• Watch: Princess – Neverlook

    June 26, 2014 - By 

    Released last week, we said ‘Neverlook’, the new single by Dublin noise-pop band Princess was “balanced very nicely between with glacial indie tangents and rampant noise pop, boasting a distinctive, compelling surge; splatterings of rhythm morphing with gaze-y guitar patterns and bobbing bass lines.” Sticking by that assessment, we’re happy to see a visual accompaniment to the track emerge, directed by Kevin Freeney and Dan Finnegan. Without giving too much away: clothes are swapped, legs are shaved and vintage cars are driven. Watch the video below.  

  • Stream: Shabazz Palaces – #CAKE

    June 23, 2014 - By 

    A second single has been revealed from next month’s Lese Majesty, the much-anticipated new release from hip-hop experimentalists SHABAZZ PALACES. It’s as avant garde and genre-bending as we have come to expect from the Seattle based duo. It’s called ‘#CAKE,’ and follows the previously released single ‘They Come In Gold.’ The beat slowly pierces through the twitchy instrumental, which is a layered and jazzy affair. Unpredictable, eccentric and undeniably unique, Shabazz Palaces seem on par to match their lauded 2011 debut album Black Up. Listen to ‘#CAKE’ below. Lese Majesty comes out July 29th on Sub Pop.

  • Watch: Tucan – As It Was

    June 18, 2014 - By 

    In the very best sense possible, Sligo instrumental band Tucan have released easily one of the most gloriously messed up videos we’ve seen in quite some time for their new single, ‘As It Was’. Directed by Bobby McGlynn and Bryan Quinn, the video – featuring some extraordinary acting by Jonathan Gunning – features cinematography by Peter Martin and was filmed at The Model in Sligo last year. We challenge you to find a video featuring such an array of facial expressions – some more maniacal than others – from a single actor. Taken from Towers, ‘As It Was’ sees Tucan reinvent themselves…

  • Watch: Making Monsters – Nosebleed

    June 9, 2014 - By 

    Taken from their forthcoming EP, Attention, Derry alt/metal band Making Monsters have unveiled the video for their new single, ‘Nosebleed’. Directed by Darren Lee of Maverick Renegade Productions, the video – a very well shot and edited visual accompaniment to the track features Dee Kivelehan from Sandstone. The single will be released via Death By Records on June 16. Making Monsters will kick off a UK and Irish tour one June 13. Check out the poster for all the date and watch the video for ‘Nosebleed’ below.

  • Watch: Skymas – Hey Porter

    June 5, 2014 - By 

    Having recently kicked into gear on the live front, Belfast-based electronic-rock trio Skymas have unveiled the animated video to their pounding second single, ‘Hey Porter’. The follow-up to the Martin Corrigan-fronted three-piece’s debut single ‘This River’, the video for the track features an series of interesting characters busting shapes to the song’s wonderfully propulsive rhythm. Having formed last year, Skymas will play the following shows over the summer: Saturday, June 28: Craft Village, Celtronic Festival (3pm, admission free) Saturday, July 5: Aether and Echo, Belfast Saturday, August 9: Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh Go here to read our Inbound interview with the band here…

  • Watch: Subplots – Colourbars

    June 6, 2014 - By 

    Marking their first release in five release, Dublin duo Phil Boughton and Daryl Chaney AKA Subplots have unveiled the rather visually satisfying video to ‘Colourbars’ Set to feature on the twosome’s forthcoming second album, set for release later this year via their own label, Cableattack Records!!, the track is a subtly entrancing four minutes of minimalist beats, guitar shapes and deformed vocal lines. With more shows set to be announced, the band will play Dublin’s The Pop Inn with Bouts and Come On Live Long on Saturday, July 26. Watch the video for ‘Colourbars’ via Vimeo (where else?) below.

  • Watch: The Late David Turpin – Hotel

    May 23, 2014 - By 

    Dublin-based singer-songwriter The Late David Turpin has unveiled the rather cryptic and impenetrable video for his new single, ‘Hotel’. Made in collaboration with photographer/editor Killian Broderick and starring siblings Julie Shanley and Jack Shanley (as well as Turpin and his own brother),  the video was shot on location in the Wicklow mountains and in the atmospheric Bray Head Hotel, which wasrecently used as a location for Neil Jordan’s Byzantium. Partially inspired by esoteric fantasies of the mid-1970s including John Boorman’s Zardoz (1974) and Louis Malle’s Black Moon (1975), the video features multiple fragmented strands suggesting human sacrifice and transformation.  Pivoting around a movement piece choreographed by Jack Shanley, the video is…

  • Watch: A Plastic Rose – Autumn Eases You Into The Dark

    May 22, 2014 - By 

    The follow-up to ‘Someone’s Daughter’, Nottingham-based alt-rock quartet A Plastic Rosehave revealed the video to their new single, ‘Autumn Eases You Into The Dark’. Directed by David Louis Lankester, the video was shot at the Irish band’s practice space at J.T. Soar, Nottingham. The single itself – recorded with Chris Coulter (who plays guitar in Jamie Lenman’s band and works with Arcane Roots) at Stakeout Studios in London – will be released via DiDimau and Third Bar on Friday, June 30. It will also feature on the band’s forthcoming new album, Flickering Light of an Inner War. A Plastic Rose will…

  • Watch: Tied To Machines – Tampa Bay Mutiny

    May 22, 2014 - By 

    In what might well prove to be their curtain call, Belfast-based hardcore punk band Tied To Machines have unleashed the bloodthirsty ‘Tampa Bay Mutiny’. Accompanying by a wonderfully hypnotic video by Andrew Wilson, featuring spliced archive footage, the two-minute track bursts rabid from the traps, culminating in a skull-crushing second half that instantly necessitates a second or third listen. Recorded by Rocky O’Reilly at Belfast’s Start Together Studios, the track can be streamed/purchased here. Watch the video for ‘Tampa Bay Mutiny’ below.  

  • Watch: The Twenty – Have You Seen Her

    May 19, 2014 - By 

    The follow-up to their cover of ‘You Can’t Be Lonely Forever’ by Derry punk veterans Bam Bam and The Calling, Belfast-based garage-punk band The Twenty have unveiled the video to their new single, ‘Have You Seen Her’. Filmed and directed by Colm Laverty and Nikki McRae on location at Belfast venue the Limelight, the video features the Colm Warren-fronted band playing in front of fans whilst a suitably tied-in storyline unravels around them. The Twenty play Belfast’s Voodoo Bar on Friday, June 27. You can stream and download both ‘Have You Seen Her’ and ‘You Can’t Be Lonely Forever’ via The Twenty’s…