I introduced Cork dub dance pop duo Young Wonder last week who will release their debut EP on Feel Good Lost Records in April. Galway’s Daithí has turned in a smashing remix of ‘Tumbling Backwards’ which is available for download: … Read More…
Category Archives: Irish
Funeral Suits – ‘All Those Friendly People’
Dublin-based band Funeral Suits kicked off their year of activity at Eurosonic and here we get a taste of what’s ahead with a stream of their new single ‘All Those Friendly People’, an anthemic sounding song produced by Stephen Street … Read More…
NCAD Girl: A Dublin R&B song by Benny Smiles & Ballz Deep
Benny Smiles has given me one of my favourite tracks of the last month already with ‘Sunday Morning’ (below) but here in a turn into Rubberbandits territory, the Loud Mouth Collective producer combines with Ballz Deep (who wrote the lyrics … Read More…
Introducing: Young Wonder – Cork electronic pop duo
Fresh new sounds out of Cork from Ian Ring and Rachel Koeman, a duo going by the name of Young Wonder (Twitter) who released their first video today for ‘Tumbling Backwards’, a direct to the head dubby pop thrill that … Read More…
REID – ‘Diptera’ / ‘Fall’
Things have been progressing nicely for Cork’s REID since 2012 hit. He’s got himself on a management agency and ‘Diptera’, one of the tracks released on his second release for the upcoming Blah Blah Blah label was used in a … Read More…
Introducing: Dott – Glowing Galway garage pop
Catchy and super fun debut garage pop single from Galway band Dott who are made up of former members of other bands Nicola Cosgrove (Rites), Laura Finnegan (Nevernoodz), Tony Higgins (Grand Pocket Orchestra, currently also Junior 85) and Anna McCarthy … Read More…
Somadrone – ‘Reckoning’
It’s been a year and two months since Neil O’ Connor aka Somadrone’s third LP Depth Of Field was streamed here and next month he’ll play his first headline shows since that period kicking off with Friday February 4th in … Read More…
Video: James Vincent McMorrow – ‘Higher Love’ / ‘If I Had A Boat’ (live from Amsterdam)
Everywhere I went at Eurosonic, people talked about James McMorrow. From the 3Voor12 to the BBC to the waitress in the local restaurant, everyone in Holland loved him. ‘Higher Love’ found itself in the UK charts the week before thanks … Read More…
Introducing: SlowPlaceLikeHome
Donegal-based Keith Mannion is the man behind the SlowPlaceLikeHome project which dropped its second free download EP called Coastal Hubs for Chivalry EP this week. Mannion gallivants around the subgenres of electronic, never really committing to any one in particular … Read More…
Video: White Collar Boy – ‘Capslock’ (Feat. Gemma Dunlovely)
I’ve listened to this song a lot since I first heard it in November. It’s a headphone jam feat. Gemma Dunlovely and now it’s got a video projecting footage onto paper by 1441 Collective. Download the track below and check … Read More…


