• Track-by-Track: Chalk – Conditions II

    March 5, 2024 - By 

    Ahead of what looks primed to be a breakthrough year for the fast-rising electronic/noise rock Belfast trio, Chalk vocalist and producer Ross Cullen takes us on a track-by-track tour of the diverse influence and inspiration behind their brand new EP, Conditions II The Gate Conditions II by Chalk ‘The Gate’ is all about pressure and the pressures of being in a band. It began with a drum and bass loop I found on Splice alongside some 1/16 notes from a preset called Demented Percussion on Logic. Combining those two sounds set up the energy of the track fairly quickly. There’s a…

  • Chalk Release ‘Claw,’ Announce Second EP

    January 18, 2024 - By 

    Having sealed a stellar 2023 by winning three awards at the NI Music Prize—including a well-earned nod for Best Live Act—Chalk have revealed details of their second EP. Comprising Ross Cullen, Benedict Goddard and Luke Niblock, the Belfast trio have been honing their searing craft since forming in 2019. It’s an increasingly insular arc that’s set to enter new territory on 1st March with the release of their Conditions II. The follow-up to the blistering Conditions, which dropped in May last year, the EP will be released via Nice Swan Records—home to Sports Team, Pip Blom and more—on 1st March.…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 24th March

    March 24, 2023 - By 

    Taking in every corner of the island, here’s the very best tracks of the week from Lankum, Chalk, Niall McDowell, The Fae, Krea, The Wood Burning Savages and many more Lankum – False Lankum False Lankum by Lankum Phil Kieran – The Strand Cinema The Strand Cinema by Phil Kieran Chalk – Asking Niall McDowell – I Have Given Up The Wood Burning Savages – Climb The Ladder The Fae – Chloe Gnarkats – Homesick Krea – Don’t Tell Me Seba Safe – On My Way Drew Makes Noise – Lemonade Derek Ellard & The Future Business Model – Electricity…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 28th October

    October 28, 2022 - By 

    It’s another hefty Tracks of the Week, with stellar releases from the Mary Wallopers, Aoife Nessa Frances, Jape, One Leg One Eye, Ciaran Lavery and more. Definitely something in the water. One Leg One Eye – … And Take The Black Worm With Me …. And Take The Black Worm With Me by One Leg One Eye The Mary Wallopers – The Mary Wallopers The Mary Wallopers by The Mary Wallopers Aoife Nessa Frances – Protector Protector by Aoife Nessa Frances Ciaran Lavery – My Body’s a Zombie For You Everything Shook – Three Crows Drew Makes Noise – Something To…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 1st April

    April 1, 2022 - By 

    With such an incredible bombardment of new albums, collaborations and singles from the likes of Pillow Queens, Oh Boland, Acid Granny, Roe, Tuath x Shammen Delly x Tara Baoth Mooney and many more this Bandcamp Friday, do the needful and pick up a few new tracks from a selection of our absolute best. Oh Boland – Cheap Things Cheap Things by Oh Boland Tuath x Shammen Delly x Tara Baoth Mooney – Sumer Is Icumin In Iarlais by Tuath Pillow Queens – Leave The Light On Leave The Light On by Pillow Queens Acid Granny – Songs For The Radio Songs For…