Tag: Single Reviews

Well it’s about time! Cap Pas Cap have starved us of releases in 2008, but thankfully they’ve managed to squeeze one in before the end of the year. So, was

5-0! We know pregnancy can arouse some very obscure cravings in women, but MIA’s sudden urge to add her own version of the Tom Waits-penned theme tune of The Wire

Ironically Kings Of Leon’s Caleb Followill was this week announced by the NME as the 9th coolest person in the world of rock at the minute. We hadn’t realized turning

Fresh from his “Would you judge a grandmother’s love?” reaction to the criticism of his auto-tuned drop from his forthcoming album ‘808s and Heartbreak’, Kanye’s going to have to polish

Around these parts, there is much love for Get Well Soon. Ever since we heard a rough demo last year, and most notably since the release of his album on

Dublin’s finest indie-popsters return with an excellent new single, Nanny Natch. Their eagerly awaited debut album, Cheap Rate ticks all the right boxes, and it’s refreshing to hear an Irish

The Kaisers are back with their distinctive brand of, erm, cutting social critique and inventive chourses. “What do you want for tea?” “I want crisps!” runs one of the more

Opening up the Human League to a whole new generation is no easy quest, but Ladyhawke seems determined to fulfil it. From Dawn Til Dusk is a fairly wholesome slab

Chairlift work under such a convincing 80’s sheen they could be dropped seamlessly into a Club Nassau 80’s night slowset without anybody batting an eyelid. Thankfully, they don’t try and

Having swelled their Electric Picnic tent with the voices of fans singing along to their irresistable sepia-tinted hit ‘Fools’, our favourite San Franciscan duo (well, now a trio) the Dodos

Where’ve these guys been? While Vampire Weekend and Born Ruffians capitalize on their bouncy pop stylings, the sextet have been seemingly stuck in label hell. They’ve only spent their spare

Can you smell what the Chip are cooking? Continuing on a rather DFA-themed week here at Totally Dublin comes Hot Chip’s newest ‘Made In The Dark’ cut. Guitarist Alan Doyle

Apparently written as a throwaway joke for DFA and LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, if this is Portland’s Jona Bechtolt and his new recruit Claire L Evans’ idea of a quick