• Irish Tracks of the Week – July 16th

    July 16, 2021 - By 

    Here are the very best Irish tracks of the week, featuring Caoilean Sherlock, Tebi Rex, Cherym, KK Lewis, Pretty Happy, Laytha and more. Caoilean Sherlock – Dream About The Night Dream About The Night by Caoilian Sherlock Cherym – We’re Just Friends Tebi Rex – Deadman II F.R.U.I.T.Y. – U.P.S. U.P.S by F.R.U.I.T.Y. Pretty Happy – Sudocream Tung In Cheek – Psychonaut KK Lewis – Petals Lonesome George – The Lying Devil Laytha – What Will I Gain Odd Morris – The Once Was Enough The Zang – Where Do You Go? The Crayon Set – Rock Star // Dream…

  • Stream: Lonesome George – Stumble Day

    July 26, 2019 - By 

    Drawing influence from artists as mottled as Tinariwen, Tool and Dublin folk miscreants Lankum, Lonesome George have emerged from Belfast’s session scene with a singular fusion of trad and contemporary folk. At the heart of the band’s craft is the songwriting duo of Joe Campbell-McArdle and Myles McCormack, two old friends who approached traditional music at the same time and have learned alongside one another. Stephen Loughran, a celebrated flute player and Dermot Moynagh, whose contemporary style on the bodhran has become the heartbeat of the sound of forward-pushing trad-folk in Belfast, seal the deal. New single ‘Stumble Day’ finds…

  • Video Premiere: THUMPER – Lonesome Freak

    December 30, 2016 - By 

    With their collective Christmas tree still up, Dublin noise-pop band THUMPER have re-emerged at the very tail-end of the year with Stephen Patrick Allen’s video for their single ‘Lonesome Freak’. Featuring footage from some of the band’s favourite live gigs of 2016, including Other Voices, Electric Picnic, KnockanStockan, Whelan’s and more, it captures precisely the kind of thing that you’ll get if you pop along to the band’s show with Otherkin at Whelan’s tomorrow (New Year’s Eve) night. Have a first peek at the video below.