• Stream: Benihana – Machines

    March 25, 2014 - By 

    Featuring a sample of Charlie Chaplin’s famous speech from The Great Dictator, Kildare electronic duo Will Molloy and Billy Archbold AKA Benihana have released a new track titled ‘Machines’. Speaking of current plans, the pair said, “We actually havent played any gigs yet so at the moment we’re  working on a few tracks with the hope of building up enough material for a decent set. We’re also starting to look at how exactly we’re going to play our stuff live – still a bit unsure! Once the new tracks are finished, hopefully we’ll be able to start piecing together our next…

  • Watch: Deadlights – Passenger

    March 17, 2014 - By 

    Four months after the release of the stellar ‘Glass Houses’, Lisburn alt-rock band Deadlights have unveiled the video for their new single, ‘Passenger’. Created by Tommy Keery of Dog Kennel Productions, the video, which features the band performing the track, is inter-cut with a story that holds no bars in conveying the harsh reality of abduction. The single, mastered by the masterful Jon Moorehead, was recorded by Mike Mormecha of Mojo Fury at Millbank Studios. Watch the video below.

  • Watch: RAMS’ Pocket Radio – Love Is A Bitter Thing

    March 12, 2014 - By 

    Taken from his album Béton, Northern Irish singer-songwriter Peter McAuley AKA RAMS’ Pocket Radio has released the subtly sublime video for his new single, ‘Love Is A Bitter Thing’. Directed by Darren Lee, the video see a solitary and evidently yearning McAuley – currently in Texas for South by Southwest 2014 – in a desolate yet beautiful woodland, forcefully playing and treating his piano to inevitable (but perhaps necessary?) abandon RAMS’ Pocket Radio play the following dates throughout March: March 12: The British Music Embasy – SXSW, Texas March 14: The Full Irish Breakfast – BD Riley, SXSW, Texas March 14:…

  • Inbound: The Wood Burning Savages

    March 13, 2014 - By 

    In the latest installment of Inbound, we chat to Paul Connolly and Dan Acheson from hotly-tipped Derry alt-rock quartet The Wood Burning Savages. Having just released their debut video for their wonderful new single ‘America’ following a hugely impressive headline performance at Belfast’s Radar, the pair talk about the band’s stance on being “old school” in the modern age, their stance on the imprint of last year’s City of Culture and having two albums worth of material waiting in the wings. Hi guys, you have just released the video for your new single, ‘America’. Can you tell us more about…

  • Watch: The Wood Burning Savages – America

    March 12, 2014 - By 

    Having becoming highly evolved over the last couple of months, Derry alt-rock quartet The Wood Burning Savages have unveiled their first music video, for their single ‘America’. Shot on zero budget and featuring some masterfully-compiled stock footage, the video was created and edited by Chris McAlinden. Additional footage was supplied by Fiachra O’ Longain and Lisa Byrne. The single is officially release on March 18, and will be available from iTunes and all other major online retailers. Watch the video below.

  • Watch: Little Matador – Stitch Yourself Up

    March 10, 2014 - By 

    Having had an extremely encouraging first year together, alt-rock band Little Matador have unveiled the video for their debut single, ‘Stitch Yourself Up’ A self-proclaimed “earth-quaking stomp full of swagger and intent; dripping aggression, danger and sex in equal measure” the video features the band’s frontman, Nathan Connolly, getting a little more than he bargained for. ‘Stitch Yourself Up’ will feature on the band’s forthcoming self-titled debut album, set for release on April 21. You can pre-order that here. Watch the video for the single below.

  • Frame by Frame #005: Oh Volcano – Oceans

    March 7, 2014 - By 

    In the fifth installment of Frame By Frame – a regular feature looking at the production, concepts behind and creators of local music videos – Belfast-based filmmaker and musician Colm Laverty talks to fellow jack-of-all-trades Edward F Butler about his recent video for ‘Oceans’ by Owen and Enda Strathern AKA Oh Volcano. First off, tell us a little bit about your role on this music video. I mainly work in post production, but for this, it was a collage of all sorts. I worked on this short film with a team in Lithuania, no one really wanted the film, so…

  • Watch: The Shaker Hymn – The Runaway

    March 6, 2014 - By 

    Featuring visuals by Brendan Canty of Feel Good Lost, Cork alt-rock four-piece The Shaker Hymn have unveiled the video to their new psych-tinged single, ‘The Runaway’. The second single to be lifted from their forthcoming debut album – the altogether curiously-titled Rascal’s Antique’s – the song was mixed alongside the album’s other nine tracks by Christian Best, who has worked with Mick Flannery and O Emperor. Check out the artwork for the single and its video – also featuring liquid footage by Paulski of Nano Projections – below.

  • Stream: Keith Moss & The Tightrope Walkers – Troubled Troubadour

    March 6, 2014 - By 

    Dublin four-piece Keith Moss & The Tightrope Walkers have released their latest slice of self-aware indie-pop in the form of single ‘Troubled Troubadour’. Released via independent label Reekus Records, the track is a self-proclaimed taste of what’s to come from the quartet’s forthcoming Reject the Robots EP, due out later this year. Keith Moss & The Tightrope Walkers play the following dates in Dublin over the next few weeks: March 14: Sweeneys, Dame Street (Human Music showcase) March 15:  The Mercantile, Dame Street (Reekus Presents: w/ Death In The Sickroom + Buffalo Sunn) March 28: Whelans, Wexford Street (The Midnight Hour…

  • EP Stream: The Bedroom – The Graveyard of Ambition

    March 4, 2014 - By 

    Having well and truly shed the skin of his previous outfit, Eatenbybears, London-based, Galway-derived musician Olan Stephens AKA The Bedroom has self-released his debut EP, The Graveyard of Ambition. Accompanying the five-track release is the video to its fourth track, the stellar ‘Disconnect’. It’s the follow-up single to last year’s equally impressive ‘Basquiat’ and ‘The Big Up’. Watch the video for ‘Disconnect’ and stream/pay what you like for The Graveyard of Ambition below.