• 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…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 16th August

    August 16, 2024 - By 

    Get your ears around the very best new Irish sounds of the week, including debut single from NewDad’s Julie Dawson, Hypnic Jerk, Lucy Gaffney, Henry Earnest, Yenkee, a lazarus soul, EMBY and more Julie Dawson – Silly Little Song Hypnic Jerk – Hypnic Jerk Kendino – Blush Henry Earnest – Country Lucy Gaffney – sittingbugs EP Yenkee – Hand Luggage a lazarus soul – Dealers EMBY, Charlie Boy Manson, Sputnik One – E’s Up E's Up by EMBY & Charlie Boy Manson (Prod. Sputnik One) Dylan Flynn and the Dead Poets – in your eyes Gemma Hayes feat. Paul Noonan…

  • Eoin French AKA Talos Has Passed Away

    August 13, 2024 - By 

    Eoin French, the Cork-born indie/electronic artist known to many as Talos, has passed away at the age of 37. The heartbreaking news reached us late today, August 13th, revealing that French, who we have widely featured on TTA over the years, had been quietly battling cancer in recent months and passed away peacefully over the weekend. French, who created and performed music under the Talos moniker, was a remarkably talented singer-songwriter whose work left an indelible mark on the Irish music scene. Having spent his time between Cork and Reykjavik, he released a series of acclaimed EPs and albums since…

  • Monday Mixtape: Nation of Language

    August 12, 2024 - By 

    Ahead of their outdoor show on 27th August at Collins Barracks in Dublin, New York-based new wave trio Nation of Language take us through a thoughful selection of tracks that have left a lasting impression on them, from Kraftwerk to Yo La Tengo. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Electricity This song kind of has to lead things off because it’s the song that made me start this band (specifically the DinDisc version). This song had played a lot during my early childhood in our house, but then after years and years it came on in the car driving around…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 9th August

    August 9, 2024 - By 

    From across the island, here’s the very best Irish music of the week, with new releases from And So I Watch You From Afar, Silverbacks, YARD, Birthday Problem feat. HAVVK, and more Photo by Tom McGeehan And So I Watch You From Afar – Megafauna Megafauna by And So I Watch You From Afar Silverbacks – Something I Know YARD – Bend Birthday Problem feat. HAVVK – Same Face Fontaines D.C. – Here’s The Thing David C Clements – Already Here

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 2nd August

    August 2, 2024 - By 

    Dive into the very best Irish music of the week, from Lord Jane, Gurriers and Lucy Gaffney, to Jordan Adetunji, Sour Blood and more Lord Jane – Harmonia Lucy Gaffney – lovestruck Jordan Adetunji – ‘KEHLANI REMIX’ feat. Kehlani Gurriers – Top of the Bill Amano x Kalabanx – THREAD THREAD by Amano x Kalabanx Sour Blood – SUAS SUAS by Sour Blood BLÁNID – Funeral Suit Liadh – Can’t Face The Day

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 26th July

    July 26, 2024 - By 

    It’s once again been a ridiculously prolific week for new music from across the island. Here’s the best of it, featuring releases by PostLast, Meljoann, Rejjie Snow, Buí, Thee U.F.O, Arvo Party, cbakl, God Is An Astronaut, and more. Meljoann – Bye Bye by Meljoann PostLast – Hollywood Ending Hypnic Jerk – Hypnic Jerk Hypnic Jerk by Hypnic Jerk Selu & Living Things – Merry Go Arvo Party – to evening kleio – mercury HEALTH GOTH WIFE – Where Did I Go When You Stopped passersby – leaveing leaveing by passersby Thee U.F.O – Glowing Friends EP Glowing Friends by…