• Irish Tracks of the Week – December 3

    December 3, 2021 - By 

    On this, the final Bandcamp Friday of 2021, we’ve been landed with a wealth of fascinating singles from emergent acts, plus new albums and mixtapes from the likes of Kineograph, Hilary Woods, Arthur Itis and the North Cork Organic Group. Dig deep, and maybe support a few underground artists, if you fancy? Hilary Woods – Feral Hymns Feral Hymns by Hilary Woods Kineograph – CAPRICORN CAPRICORN by KINEOGRAPH FIXITY – [Do The] Bits and Pieces Arthur Itis – Am I Dancing? North Cork Organic Group – Blackwater Valley High (Landscape Mixtape) Blackwater Valley High (Landscape Mixtape) by North Cork Organic Group Me…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – November 26th

    November 26, 2021 - By 

    Here’s the very best music released across the island this week, featuring Denise Chaila, Acid Granny, Kineograph, April, Molly O’Mahony and more Denise Chaila – It’s A Mixtape Kineograph – I Can See 3 People Kineograph · I CAN SEE 3 PEOPLE Acid Granny – I Love The Brits & I Love The Queen April – Someone That I Made Alan Tobin x SubRelic – _ repurposed_ EP JyellowL & ANtigoni – Appetiser Molly O’Mahony – Brother Blue Lucy Gaffney – Heartstrings

  • Premiere: The Consequences of Breaking The Heart by Shaun O’Connor & Alan Daniel Tobin

    November 22, 2021 - By 

    Some creative unions simply seem fated to be. A sublime case in point is ‘The Consequences of Breathing The Heart’, a new, multi-disciplinary project by West Cork singer-songwriter Alan Daniel Tobin aka ADT and County Kerry filmmaker and writer Shaun O’Connor. Drawing on Irish folk tales of the Selkie, and based on a script written by award-winning Irish screenwriter Paul Cahill, it tells the Muirín and Tadhg, a young artistic couple living and working by the Irish coast. When Tadhg’s world is torn apart after Muirin suddenly disappears in the ocean, his search for answers leads him to a stunning…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 19th November

    November 19, 2021 - By 

    It’s been another great week for new releases in every corner of the island. Delve into the best of the lot, featuring Silverbacks, Just Mustard, Celaviedmai, Jackie Beverly, passersby & more. Silverbacks – Rolodex City Just Mustard – I Am You passersby – Always alwayyys by passersby Jess Kav, Senita & Toshín – Ascension Celaviedmai & Alan McKee – Upset Jackie Beverly – Temporary State modernlove. – Us Laura Duff – Easy Hazey Haze – Epitome

  • The Irish Government are Officially Taking the Piss

    November 16, 2021 - By 

    After 19 months of uncertainty, wilful obstruction, and – finally – some brief reprieve over the last four weeks, the Irish government has once again U-turned on its decision to throw the hospitality sector a lifetime. From midnight on Thursday, all pubs, nightclubs and restaurants in the Republic of Ireland will have to close at midnight. For the music industry that means one very obvious thing: those weeks of frantic planning, scheduling, booking, organising and liaising by bookers, venue owners, artists and DJs? It was more or less all for nothing. There’s no two ways about it: the Irish government…

  • Monday Mixtape: Soda Blonde

    November 15, 2021 - By 

    Dublin alt-pop band Soda Blonde guide us through their all-time favourite songs, from Air and Massive Attack, to Kate Bush and Laurie Anderson. Catch Soda Blonde live in December: December 5th: Cyprus Avenue, Cork December 7th: Mike The Pies, Listowel December 9th: Whelan’s, Dublin December 14th: Roisin Dubh, Galway December 15th, Empire Music Hall, Belfast December 16th: Whelan’s, Dublin December 19th: Dolan’s, Limerick Kanye West – Say You Will Kanye has always had this ability to create sonic landscapes and unusual textures that really hit you emotionally before any lyrics begin. This is something as a band we always aim…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – November 12th

    November 12, 2021 - By 

    It’s been another great week for Irish music. Dig into our round-up below, featuring new releases from Windings, Odd Ned, ANDI, Neil Dexter and more Windings – Focus On The Past 5 Focus On The Past 5 by windings Odd Ned – Arpo Realm Long Mile Works by Odd Ned Caoilian Sherlock – Big Child EP Big Child by Caoilian Sherlock Laurie Shaw – Bargain Hunt Lisa Hannigan – Live at The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 2020 ANDI – CEDARWARD EP Neil Dexter – I’ll Be With You Jealous of the Birds – Belfast Song KhakiKid – Cozy Girl…

  • Monday Mixtape: Beauty Sleep

    November 8, 2021 - By 

    Off the back of their stellar new single ‘Go’, Ryan and Cheylene from Belfast indie-pop duo Beauty Sleep wax lyrical about some of their favourite tracks, from Caribou and Villagers, to HAIM and Yard Act. Caribou – You Can Do It Just a great tune, simple concept, executed well and a great morning motivator track! Also, a lot of excellent dogs in the video so what’s not to love? – Cheylene Rostam – From The Back Of a Cab I got heavily into Rostam this year, and this track and associated album (Changephobia) has been very close to me .…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – November 5th

    November 5, 2021 - By 

    It’s Bandcamp Friday once again, and it’s been yet another stacked week for Irish releases. Dig into best of them below, featuring Elaine Malone, Sinead O’Brien, Autumns, Son Zept, Natalia Beylis, Eimear Reidy and more Elaine Malone – Mantua MANTUA by MANTUA Autumns – DSS Dubplate DSS Dubplate by Autumns MF Doom – Great Day (Son Zept Remix) SON ZEPT · MF Doom – Great Day (Son Zept Remix) Big Daisy – Without Dreams Without Dreams by Big Daisy Neil Brogan – Evening Primrose EP Evening Primrose EP by Neil Brogan CMAT – No More Virgos Sinead O’Brien – Girlkind…

  • Monday Mixtape: Fixity

    November 1, 2021 - By 

    If you’ve not been following, Cork-based Dan Walsh is a fixture across many of Ireland’s most essential improvised and experimental music happenings. Be it on drums, sax, synth or otherwise, his work with – amongst others – Cork Improvised Music Company, The Bonk, Senior Infants, and not least his primary project, Fixity, speaks for itself. Fixity 7, his latest with the latter, came out last week, and continues to push forward his exploratory practice. Get a listen to some of the music that’s informed Walsh creatively over the years, from Johnny Keating and Ivor Cutler to The Hives and Teenage Jesus & The Jerks. Johnny Keating – Listen I…