• Irish Tracks of the Week – 26th April

    April 26, 2024 - By 

    Delve into the very best Irish tracks and albums of the week, featuring the likes of the Personal Vanity Project, Eamon Ivri, pôt-pot, David Kitt, and a special release from Elaine Mai, May Kay and Faye O’Rourke along with the Young People from Aida Refugee Camp in Palestine The Personal Vanity Project – Track 94 David Kitt feat Mick + Annie Tierney – Say No More Elaine Mai, May Kay, Faye O’Rourke, + Young People from Aida Refugee Camp, Palestine – We Are We Are by Elaine Mai pôt-pot – GOING INSANE GOING INSANE by pôt-pot Eoin Dolan – The…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 29th October

    October 29, 2021 - By 

    Good songs. Great songs. Almost certainly the very best of them released in the last week, including CMAT, Fixity, Denise Chaila, Erica Cody, Laurie Shaw, Malaki & Tolü Makay, M(h)aol, MuRli feat. Gemma Dunleavy, Roe & Ciaran Lavery and more. Denise Chaila feat. Murli – Energy Fixity – Fixity 7 FIXITY 7 by Fixity NewDad – Ladybird MuRli feat. Gemma Dunleavy – Odyssey M(h)aol – No One Ever Talks To Us Eoin Dolan – Mirror Liver Mirror Liver LP by Eoin Dolan CMAT – No More Virgos Erica Cody – Love & Light EP Various Artists – TENEMENTS TENEMENTS – Various…

  • Premiere: Eoin Dolan – Amulet of Love

    September 24, 2021 - By 

    For as long as we can remember, Galway’s Eoin Dolan has occupied a singular place in the Irish music community. A songwriter that goes beyond the everyday – an artist who ekes out real majesty from the uncanny – his craft is at once deeply considered and remarkably his own. Next month, Dolan unveils his fourth full-length album, Mirror Liver. Bearing the imprint of artists as mottled as Vashti Bunyan, Super Furry Animals and Donovan, it’s that album that delves into everything from love and mysticism, to day to day reflections of people who lived through the evolutionary times of…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – September 24th

    September 24, 2021 - By 

    Another banner week for Irish music sees releases spanning the full breadth and scope of the island, with major releases, collaborations and singles from the likes of Brigid Mae Power, A Ritual Sea, Gemma Dunleavy, M(h)aol, David Holmes, K I T C H E N, Erica Cody, Villagers, Invaderband, windings, Gaze Is Ghost, and many more. Gemma Dunleavy – Up De Flats! [Sharda Remix] Brigid Mae Power – Burning Your Light EP Burning Your Light by Brigid Mae Power M(h)aol – Gender Studies Gender Studies EP by M(h)aol David Holmes – Hope Is The Last Thing To Die K I…

  • Citóg Records Set to Celebrate Galway Music With Short Film Amhráin

    April 16, 2021 - By 

    Over the years, Galway’s Citóg Records has established and re-established itself as an institution emblematic of what makes Irish independent music and culture so vital. Recently, the collective have been focusing their attention on Amhráin, a new, short  film created as part of Galway 2020’s Small Towns Big Ideas strand. Set to premiere at 9pm on Saturday, April 17th on Galway venue and creative hub The Black Gate’s social media channels, it will feature local artists including Eoin Dolan, Field Trip, Tracy Bruen and more performing new versions of beloved Galway songs by artists both past and present. Doubling as a tour…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – November 27th

    November 27, 2020 - By 

    You know how, traditionally, the music industry starts to grind to a halt around this time of year? Irish music is having none of it in 2020. Here’s the very best tracks of the week. Tandem Felix – The Assassination The Assassination by Tandem Felix Ra Gerra – Terrified LAOISE – Movies Ten Past Seven – County Council (Live) NewDad – I Don’t Recognise You Messyng x Post Punk Podge – Still At The Music Proper Micro NV – You Knew Longer Than Me Any Joy – Sun EP Sun by Any Joy Eoin Dolan – Superior Fiction The Love…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – July 3rd

    July 3, 2020 - By 

    It’s been a huge week, featuring new EPs from the likes of  MuRli, Arvo Party, And So I Watch You From Afar, Aislinn Logan and King Pallas, a bonus charity compilation of NI-based artists covering each other, as well as welcome returns from the likes of Fontaines DC, VerseChorusVerse, Gemma Dunleavy, Elaine Mai, Malojian, and many more. And in case you haven’t had it telegraphed by the independent acts of Ireland already today, Bandcamp are waiving all their takings until 8am on Saturday. MuRli – the CULTURE And So I Watch You From Afar – Odd Seal Successors by And So I Watch…

  • EP Stream: Eoin Dolan – June Hope

    June 9, 2020 - By 

    A master of carefully-crafted throwback pop, Galway’s Eoin Dolan has steadily emerged as one of the country’s most distinct songwriting voices. Off the back of last year’s sublime Commander of Sapiens – Dolan’s third full-length album to date – new EP June Hope is a feat of minimal, psych-inflected indie-pop. Equal parts focused and optimistic, it’s a release that looks to the horizon with a heart full of hope. Speaking about the EP, which he also produced, mixed and mastered, Dolan said, “Winters are fairly dark in the west of Ireland – what keeps you going are thoughts of a fresh spring and the warmth…