• Premiere: Cat Palace – Peddle It

    March 13, 2017 - By 

    Ever since the release of their self-titled debut EP (one of our Irish releases of 2015, no less) we’ve been keeping a close eye on Dublin’s Cat Palace. The music-making moniker of David Blaney, his output to date has struck a keen balance between perfectly sardonic social commentary and coded personal revelation, framed by his incredibly listenable brand of darkly alt-folk ruminations. With a band in tow, Blaney has returned with another stellar offering in the form of ‘Peddle It’, a single whose tropical, a e s t h e t i c-soaked visual accompaniment is perfectly at odds with the single’s shadowy tone and…

  • Watch: Super Silly – Not Ready To Leave

    March 10, 2017 - By 

    One of our featured 17 for ’17 acts, Dublin quartet Precious, Solbas, Grooves, and Shek AKA Super Silly are the living, breathing definition of an act whose self-belief and natural musical chemistry will undoubtedly guide them to big things. Having only made their live debut in August of last year, the Word Up Collective foursome’s blend of modern RnB, hip-hop, soul, pop and gospel is as slick as it is downright earworming, and nowhere is that more on display than their new single ‘Not Ready to Leave’. Accompanied with a stellar video courtesy of Seán Clancy, the track – is a groove-laden slice…

  • Watch: Hiva Oa – Jonny Brazil

    March 10, 2017 - By 

    Comprised of two core members in Stephen Houlihan and Christine Tubridy as well as three interchangeable live members, Belfast’s Hiva Oa have been riding a steady wave of acclaim and momentum over the last few months. A highlight from their sublime 2016 EP mk 2 (part 1) (which we premiered here) single ‘Jonny Brazil’ now comes accompanied with a video that very nicely reflects the song’s dominant themes of escapism and grasping for clarity. Ahead of the the release of mk 2 (part 1), check out the video below.

  • Premiere: Sissy – Nice Guy

    March 10, 2017 - By 

    Featuring the likes of Trust Fund, Lower Slaughter and Milk Crimes, today sees the release of Put Ears on Yourself, the first in a new 7″ single series curated by Sligo imprint – and easily one of our favourite Irish labels – Art For Blind Records. Each 7” will feature 4 bands from Ireland and the UK and will be housed in a series of limited edition screen printed sleeves designed by emerging artists, designers and illustrators. Our favourite of the four tracks on Put Ears on Yourself is ‘Nice Guy’ by Dublin three-piece Sissy, which we’re pleased to premiere here.…

  • Album Premiere: Our Krypton Son – Fleas & Diamonds

    March 10, 2017 - By 

    Four years ago Derry songsmith Chris McConaghy AKA Our Krypton Son released one of the all-time great Irish debut solo albums. A self-titled release, it traversed an extraordinary palette of heart-wrung balladry and fervent, at times quite remarkable pop majesty. Today McConaghy returns with its highly-anticipated follow-up, Fleas & Diamonds. A wonderfully refined release – in both senses of the word – it betrays the hallmarks of an artist whose knack for weaving exquisite, emotionally potent songwriting with crushingly resonant lyrics is unparalleled on this island at present. Conceived over two days, from a tent pitched in an abandoned building on…

  • Premiere: Slouch – whiteboyfilingcabinetfaxmachinestapler

    March 10, 2017 - By 

    Following up on their Feminine Elbows EP from last year, the pop culture-savvy scuzzy alt. rock trio Slouch channel some Office Space-era jobsworth apathy on their latest release, the two-track whiteboyfilingcabinetfaxmachinestapler. The first of five singles to be released over the coming months by the industrious triad of South Dublin fellas, they know too well the meaning of the suburban minutia and drudgery rhymed off on its constituent parts, whiteboyfilingcabinetfaxmachinestapler & whiteboycoffeemachinebaker. Building on their traditionally QOTSA & Pixies-esque desert & alt-rock leanings, the band have upped their dosage of indie & garage rock energy – à la self-titled-era Blur & Ty Segall – and laced it with even…

  • Watch: Shookrah – Gerascophobia

    March 9, 2017 - By 

    A featured Inbound act in the fifth issue of our physical magazine, Cork six-piece Shookrah have always brilliantly blurred the lines between R&B and throwback soul with a decidedly more forward-thinking approach. Taken from their forthcoming Cliches EP, ‘Gerascophobia’ falls under that bracket, blending psych-soaked textures with a first-rate prog-tinged pop groove. Check out the brand new video for the single below.

  • Stream: Naoise Roo – Crying (Roy Orbison Cover – A Cappella)

    March 9, 2017 - By 

    Sometimes, stripping songs back to their pure, elemental basis reveals something uniquely special. A point in case can be found with Dublin chanteuse par excellence Naoise Roo’s a cappella cover of Roy Orbison’s timeless ‘Crying’. Recorded at a #strikeforrepeal fundraiser last weekend, the rendition – which sees Roo’s exquisite vocal poise command gleam into sharp focus under three minutes – is simultaneously stoic and strong; meditative and utterly defiant. Released yesterday as part of yesterday’s Strike For Repeal takeover, stream the track – recorded by Gav Hennessy -below.

  • Watch: Eoin Dolan – One Girl

    March 7, 2017 - By 

    Taken from his forthcoming second album Ubique, ‘One Girl’ by Galway songsmith Eoin Dolan is a breezy slice of surf-pop which – in his own, likely totally spot-on words – will set the tone for the album’s spacey, ethereal and adventurous new world vision. The track features Dolan, as well as James Casserly on drums, Adam Sheeran on bass and Conor Deasy of Tomorrows and Biggles Flys Again on lead guitar. Recorded and produced by Dolan, and mastered by Fergal Davis, Philip K Dick, sixtie/seventies sci-fi, Brave New World and French classic-pop have coalesced to inform the poise and direction of…

  • Stream: Robyn G Shiels – If I Were Thy Demon (Documenta Remix)

    March 6, 2017 - By 

    Currently on tour in Germany with Dave Hause, Kilrea doom-folk master Robyn G Shiels released arguably his strongest single to date, ‘If I Were Thy Demon’, back in November last year. Four months on, the track has been totally – and rather brilliantly – reworked by Belfast drone-pop band Documenta. Alternatively titled ‘DocuDemonta’, the remix – which is released as an exclusive pre-order of upcoming Robyn G Shiels EP, I Have Loved The Stars Too Fondly To Be Fearful Of The Night – makes for a blistering four and a half minutes. …Fearful Of The Night by Robyn G Shiels