The band’s brilliantly-titled Laserdisc Nights 2 is out today. The album comes with a VHS cover style download card below and the all-round awesome artwork by Stockholm artist Killian Eng. The album is launched in Dublin next Friday the 17th … Read More…
Despite what moany Gavin Friday thinks, Irish music is plenty diverse. We are, however, under-represented in synth-led electro pop, which has seen a resurgence worldwide of late in the likes of Holy Ghost! and Cut Copy. Just spend ten minutes … Read More…
Electro thumpers and mischievous visualists Le Galaxie will release their cheekily-titled debut album Laserdisc Nights II on June 10th and ‘Midnight Midnight’ is the first taster from the album. These lads have been “killing it” live for the last year … Read More…
The latest musical artist trying the mystery route is the oddly named just a number 05272011. Whether that’s a band name or a cryptic date-based message is up for debate but there’s no doubting the intrigue is high after the … Read More…
Newly signed to Domino, Toronto-based Katie Stelmanis leads the charge in Austra. Along with fellow Canadian musicians Dorian Wolf (bass), and Maya Postepski (beats/programming/production), Austra are making the kind of dark electronica that I’m into. Think The Knife, Zola Jesus, … Read More…
Babybeef is the solo electro-pop project from Dubliner Sarah Carroll Kelly and her debut self-titled album was just launched on Friday in the Twisted Pepper. The album was produced by Stephen Shannon at his Experimental Audio Studios in Dublin. Babybeef … Read More…
It’s been a while but Barry is back and once again looking to highlight three albums which you may have missed. Minitel Rose – The French Machine Minitel Rose openly claim their biggest influences are the A-Team and Knightrider which … Read More…
This mix randomly started playing on iTunes today. DJ Mek sent it to State to accompany the piece we did on Scary Eire in our second issue but we never used it. This is a great mix from 2005 that … Read More…
The best place in town for a few pints of Buckfast and an electro knees-up in a pub is celebrating its first birthday. Neon Love is happening tomorrow night (Thursday) from 8pm in the Bernard Shaw and it’s FREE. Guests … Read More…
