As a young boy growing up in a small American town, Arman Bohn entertained himself as countless kids have done over the last couple of decades – by playing video games. Fast-forward to 2007 and these fantastical characters, blood-strewn battles, and pixelated space-worlds provided him with the inspiration for his first solo album, Bits…,

‘We are people who make songs using instruments’. This may be the slightly tongue-in-cheek and unassuming way that the members of This is How it Ends choose to describe themselves, but a listen to their music will show that there’s far more to them than they might have you think. Specialising in instrumental music of…

Alias Empire are the Dublin-based four-piece formerly known as Dry County, who changed their name earlier this year to reflect their sound better than the previous moniker. Specialising in electronic-influenced indie rock sounds, but with more intricate layers and far more adventurous moments than your average -synth rock’ band, they’re busy creating the follow-up to…