Pension Fund Gaptoof w/ Mushkilla & Danny Sanchez – all i wanna do Big Sleep – Go Orla Gartland – Late to…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 23rd August

    August 23, 2024 - By 

    Dive into the very best Irish music of the week, featuring Sun Mahshene, TRAMP, Gurriers, Ethan Hollan, John Blek, Maria Kelly, a long-awaited reissue by Pocket Promise and more Sun Mahshene – A Place We’ve Never Been A Place We've never Been by Sun Mahshene Pocket Promise – i’ve been here for ages Bedrooms – crusher/birds of prey Ethan Hollan – Valentine Ahmed, With Love. – help wanted. TRAMP – The Birds (Lowered Suspension) JyellowL x Holly – Right Here Gurriers – No More Photos John Blek – Easy Now Robbie Stickland – Bad at Goodbyes Aby Coulibaly – Glow

  • Pumping Irony: What John Patrick Higgins Listens to to Avoid Listening to the Gym

    August 15, 2024 - By 

    Hear ye! For our money, John Patrick Higgins isn’t just one of the sharpest, most wickedly funny writers on the island—he also has impeccable taste in music. Unfortunately, he is not paying us to say this. Here, the Belfast-based author (and more besides) waxes lyrical on how artists like Wire, Cornelius, Ottawan, and Beth Gibbons have made his recent volte-face to gym life that bit more endurable. John Patrick Higgins’ acclaimed debut book, Teeth, is out now via Sagging Meniscus Press. His debut novel, Fine, is out on 4th November When I’m in the gym, staring vacantly at footage of…