Album premiere…Little Xs For Eyes – S.A.D.

Although a familiar name on the Irish scene for a while now, it is of late that Little Xs For Eyes have found their musical feet, expanding not only their line-up to a six piece but also the musical vision of core duo Bennie Reilly and Davey Moor. Their self-titled EP hinted and what was…

Download a new Frightened Rabbit EP

Frightened Rabbit have followed up their rather excellent The Winter Of Mixed Drinks… album with a free EP of songs which feature Camera Obscura and Scottish legend Archie Fisher. If you want it physically, you can buy it on 10″ via the band’s website or stores like Rough Trade, Avalanche, Norman Records & Piccadilly Records.

EP streams..Bitches With Wolves, Alice Kona Band

If you needed any further indication of the range of musical talent in this country, two new EP releases this week operate at very opposite ends of the spectrum. Hot on the heels of a busy summer on the festival circuit which culminated in a rousing performance at The Workman’s Club as part of Hard…

Album premiere: You’re Only Massive – The Fourth Quarter

Now relocated to Berlin, Irish duo You’re Only Massive release their debut album The Fourth Quarter… today on their own H8rH8r label. The record contains live favourites ‘It Won’t Work’ and ‘Proclaim’, as well as further forays into feminism with ‘The Privilege’ and club bangers like ‘Megan Is A Veteran’ and ‘Thin Ice’. It consists

Hear The Original Rudeboys – ‘Stars In My Eyes’

Hailing from Dublin’s North inner city, The Original Rudeboys formed in early 2011. Taking their name from a T-shirt band member Neddy was wearing at an impromptu house party gig, the band have created a unique and refreshing sound combining guitar and ukelele with soulful vocal melodies and street smart lyrical word-flow. They release their…

Download Sunken Foal’s Richter Versions EP featuring remixes of Adebisi Shank & more

Sunken Foal’s latest EP Richter Versions… finds him re-interpreting Richter Collective artists Adebisi Shank, Hands Up Who Wants To Die and The Redneck Manifesto in his own unique way.
Rather than cut and paste the component parts, Sunken Foal transcribed all of the performed instruments into a midi sequencer and arranged the parts for synthesizers.

Onra releases Chinoiseries Pt. 2 through All City

Onra’s Chinoiseries Pt. 2 the second part of the French producer’s Chinese and Vietnamese vinyl series is released on Dublin’sAll City Records November 15th.
Onra himself is part Vietnamese and the album features 32 instrumentals sampled from vinyls bought on trips to South East Asia.

‘The Anthem’ featured on the first Chinoiseries… release:

Massive Attack vs Burial – ‘Four Walls’

Released on extremely limited and surely now snapped up vinyl, the Massive Attack and Burial hook up ‘Four Walls’ is still available to listen to online. Previously unreleased, the track is the first of what is a planned collection of remixes from the dubstep pioneer. Massive Attack are currently finishing off their new album.
Massive…

Hear Kate Bush’s new single – ‘Wild Man’

‘Wild Man’ is the first single taken from Kate Bush’s new album 50 Words for Snow and it’s available for download today.
The album is released on 21st November. The album comprises all new material and was recorded during the same period that Kate worked on her album Director’s Cut…, which was released in

Album premiere: The Ambience Affair – Burials

This Friday sees the long awaited release of the debut album from The Ambience Affair. Recorded as a three piece, Burials… will come out on CD and vinyl through Bluestack Records and feature first single ‘The Fallen’.
The band will play the following dates later this month:
Thurs 20th Oct – Auntie Annies, Belfast (Support

Jamie Woon remixes Lana Del Ray

You wouldn’t have thought you could find any current artist as far removed from the dubstep sound as Lana Del Ray, but her omnipresent ‘Video Games’ track has been given a once over by Jamie Woon and you know what? It works pretty well..
Lana Del Rey – Video Games – Jamie Woon Remix by…

Oh Land covers The National’s ‘Bloodbuzz Ohio’

Nanna Øland Fabricius used to be a ballerina, then she got an injury that sidelined her forever. She seems to be doing well for herself in her backup career as musician Oh Land regardless. See the video for ‘White Nights’ and a sprightly self-titled album for evidence of that.
Here, she puts her own pop…

Download the new EP from Cork soul singer Brian Deady

Following an album and an EP in the last couple of years, Cork’s Brian Deady releases a new EP entitled Love Out Loud… today.
A self-proclaimed mix of “doo wop, pop and sugary nasty funk”, the four-tracks are available below.
Brian Deady – Love Out Loud EP – Free Download by BrianDeady

Listen to DRC Music Kinshasa One Two

Released digitally today and on physical formats in November, DRC Music’s Kinshasa One Two… album features a team of producers led by Damon Albarn, all of whom decamped to Kinshasa in Democratic Republic of Congo for 5 days in July. The album features the likes of Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Dan The Automator, Jneiro Jarel,