• Irish Tracks of the Week – 23rd February

    February 23, 2024 - By 

    Take it from us, it’s a bumper week for world-beating Irish music. Get lost in the very best of it, from Blue Whale’s perfectly-titled ‘I Wanna Be Your Da,’ to HAVVK, MELTS, PANIKATAX, Chubby Cat, Conn Thornton, Anamore Drive, KAJA and beyond Blue Whale – I Wanna Be Your Da HAVVK – Take It From Me MELTS – Altered Fishwyfe – Ricky Peer Pleasure – Rest In Bits PANIKATAX – Hand In Hand KAJA – MRNG TRX MRNG TRX by KAJA Chubby Cat – 100 Miles an Hour Conn Thornton – Acrobat Mathman – Show Me Anamoe Drive – Procrastination…

  • Digging Deep: Introducing DUG

    February 21, 2024 - By 

    Off the back of their first-ever show and debut single ‘Jubilee,’ Dublin-based folk duo DUG, aka Lorkin O’Reilly and California native Jonny Pickett, speak to Ciara Byrne about new beginnings and what looks set to be a very bright future. In the aftermath of their debut single, ‘Jubilee,’ and two sold-out shows at Whelan’s in Dublin, DUG injects fresh energy and a comedic twist into the age-old fusion of Irish folk and American old-time music. October 2023 marked the inception of the project, a collaboration between songwriter Lorkin O’Reilly and California native Jonny Pickett. Their musical journey began amidst the…

  • A Strange, Much-Missed Feeling: The Return of Casavettes

    February 21, 2024 - By 

    Last month, the news of return of Limerick emo legends Casavettes after four years away was met with no shortage of rejoicing on Irish music Twitter (and Instagram etc. etc.) Ahead of a handful of eagerly-anticipated shows from the band – kicking off in Galway on Friday – Mike Ryan picks the brain of frontman Diarmuid O’Shea about second acts, sonic evolution, Ireland’s DIY scene and – an old classic to end all old classics – the strange passing of time. It’s been 5 years (almost to the day) since your debut album, Senselessness, and just over 4 years since…

  • Monday Mixtape: Trá Pháidín

    February 19, 2024 - By 

    In our debut – that is long overdue – Monday Mixtape as Gaeilge, Connemara’s many-headed experimental enigma Trá Pháidín takes us on a sonic traipse via Astrid Sonne, Little Simz, Mabé Fratti and more Image provided: The Human Bridge of Carrick-on-Suir, sponsored by Paolo Soprani An 424 by Trá Pháidín Floyd Tillman – I Love You So Much it Hurts Chuala mé seo don chéad uair ar cheirnín de R. Stevie Moore darbh ainm “Glad Music” agus tháinig mé ar aríst i bailiúchain ceol tíre darbh ainm “Colombia Country Classics” ar útube. Cíneal gas é cloisteáil i gcomhthéacs eagsúil den…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 16th February

    February 16, 2024 - By 

    After a relatively quiet few weeks, delve the best of a big week for Irish music, featuring new singles and albums from Fears, Boyfrens, Cherym, Lemonade Shoelace, Trophy Wife and more Fears – 11249 feat Jemima Coulter and Ailbhe Reddy Boyfrens – Dublin Based Icon EP Dublin Based Icon by boyfrens Cherym – Take It Or Leave It Laytha – Throat of the Wind Colm Warren – Alright Trophy Wife – Partygirl Robbie Stickland – Lastingness Lastingness by Robbie Stickland Dug – Jubilee Living Things – If Even Neil Brogan – Outside Chance New Light EP by Neil Brogan Lemonade…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 9th February

    February 9, 2024 - By 

    Alpha Chrome Yayo, Gurriers, Lucy Gaffney, DUG and Niamh Regan are among the heavy hitters for new Irish music this week. Delve in below. Gurriers – Des Goblin Alpha Chrome Yayo – Home for Hitodama Home for Hitodama by Alpha Chrome Yayo Lucy Gaffney – Big Love DUG – Jubilee Cosha – Fire Me Up Niamh Regan – Madonna Really Good Time – Retreat To The Cubicle Stomptown Brass – The Earth Was Flat Ria Rua – Asking For It Asking For It by RIA RUA

  • Still Open Wide: Catching Up With The Altered Hours

    February 7, 2024 - By 

    Ahead of playing The Spirit Store in Dundalk tomorrow night – and Dublin & Limerick next month – we chat with Cathal MacGabhann of Cork psych-rock heroes The Altered Hours about their luminous journey & highly-anticipated next phase Go here to buy tickets to the Altered Hours and Alice Robinson at The Spirit Store as part of Collide Hi Cathal. When I interviewed you guys back in 2013, you had a very level-headed – and honestly very refreshing – conception of “success”. You said “Money, popularity and recognition I have no problem with. I really feel that if just one…

  • Irish Tracks of The Week – 2nd February

    February 2, 2024 - By 

    Dig into the very best Irish releases of the week, from Lemoncello, pôt-pot and Boyfrens, to Thee U.F.O, Danny Carroll and Dark Tropics Lemoncello – Harsh Truths Boyfrens – I’m On My Time pôt-pot – going insane Thee U.F.O – Surveyor Danny Carroll – Golden Hour Roslyn Steer – Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Roslyn Steer Deli Kuvveti – DK SY by Deli Kuvveti The Scratch – Sally MacLennane Dark Tropics – I Bet You Can (Mr. Myth’s Dub) Jazzy – Shooting Star

  • Crilli at 18: Celebrating a Belfast DnB Institution

    January 29, 2024 - By 

    Featuring a playlist with selections and reflections from 18 heads that have made it a singular haven, Belfast drum & bass institution Crilli look back on 18 years at the top of the game. Words by Soupy. Crilli DNB is 18! with Sully (Uncertain Hour) and Total Science (CIA Records), Saturday 3 February at Ulster Sports Club Belfast. Tickets available here Crilli first opened its doors on 21st December 2005 at the now derelict Windsor nightclub on Bangor sea front. The motivation came from a tech tutor named Bruce‘s Music Business module at Bangor tech, coupled with the buzz and…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 26th January

    January 26, 2024 - By 

    It’s an absolutely stacked week for new Irish music, with releases including the long-awaited debut album from NewDad, MELTS, Alpha Chrome Yayo, PANIKATAX, Thom Southern and more NewDad – Madra MELTS – Figment PANIKATAX – Rejection Alpha Chrome Yayo – Last Repose of a Lonely Florist/Taro’s Box (300 Years) Home for Hitodama by Alpha Chrome Yayo Thom Southern – Hey What’s Happenin’? Wynona Bleach – Swim In the Bay Neil Brogan – Line Check Anamoe Drive – The Finder’s Keeper Lilla Vargen – Belong JyellowL – Judas Niamh Bury – Budapest