Aoife Nessa Frances – Protector
October 25th, 2022 | by Andrew Lambert
In the spring of 2020, Aoife Nessa Frances escaped Dublin for the west of Ireland, relocating to county Clare on …
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Yawning Chasm – The Golden Hour
August 31st, 2022 | by Cathal McBride
Galway’s Aaron Coyne has been making music as Yawning Chasm for over a decade now, but has flown conspicuously under …
Pillow Queens – Leave The Light On
April 11th, 2022 | by Christine Costello
Pillow Queens’ sophomore album Leave the Light On smooths the cracks of their debut to unveil a near-perfect follow-up. Where …
NewDad – Banshee
March 8th, 2022 | by Danny Kilmartin
Young Galway quartet NewDad hit the ground running with the release of their debut EP Waves in early 2021. Its …
Earl Sweatshirt – Sick!
February 8th, 2022 | by Danny Kilmartin
Penned as a reflection on the world’s weakened mental condition amid the pandemic, and the heightened anger and isolation that …
M(h)aol – Gender Studies
January 18th, 2022 | by Danny Kilmartin
M(h)aol’s intersectional feminist punk fury first entered public consciousness in 2016 with the release of their debut single ‘Clementine’. The …
Ordnance Survey – Field Work
December 22nd, 2021 | by Cathal McBride
Outside of his work on keys and percussion for Dublin math-rock heroes The Redneck Manifesto and stints playing with Jape …
Elaine Mai – Home
November 15th, 2021 | by Sophia McDonald
The title of Elaine Mai’s long-awaited debut album, Home, holds a lot of weight. Living through a pandemic changed the …
The Altered Hours – Convertible
November 1st, 2021 | by Cathal McBride
Given that they’ve been releasing music for a full decade now, it’s easy to forget that Cork quintet The Altered …
Deafheaven – Infinite Granite
September 1st, 2021 | by Danny Kilmartin
One could argue that Deafheaven are to so-called “blackgaze” music what the Sex Pistols were to punk rock: they weren’t …