Stream: Mícheál Keating & Brendan McInerney – It’s Still There
June 10th, 2021 | by Brian Coney
Last May, Bleeding Heart Pigeons released one of the most emphatic Irish albums in recent times, Stir. Thirteen months on, two-thirds of the Limerick …
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Nigel Rolfe – Island Stories
June 7th, 2021 | by Pádraic Grant
The excavation of Ireland’s buried electronic past by All City’s Allchival imprint continues with a reissue of Island Stories, a …
Belfast Blues Legend Rab McCullough Dies Aged 72
May 24th, 2021 | by Brian Coney
Belfast blues legend Rab McCullough has passed away. The guitarist, who had performed with the likes of Jimi Hendrix and …
Irish Tracks of the Week – April 30th
April 30th, 2021 | by Stevie Lennox
This week’s refreshingly eclectic releases include Loah’s incredible National Poetry Day release, Irish Refugee Council fundraising compilation European Endless – featuring Arvo …
Premiere: Strange Boy – Waiting
April 14th, 2021 | by Brian Coney
A self-proclaimed “1000-year-old poet channelling through the body of a young man from Limerick,” Strange Boy (FKA Jonen Dekay) is well and truly …
Xiu Xiu – OH NO
April 2nd, 2021 | by The Thin Air
The twelfth album from the always-challenging, always-experimental group Xiu Xiu is a study of severed relations, and the way one …
Watch: Lilac – Remember, No Regrets
March 25th, 2021 | by Stevie Lennox
Scuzzy, unpretentious power-pop with a panache for irresistible jangle, fuzz & hooks is something that’s trickled into the water in …
Black Country, New Road – For the first time
February 22nd, 2021 | by Danny Kilmartin
Overnight success is so hot right now, and Black Country, New Road are the latest craze. The sextet formed in …
Arlo Parks – Collapsed in Sunbeams
January 29th, 2021 | by Ciara Byrne
Reflecting on the trials and joys of young adulthood, the eagerly anticipated debut album from young Londoner Arlo Parks basks …
Various Artists – A Litany of Failures Vol. III
December 8th, 2020 | by Cathal McBride
All the way back in 2016, cassette label Little L Records put out a nice little four way split cassette …
