• Track-by-Track: Kerry’s Messyng FC on Lisselton John Street Football 2K12™

    November 4, 2024 - By 

    North Kerry’s finest Messyng FC talk us through Lisselton John Street Football 2K12™, their new EP-fictitious football themed tactical RPG video game funded by the Arts Council of Ireland in a parallel timeline to our own. The EP Lisselton John Street Football 2K12 is our reworkings and reimaginings of found music from the beta of the never completed PS1 game of the same name. The soundtrack was in varying levels of completeness when the project was abandoned, and only part of the soundtrack was recovered from the USB stick where it was rediscovered – so we decided to collaborate with…

  • Monday Mixtape: PostLast

    November 4, 2024 - By 

    Off the back of the release of their stellar Pull Me Into the Open Sea EP, dream pop duo PostLast select some of their all-time favourite tracks – featuring Mariah, Radiohead, Men I Trust, Blonde Redhead and more. Stephen McHale: Radiohead – Weird Fishes It’s hard to pick just one song from Radiohead but I always find myself coming back to this one. There are so many things to love about it lyrically and musically, but in terms of an influence on my writing I’ve definitely been inspired by all the layered, cyclical guitar patterns that build the tension as…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 1st November

    November 1, 2024 - By 

    Against absolutely no odds, we’ve pulled together the very best Irish sounds of the week once again. Dive into brand new M(h)aol, Christy Moore, Negro Impacto, Connor McCann, Deathbed Convert, Eve Clague and more M(h)aol – Snare Connor McCann – Cold Letters Christy Moore – A Terrible Beauty Negro Impacto – 1800 Deathbed Convert – Inverse Field Vol​.​1 – Inishowen Inverse Field Vol.1 – Inishowen by Deathbed Convert Rory Nellis – Any Given Day Susi Pagel – can u hear me now? Jerry Fish feat. May Kay – Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Your Grievances how r u…

  • Traditional Singing from Dublin: A Track-by-Track by Macdara Yeates and Daniel Fox

    October 31, 2024 - By 

    For centuries, Dublin has thrived as a folk music stronghold, its tradition evolving from the days of street singers like Zozimus to the fiery voices of the 1960s revival. Today, the city’s folk scene pulses and transcends anew, celebrated on stages worldwide by the likes of Lankum, John Francis Flynn and countless more. Yet beneath this acclaim lies a deep, grassroots network of pipers, singers and storytellers who embody Dublin’s enduring folk soul. Into this rich tradition steps Macdara Yeates with Traditional Singing from Dublin, a record that feels as vital as it is timeless. Partnering with producer Daniel Fox…