Was it another classic year in music in 2011? Does it matter? We still got to hear so much great music. Irish bands are coming on in leaps and bounds, and are mostly exceedingly generous with their music, with much of it available for free. Further afield, 2011 saw the [Read more]
This is kind of mind-blowing. Andrew ‘Screamadelica’ Weatherall has got his hands on the final song from Cut Copy’s Zonoscope album and turned it into, well, something that wouldn’t feel out of place on Primal Scream’s seminal release. He’s got rid of most of the lyrics, added more percussion and [Read more]
One-half of the 2 Bears is Joe Goddard, who is one-fifth of Hot Chip, a band I have missed throughout 2011. But Goddard’s sideproject has made me yearn a little less. Raf Daddy – aka Raphael Rundell – is the other Bear, and above is the video for ‘Work’, a [Read more]
There’s not much information available for this song, the first track we’ve heard from Naas’s The P Affection since their debut album arrived at the beginning of the year. But that is in keeping with the band to date. The last news update on their website (in March) was blatantly [Read more]
It’s been a long time since Friendly Fires played an indoors gig in Ireland. May 2009, to be precise, when they played the Forum in Waterford. It’s been even longer since they played indoors in Dublin. So to say their show in the Olympia was hotly anticipated would be an [Read more]
Though it’s over a year old, Niki & The Dove’s ‘DJ Ease My Mind’ finally has a video. The song was released by Moshi Moshi at the tail end of summer 2010. With Gustaf Karlöf and Malin Dahlström named in the BBC Sound of 2012 longlist, it’s no surprise they [Read more]
Mixed bag of news for Windings fans fans this morning. First, a new song accompanied by a video. There are at least 10 different ways to watch the stars in squares type video for ‘The Hassle’. I can’t take my eyes off the cowbell square. Yes, that’s right, there is [Read more]
Zane Lowe played it live twice in a row last Thursday on his radio show. You’ll probably play it a lot more.
Get your woolly hats out folks, because Squarehead are feeling so Christmassy they recorded a song for the holidays. It’s a cover to be precise, of Darlene Love’s ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’. I interviewed Squarehead singer Roy in the summer prior to the release of the three-piece’s debut album, [Read more]
Another great year of music is coming to a close. Below are my 30 favourite international songs of the year (last week I put up my 30 favourite Irish tracks of the year). There could have been plenty more but I’m sure you’ll find lots of other tracks to enjoy [Read more]
