• 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…

  • Festival Preview: Faoin Tuath

    July 24, 2024 - By 

    Faoin Tuath makes its debut on the last weekend of July as a festival paving the way for the queer community in the west of Ireland. The three-day celebration of nature and the arts is set to take place from Friday 26th to Sunday 28th of July on the grounds of Common Knowledge in Kilfenora, County Clare. Common Knowledge was cultivated as a collective founded on the belief that connection through the artistry of practical skill has the power to encourage sustainable and revolutionary change. The organisation aims to connect its people through land-based skill sharing. From house building to…

  • The Rare Magic of Soft Gut Song Camp

    July 18, 2024 - By 

    Since 2021, Soft Gut Song Camp has emerged as a wonderfully unique initiative to unlock the collaborative potential of artists, songwriters, and producers on the island of Ireland. Held at Julie McLarnon’s world-beating analogue recording studio, Analogue Catalogue, in rural Rathfriland, Co. Down, it has sealed its status as a sanctuary for genre-spanning songwriters from every corner of the island. Brian Coney reflects on time spent at its most recent edition in late June, highlighting the singular sense of creative solidarity that he witnessed at the camp. All photos by Graham Maree Back in the mists of time—2021—a spark ignited…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 19th July

    July 19, 2024 - By 

    It’s a hefty week for new music from across the island. Here’s the best of it, featuring releases by Shiv, Ciaran Lavery, His Father’s Voice, Slomatics, Tongue Bundle, Robbie Stickland, Cold Soviets and more Photo by David Willis Shiv feat. Kojaque – Cherry Pie His Father’s Voice – The Blues Ciaran Lavery – Heart Malaise Slomatics – Silvers Ship Into the Past Silver Ships Into The Past by Slomatics Cold Soviets – A Decade of the Devil’s Rosary Tongue Bundle – Second Hand Banger Second Hand Banger by Tongue Bundle Robbie Stickland – The Revenge of Nosepicker The Revenge Of…

  • Monday Mixtape: how r u

    July 15, 2024 - By 

    how r u, the new slowcore project by Belfast singer-songwriter Thom Southern, unveiled his stellar debut LP moot last Friday. Ahead of an intimate show alongside lovver and ghoulgirl at the Black Box in Belfast on 31st July, he takes us on a guided journey through some of the tracks that inspired the project, from Duster and The American Analog Set to Grouper and Porch Kiss. Duster – Inside Out I first discovered Duster when someone told me my productions sounded like them and when I listened to them it took things to another level for me with new ideas…