Sound: Song Slinger – Tandem Felix
The self-professed ‘chatterbox loudmouth’ Tandem Felix rides into town with his sophomore release.
Sound: Exoneration – ØXN
ØXN is the new experimental doom folk project born out of lockdown and the first release on Claddagh Records in 18 years.
Sound: True Love – Maija Sofia
“There’s a balance; there’s a way to throw yourself fully into all the possibilities of love while also maintaining your own identity and your own sense of self.” Maija Sofia…
Sound: Delve Within – Brigid Mae Power
"Power’s musical net is cast wide with an emotional depth that will be ringing through the generations of Irish artists to come." - Sophia McDonald
Audio Review: Softer Measures – Feather Beds
"Despite the fact that there is little to connect one track to another, at least at a surface level, Softer Measures achieves a satisfyingly chaotic cohesion from start to finish."…
Sound: Hell or High Water – Spider
"SPIDER’s Hell or High Water stands head and shoulders above her online contemporaries. Confrontational, clever and ultimately sincere, this is a collection of songs that have been made for more…
Audio Review: A.S. Fanning – Mushroom Cloud
"This, the third album from self-confessed miserablist A.S. Fanning finds the Dublin-born singer-songwriter (relocated to Berlin since 2011) picking over the bones of a failed relationship in an uncertain post-Covid…
Audio Review: All Dressed Up With Nowhere To Go – Famille Rose
"All Dressed Up and Nowhere To Go, his latest release and debut under this moniker, is a genial, gentle delight. The breezy, four-track EP is laid-back indie coated with a…
Audio Review: All I Wanted – Sorcha Durham
"There’s a lot to enjoy throughout Sorcha Durham’s debut EP, especially the dynamic textures which are particularly engaging on closer All I Wanted." - Zara Hedderman
Sound: Greater Than Or Equal To The Bonk – Phillip Christie
"Comprised of a coterie of Christie’s like-minded longtime friends and collaborators, The Bonk are a live outfit to rival all comers.” - Danny Wilson
Audio Review: The Bonk – Greater Than or Equal To The Bonk
"Influenced by a passion for 1960s garage, The Bonk’s energy comes from improvisations between seven main collaborators who have pushed the momentum of their organic abstractions with live performances up…
Sounds Out: David Kitt – Idiot Check
"All told, this is possibly David’s best yet. You’d be an idiot not to check it out." - Paul McLoone
Sound: Changes – Ezra Williams
‘‘I think my problem is that a lot of the time I forget to even promote myself, or that it's something I'm supposed to do." - Ezra Williams
Sounds Out: Ailbhe Reddy – Endless Affair
“I spent my twenties trying to accept these vulnerabilities don’t make me weak.” The final words of Personal History brought Ailbhe Reddy’s debut to a cathartic close, yet the internal…
Sound: Happy Out
Pretty Happy, the Cork-based three piece Art-Punk band, discuss community spirit and getting out of their comfort zone.
Sound: Prolific – Laurie Shaw
Releasing his seventh album this year is just par for the bountiful course Laurie Shaw finds himself on.
Economic Pop: Boom! Lamont Bailey Wall
Economics driven floor-fillers might be an outlier in terms of music genres but L/B/W (Lamont/Bailey/Wall) put the boom to bust to boom cycle under the sonicscope in Boom!, their debut…