• 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…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 4th February

    February 4, 2022 - By 

    On this, the first Bandcamp Friday of 2022, delve into the very best Irish releases of the week, featuring Whozyerman?, The Bonk, Howlbux/Muireann Levis, Hannah Peel, Jane Deasy, No Monster Club, Wild Rocket, Laurie Shaw and more. Whozyerman? – Blink Blink by Whozyerman? The Bonk – Songs For The Mean Time Vol. 2 Songs For The Mean Time Vol. 2 by The Bonk Howlbux/Muireann Levis – Signs of Life: Part 1 Signs of Life: Part 1 by Howlbux/Muireann Levis Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra – The Unfolding Jane Deasy – Mouth of the Sound Mouth of the Sound by Jane Deasy No…

  • A Litany Of Failures Vol. II Announced

    July 3, 2018 - By 

    Following the limited release of cross-Ireland Little L Records compilation, 2016’s A Litany of Failures – featuring Oh Boland, Shrug Life, That Snaake and Junk Drawer – an expanded second edition has been confirmed for release on July 13. Set to be released on 180g gatefold double vinyl, as well as through Bandcamp, Spotify and the usual outlets, it features 18 acts from Belfast, Cork, Derry, Donegal, Dublin, Galway & Limerick. The DIY, co-op endeavour aims to provide an opportunity to perform outside each of their hometowns, shortening the mental distances between bands, and encouraging a cross-pollination of musical communities. Splitting costs between artists and the organisers, a sense of…

  • EP Stream: No Monster Club – Kaluli – Mexico

    July 7, 2017 - By 

    Champion of rusty pop production with more than one knack for a catchy hook Bobby Ahern has shared the latest instillment of his encyclopedia collection. Kaluli – Mexico is the seventh EP to come from the No Monster Club camp since January and is yet another serving of witty and infectious indie pop with lyrics that are equally so. Proving once again that he is one of the country’s most precious, odd and necessary musicians, ‘Factor 50’ and ‘Scouts Anthem’ are the perfect accompaniments for the summer days that are not-that-sunny-but-sunny-enough-like. As the man himself has said: “If you have any respect whatsoever for the summertime…

  • Watch: No Monster Club – Sion

    February 13, 2017 - By 

    Not exactly an outfit to needlessly sit on or tease out new material, Dublin’s No Monster Club are a band whose prolific output has never been cause to wonder about quality or consistency. Released as a single back in February last year, the slinking art-pop of ‘Sion’ is a perfect case in point, something we’ve been happy to re-visit in the form of its brand new video, an accompaniment featuring what main man Bobby Aherne calls words “vaguely meta” video footage featuring the very parade the song is written about. Sure enough, it syncs up wonderfully well.

  • Stream: No Monster Club – Start The Carvery

    December 14, 2016 - By 

    Having released both I Feel Magic back in February (one of our favourite Irish records of the year, no less) and their Where Did You Get That Milkshake? EP in October, it’s safe to say Dublin indie maestros par excellence No Monster Club have earned some end-of-year downtime. But before reaching for the crackers and sherry, Bobby Aherne and co. have offered us a little yuletide parting gift in the form of ‘Start The Carvery’, a wonderfully (and typically) virulent slice of festive song from the Popical Island bunch. Check that out below and hit up the band’s episode of New Jersey musical webseries Do…

  • Video Premiere: No Monster Club – Do The Mess Around

    September 23, 2016 - By 

    In case you missed the memo, Dublin’s No Monster Club are catchier than velcro with a cold.  They’re catchier than Avian flu on the 212 to Derry from Belfast on a Friday afternoon. They’re catchier than Brian Wilson spinning a whole stack of Ty Segall records back-to-back for eternity, ad infinitum. You get the picture. With its synopsis of “en route to the big gig, the boys cross paths with a peculiar stranger…” the Bobby Aherne-fronted outfit’s latest visual extravaganza is a veritable feast for the senses. The track itself is one of four new songs on the 7″ EP Where Did You…

  • Stream: No Monster Club – Hippocampus Circus Maximus

    September 12, 2016 - By 

    A typically buoyant effort clinging – rather impressively – to the last fleeting vestiges of summer vibrations, ‘Hippocampus Circus Maximus’ is the closing track from Dublin’s No Monster Club’s forthcoming debut 7″, Where Did You Get That Milkshake. Despite having released a dozen albums to date at home, the release will also mark Bobby Aherne’s abundant indie-pop project’s debut US release. Irish folk, have a pre-order here. Want a song to hum for the rest of the day, week – month? Stream below.

  • Watch: No Monster Club – I’ve Retired

    August 10, 2016 - By 

    Filmed over the course of two years in venues and festivals including Whelan’s, The Pop Inn, Knockanstockan, The Button Factory, Galway’s Roisin Dubh, Castlepalooza, Cork’s Connolly’s of Leap, No Monster Club have released the jubilant video for probably the catchiest Irish song of 2015, ‘I’ve Retired’. Compiled by Daniel Martin, the video “follows the song on its journey from house shows to festivals, via rock clubs and dive bars”. Good times. No Monster Club will release a new 7″ EP, Where Did You Get That Milkeshake?, via Emotional Response Records on September 5.