• Stream: Darling – Echoes

    October 24, 2013 - By 

    One of the downright catchiest songs we’ve heard from a new Irish act in ages, Dublin duo Gary Harding and James McGuire AKA Darling have unveiled their debut single, ‘Echoes’. A starry-eyed, three-and-a-half-minute hit in the making – calling to mind everyone from Two Door Cinema Club to Ed Zealous – the track was produced by Stephen Lipson, an English producer/engineer who has worked with the likes of  Annie Lennox and Pet Shop Boys. Check out the Feel Good Lost-directed video to the song below.

  • Stream: Grave Lanterns – Creepin’ Up On You

    October 24, 2013 - By 

    New-fangled Cork-based band Grave Lanterns have released a stream of the decidedly unearthly new single, ‘Creepin’ Up On You’. Calling themselves “4-piece garage dust from an 8-track mind”, the four-piece – featuring Cork psych rock Altered Hours‘ frontman Cathal Mac Gabhann – have very aptly described the track as a “samhain swan song”. Organ-led, the spectral imprint of the likes of Bauhaus, Link Wray and Nick Cave are perfectly accounted for over the track’s four minutes. ‘Creepin’ Up On You’ is officially launched on Halloween night upstairs at The Pavilion, Cork. Stream or download the track for free below.

  • Therapy? announce full details of Gemil boxset

    October 23, 2013 - By 

    Northern Irish alt-rock heroes Therapy? have announced  full details of their forthcoming Gemil boxset. The £125, Limited Edition box set is comprised of 2013 remasters of Nurse, Troublegum, Infernal Love and Semi-Detached, two CDs of completely unheard and unreleased material (30+ songs) spanning 1989-2011, one CD of unreleased reworks and demos (20 songs), a DVD and two official bootlegs. A 12″ vinvyl of all previously unreleased official songs (16 songs), a cassette recording of a performance at the White Horse in Dublin in 1990 and a 24 page 12″x12″ deluxe art book with unreleased photos, images and notes from the…

  • EP Stream: A Bad Cavalier – Ex Libris

    October 23, 2013 - By 

    Ex-Panama Kings frontman and current And So I Watch You From Afar guitarist Niall Kennedy has unveiled his wonderful debut solo EP under the music-making moniker A Bad Cavalier. Having been recording songs for the project the last 14 years, the four-track Ex Libris is the first A Bad Cavalier release, recorded in Belfast and largely mixed and mastered on the road in Europe and America. Stream or pay a minimum of £3 for the EP below.

  • Album stream: Lasertom – DRIFT

    October 22, 2013 - By 

    One half of duo Ships, Dublin electronic producer Simon Cullen AKA Lastertom is streaming his debut album, DRIFT. Released via Nang Records, the nine-track release is a wonderfully-composed, synth driven effort from Cullen, who has recently described his sound as “slow-tempo disco”. Sounds about right to us! Stream DRIFT via Soundcloud below.

  • Stream: Sea Pinks – Magpie Eyes

    October 22, 2013 - By 

    Belfast band Sea Pinks are streaming ‘Magpie Eyes’ the AA side of their forthcoming 7″ single, Exploded View/Magpie Eyes. Having released the equally superb ‘Exploded View’ at the start of the month, the newly re-recorded ‘Magpie Eyes’ is the sound of the Neil Brogan-fronted band at their very best. Limited to 100 records and including downloads of both tracks as well as two separate new songs, Exploded View/Magpie Eyes is out via CF Records on November 5. Stream ‘Magpie Eyes’ via Soundcloud below.

  • Watch: Girls Names – The New Life

    October 21, 2013 - By 

    Belfast quartet Girls Names have unveiled the video to their new single, ‘The New Life’. Directed by the wonderfully-named Dan Tombs,it  is one continuous take of improvisation, shot in an old industrial textile warehouse and filmed with a single static camera. According to Tombs, “the intention is to induce a hypnotic state that compliments the track and captivate an audience.” ‘The New Life’ is the closing track from the band’s second album of the same name, released back in February. Nip over to Noisey to watch the video.

  • Stream: Mojo Fury – The Difference Between

    October 21, 2013 - By 

    Having successfully completed a pledge campaign to secure its forthcoming release, Mojo Fury are streaming their eagerly-anticipated second album, The Difference Between. The follow-up to their groundbreaking debut album Visiting Hours of a Travelling Circus, the twelve-track release is the sound of a band that have fully-realised their sound and potential, veering brilliantly between the superb ‘Origami Bird’, the understated wonder of ‘Iris Influential’ and the ultra-anthemic ‘Medusa’. Ahead of our review of the album, stream it over at ClashMusic.

  • Stream: SlowPlaceLikeHome – Silence is a Rhythm too

    October 21, 2013 - By 

    Donegal ambient electronica producer Keith Mannion AKA SlowPlaceLikeHome is streaming a new track titled ‘Silence is a Rhythm too’. Lifted from the forthcoming reboot of his wonderful Post-Hoc EP – released to a steady stream of much-deserved praise this time last year – the previously unreleased track will be streamed for the next week via his Soundcloud page. Stream the track below.

  • EP Stream: The Mighty Stef – Iveagh Flats

    October 18, 2013 - By 

    With hints of everyone from Queens of the Stone Age, Echo and the Bunnymen and Mark Lanegan, Dublin band The Mighty Stef are streaming their extremely impressive new EP, Iveagh Flats. Serving as a sampler of their forthcoming new album – produced in Los Angeles by none other than Alain Johannes of Queens of the Stone Age and Them Crooked Vultures repute – the three-track release really underlines the band’s forward momentum at the moment. Stream the three-track EP via Soundcloud below.