A music blog from Ireland.
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
Already impressed by Sunken Foal’s prior work in Fallen Arches and Mother Of God, repeated listens to the new LP Friday Syndrome Vol.1 led me to publicly state last month that Dunk Murphy is the best producer in Ireland right now. I still can’t get over it, and although there’s been a rake of great
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
Releasing the main tracks from a new album in four separate EPs is an unusual step. That is what Sfumato – Daithí Ó hÉignigh – did this summer and there are three videos to add as further...
Monday, September 3rd, 2012
Villagers have new stuff for you, a new single, a new video and oh, a whole new developmental step upwards. Available to buy now but scheduled for release as a 7″ single on 19 October, The Waves...
Monday, September 3rd, 2012
A major influence upon this blog, the Belfast band Tracer AMC have re-released two albums through Bandcamp almost five years after calling it a day. Now available to stream and purchase for as little as £5 (€6.31...
Friday, June 15th, 2012
After a four-year saunter into the world’s rock scene, last Wednesday independent record label the Richter Collective made a sudden announcement that their time is over and all activity will cease by the close of 2012. The...
Thursday, May 31st, 2012
Visually vernacular raging from Roysta, this is just fantastic. We’ve heard (great) Ulster accents rapping from Sketch Nine, Jee4ce, BeeMickSee and more but this video is one of those quantum leaps that leaves a vivid twinge of...
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Glad to see Not Squares on Tumblr because I’ve wanted to write about their new song Fall Far. They’ve always been such an incongruous bunch from whatever angle, at first not really fitting in with any discernable...
Friday, May 18th, 2012
With a topping line-up, Popical Island‘s monthly Popicalia gig is back, bringing with it the label’s latest signing, the cute-as-a-Button EP and its band, Dott. Also on the bill are new band The #1s, and the inimitable...
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Only one Irish show has been planned for the live airing of songs from Laura Sheeran’s new album What The World Knows and that is taking place this Saturday 19 May in Whelans. In the space of...