• Pulp – More

    June 5, 2025 - By 

    Everyone’s at it these days, aren’t they? Ever since the future was officially cancelled, it feels like open season at the nostalgia factory. “New” Beatles singles, “lost” Bowie product, “classic” line-ups reunited, it’s a Record Collector subscriber’s wet dream out there. It therefore shouldn’t be THAT surprising that music from “the 90s” is plenty fertile ground for waybackwhenification. Every single-word band from the era Sleeper to Feeder and all the way up to Blur have been pulled together for “one last job” or if you prefer, payday. And now Pulp have made a new album – cheekily entitled More. By…

  • Going Mutant: A Catch-Up With Search Results

    June 5, 2025 - By 

    TTA favourites Search Results have been on a tear. Since introducing them back in November 2023, the Dublin maestros have become one of the island’s most vital sonic forces. Off the back of their deadly second album Go Mutant, guitarist/vocalist Fionn Brennan and drummer/vocalist Jack Condon chat to Cathal McBride about their evolving DIY ethos, the joys of working with cult mixer Mikey Young, balancing chaos and craft on stage and what’s already coming down the pipeline. Hi guys. You’ve just released your second LP, Go Mutant. How did your approach to this album differ from previous releases? Fionn: It…

  • Monday Mixtape: Caolán Austin

    June 2, 2025 - By 

    Having just released his masterful new single ‘Joyful, Joyful,’ Derry artist Caolán Austin reflects on some of his all-time favourite music, from Bill Evans and DJ Shadow, to Pinback, Steve Reich and beyond.   Vegyn – The Path Less Travelled Vegyn, in my estimation, is one of the most exciting producers around at the moment. An audible descendant from Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada and all of that glitchy good stuff; he makes beautiful electronic music that captures this really raw and beautiful feeling. My good friend Stephen McCauley introduced me to this song and I’ve been obsessed with Vegyn’s…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 30th May

    May 30, 2025 - By 

    Dive into this week’s best new music, including full-length releases from Acid Granny, AOIBHA, Francesca O, Cliffords, Monday’s Child, and Curtisy, alongside fresh singles by RUÁ, Caolán Austin, Cruel Sister, Rory Sweeney with Saoirse Miller, RÓIS & Ristéard ÓhAodha, and more. Acid Granny – Our Husband Our Husband by Acid Granny Rory Sweeney w/ Saoirse Miller, RÓIS & Ristéard ÓhAodha – Entrance Places Francesca O – Cortado Francesca O – Cortado by Nyahh Records Monday’s Child – Modern Affair Caolán Austin – Joyful, Joyful AOIBHA – Insignificance RUÁ – Sunrise (The ghost of me loves the ghost of you) Cruel…

  • Track-by-Track: Confirmation Getup – Style Time

    May 26, 2025 - By 

    Long-time heroes of Ireland’s underground electronic scene, Paul Morrin (Spectac / Front End Synthetics) and Dunk Murphy (Sunken Foal / Countersunk, have finally joined forces in the studio as Confirmation Getup. Though their friendship dates back to schoolyard mischief, they’d never actually made music together until now. The result is Style Time: a heady, gloriously crooked suite of modular funk, skewed electro and machine-led oddity. Built from traded doodles, fast instincts and a shared sense of play, it’s locked in as one of the Irish LPs of the year. Here, they dissect the album track-by-track, tracing moments of offbeat inspiration,…

  • Monday Mixtape: Laura Duff

    May 26, 2025 - By 

    Off the back of her extraordinary debut album, Sea Legs, Limerick-based artist Laura Duff takes us on a guided tour of some of her all-time favourite tracks, from Big Thief and Laura Marling, to Irish acts Joshua Burnside, Buí and beyond. Photo by Laya Meabhdh Kenny. Sea Legs by Laura Duff Buy Sea Legs via Bandcamp here Big Thief – Cattails Big Thief are a constant source of inspiration for me, they definitely influenced the shaping of our album, and soundtracked many of our studio mornings. I could easily fill this list with Big Thief or Adrianne Lenker songs. This…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 23rd May

    May 23, 2025 - By 

    Two of the very best Irish releases of the year so far from Stratford Rise and Search Results, and essential new tracks by Thumper, Monday’s Child, Laura Duff, Foreign Mornings and more. Stratford Rise – Stratford Rise Stratford Rise by Stratford Rise Search Results – Go Mutant Go Mutant by Search Results Thumper – The Drip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Tsig43okIs Monday’s Child – In My Own Time Laura Duff – Sea Legs Foreign Mornings – Born to Be This Way Born To Be This Way by Foreign Mornings Daithí and Sinead White – Can’t Even Tell Me For Those I Love – Of…