Delve into the very best Irish tracks and albums of the week from PANIKATAX, Natalia Beylis, Lankum, Oh Boland, John Blek and more PANIKATAX – A Sudden and Unpleasant Change PANIKATAX – “A Sudden And Unpleasant Change” by Forbidden Place Records Natalia Beylis – Lost – For Annie Lost – For Annie by Natalia Beylis Oh Boland – Grass Walls Lankum – Rocky Road to Dublin (Live) John Blek – Holy Shit Maria Kelly – Drive Sorcha Richardson and Morgana – Naked and Swimming
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Following the release of her sublime new EP, MurMurs, Wicklow R&B queen Cosha waxes lyrical on her all-time favourite tracks, featuring Björk, Sade, Tirzah, D’Angelo and more Björk – It’s Not Up To You I feel like all stages of my life can be defined by a Björk album; right now Vespertine is resonating with glorious potency. She says all the things I am thinking and feeling in ways so eloquent it’s almost unfair, this is not even her first language! This song particularly stuck with me recently, it’s such an important message that everyone can relate to and that…
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Dive into the very best Irish releases of the week, from David Kitt, Sack, Yinyang, Thom Southern, Jellypelt and more Photo by Neil J Smyth David Kitt – Love Someone Else Sack – Wake Up People Yinyang – Bloodhound/Earthbound Thom Southern – Just Wanna Get To The Ocean EP Jellypelt – Qasm Qasm by Jellypelt Connor McCann – We March Anderson Nightmare – I Don’t Know Anything Lavengro – Stuck In My Head Moon Landing – The Last Two People on Earth
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Ahead of his highly-anticipated return to DeBarra’s in Clonakilty on 19th May, Vermont folk master Sam Amidon discusses the ways in which lineage and collaboration interact with constantly pushing forward. Go here to buy tickets to Sam Amdson at DeBarra’s Hi Sam. It has been a typically busy period for you. One happening I would’ve loved to have experienced was the 10th-anniversary show for your LP Lily-O, Was it, as I assume, really fulfilling evening, revisiting the record in that way? It was a beautiful night! It was actually the first time the four of us who made the album (Bill Frisell,…
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Irish songwriter Oisin Leech has just released his debut solo album entitled ‘Cold Sea’. It was produced by Brooklyn artist Steve Gunn in Donegal. It features luminaries Dónal Lunny, M Ward and Tony Garnier. The album has garnered global critical acclaim with Le Monde in France calling it “nine tracks of absolute beauty.” Uncut have called it a “stunning album of clear blue reflection” while Other Voices and MOJO have dubbed it one of the albums of 2024 so far. It’s out now on Tremone Records and Outside Music. Oisin plays his first solo headline Belfast gig at The Deer’s…
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It’s Bandcamp Friday and we’re spoiled with an absolutely stacked week for Irish music. Delve into new Natalia Beylis, So Cow, Oh Boland, Blue Whale, Alpha Chrome Yayo, Autumns, Ciaran Lavery, Lucy Gaffney and more. Photo by Aislinn McGinn Natalia Beylis – The Roots of the Mountain Ash Embrace the Stone Blue Whale – Orunge So Cow – Affected Services Affected Services EP by So Cow Oh Boland – A Power of Wides Alpha Chrome Yayo – Constant Night Constant Night by Alpha Chrome Yayo Ciaran Lavery – The World Will Put Its Arms Around You Lucy Gaffney – Pitfalls…
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It’s just over four weeks until Ireland’s finest festival, Open Ear, returns to Sherkin Island in West Cork From May 31 to June 2, the festival, now in its sixth edition, will be another world-beating celebration of experimental and electronic sounds, from these shores and beyond. As well as unmissable sets by the likes of Hilary Woods, GNOD R&D, da Googie, Lesko, Brian Not Brian and Caskré, this year’s outing doubles as a trove of specially commissioned collaborations between two artists that have not previously worked together. Right up there with the most essential of these is long-time TTA favourite…
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Delve into the very best Irish tracks and albums of the week, featuring the likes of the Personal Vanity Project, Eamon Ivri, pôt-pot, David Kitt, and a special release from Elaine Mai, May Kay and Faye O’Rourke along with the Young People from Aida Refugee Camp in Palestine The Personal Vanity Project – Track 94 David Kitt feat Mick + Annie Tierney – Say No More Elaine Mai, May Kay, Faye O’Rourke, + Young People from Aida Refugee Camp, Palestine – We Are We Are by Elaine Mai pôt-pot – GOING INSANE GOING INSANE by pôt-pot Eoin Dolan – The…
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From Fugazi and Marvin Gaye, to Circle and Weidorje, Ellie Myler from ØXN and Percolator explores the records that have left a lasting impression on her life. Photos by Thom McDermott Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On I remember the first time I heard the title track on vinyl, through decent speakers, with intention. Feeling like I was in the room when the chatter of the Detroit Lions came in, that was the whole point I think. The choice Marvin Gaye made to produce it himself cracked it wide open and let the listener in. The lofty strings didn’t scare…
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In the latest installment of Monday Mixtape, Rob Walsh and Rían Trench of Dublin noise-punk masters PANIKATAX fly the flag for Underground Resistance, Clarissa Connelly, Big Black, Nitzer Ebb, This Heat and more Rob Walsh Underground Resistance – Final Frontier This track from Mad Mike and Co. at Underground Resistance is a seminal classic. It sparked my love for Detroit techno and continues to have an overwhelming effect on me to this day. The nostalgia level is off the charts on this one, reminding me of growing up in the Irish dance scene, the first place where I felt accepted.…