A music blog from Ireland.
Friday, January 25th, 2013
A few years ago Declan Kelly began experimenting with the acoustics of/in an abandoned car park seeping with seawater. The cavernous, dying space provided an eerie backdrop for performances by musicians of various experimental natures and resulted in a steady trickle of recordings, a label, music, video, even radio. Declan’s own work is included amongst
Friday, January 25th, 2013
This might send a shiver down a spine or two. Exquisite voice, piano and dance from Nova Collective, the second of three videos, best viewed in full screen with intimate earphones. See the first video here and...
Friday, January 25th, 2013
The final release from Drunken Boat is now available for free download from Bandcamp. It’s a five-track production that hears a nod towards new projects and old, with three guest guitarists. As per the stream on my...
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Disconcerting, disturbing even, trailer for the new Percolator album (the music is taken from one track, Sad Alien Thing). They’ve timed it right so drums line up with the shivers. There’s no real way of telling when...
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
“It’s older than us—we respected it.” has to be the best line from the I Am The Cosmos interview posted on Noisey earlier. The duo’s debut album Monochrome has just premiered for free download on the UK...
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Electronic jazz is everything you can imagine. Daniel Jacobson has really gone it with ZoiD and what flies forth on this EP trips hard as musical snooker balls. Lyphyz Drumpdrops is released on 25 January on Meljoann’s...
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Massive hint from Soil Creep that says ‘I might play some gigs’. Good idea. Oh yeah. As Eoghan pointed out, supporting Dan Deacon next week. chocolatecoffin: If you like my band Soil Creep, you should like them...
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Deviant has taken the track that brought Lethal Dialect from a defiant project to a serious consideration. Stripping out the original restraint, the aggression in Keep It Real is ramped up as Deviant drops bombs on it....
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
A few weeks ago I posted about the impending demise of Drunken Boat who are calling time after four years. Today it’s a bittersweet moment to present the first premiere of their work on this site, in...