If you were at our Evening Songs gig at Christ Church Cathedral last week you’ll know that the stars of the show were undoubtedly the UCD Choral Scholars, who took the music of Young Wonder, Heathers and Ham Sandwich and made it as magical and beautiful as the surroundings. With a large repertoire ranging from [...]

A collection of new tracks from the interrelated Popical Island bands Grand Pocket Orchestra, Ginnels, No Monster Club and Cave Ghosts, The Community Games is released on April 5th on a limited run of 100 vinyl LPs. Here’s a taste of what you can expect. The Community Games by The Community Games

Next week will see another major announcement regarding this summer’s Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin, where State will once more be curating a venue. However we do already know a good deal of the Irish bands playing and the festival has teamed up with 7Digitial to produce a couple of free mixtapes. Here’s the first volume… [...]

Chemikal Underground have announced the arrival of Adrian Crowley’s sixth studio album I See Three Birds Flying. Coming three years after Crowley’s Choice Music Prize for Season of the Sparks, expectations are high for the Dublin-based singer-songwriter. Co-produced with long-time studio accomplice Stephen Shannon and featuring collaborations with London based string duo Geese (Emma Smith [...]

Dublin indie stalwarts and self-styled “intense, raw…post-hardcore rock” outfit Jogging have announced the release of their new album this Auguist 24th on Out On A Limb records. Take Courage will be the follow-up to 2010′s Minutes and with a lot expected of the band this year they plan to take to the road to promote [...]

Dorothy Cotter has been making audiences smile and laugh with her EleventyFour project for a few years now. She’s had a few singles and videos of the quirky variety here and there but her new single ‘Snapshots’ which is out on August 10th is a different thing altogether. Dispensing with the comedic whimisical style she’s [...]

Dublin duo The Star Department are releasing a second single, ‘Porcelain Doll’, from their debut album The Pea Green Boat which is coming out later this year.  Listen on Soundclound below.

Irish electro-pop singer James O’Neill A.k.A Bitches With Wolves is releasing a new track, ‘No Danger’. The song is heavy on synth bass, with strong intricate drumbeats and even some dubstep influence. Bitches With Wolves recently decamped to London and this week played support to Scissor Sisters and Little Boots.

Once known as Talulah Does The Hula (and before that members of The Chalets and SuperNeoVital), September Girls have just released their debut single on Scottish label Soft Power. Limited to 100 cassettes, the sound of the two tracks is a lot more lo-fi than before. The band play the Button Factory on Sunday. September [...]

Maximo Park have got a new release coming out June 11th called The National Health on V2. ‘Hips and Lips’ is the second single off the album, a dark electronic-filled track, with agressive guitars and a cold vocal performance from Paul Smith. Listen on Soundcloud below.

Dublin electro-rock four piece Alias Empire, formerly known as Dry County, just released a new track called ‘Pins’ an out-take from their new album Safety In Numbers, which is coming out later this year. It’s a turbulent disco-pop song soaked in electronic sounds with buzzing synth bass lines, vocoder and machines which go a bit [...]

Norwegian folk-singer Ane Brun is releasing her second single from her critically acclaimed 2011 album It All Starts With One, called ‘Worship’ and featuring José González. She is also to play Vicar Street in Dublin April 27th – tickets available on Ticketmaster priced €22. You can download ‘Worship’ below:

Still one of the oddest major label signings of the year in our book, Death Grips release the first of albums for 2012 this week in the shape of The Money Store. In a move that’s sure to endear them to their new bosses, you can listen to the whole thing below.

It’s the return of American label Sargent House‘s podcast presented by 2XM’s Niahm Hegarty. This second edition features an interview of Marfred Rodriguez Lopez from Zechs Marquise, talking about his youth living around At The Drive-In and opening for their first reunion gig. There’s also an interview of Marriages, a new band from Red Sparowes [...]