Goodtime’s ‘Behind This Sun’ has been on repeat here for the past month or so, and now, we get seven more tracks, making up The Colours of Darkness. John Cowhie’s second album is a short, melodic blast of rejuvenation. Throughout, the listener is reassured that things are not as bad [Read more]
Here’s 10 songs of near pop perfection from Still Corners, who first appeared on this site back in summer 2010. Creatures Of An Hour is just over half an hour of music to soundtrack your dreams. And ‘Endless Summer’ is still as amazing as it was 18 months ago. Listen [Read more]
The second full length to be released on Terrible Records is CANT’s Dreams Come True. Terrible Records is the brainchild of Grizzy Bear bassist Chris Taylor. CANT is Chris Taylor’s side-project. Do you see the connection? You may have already heard ‘Believe’ and ‘Answer’ from the album, but there’s another [Read more]
Just when you think you have heard the best of the two-piece Irish electronica scene (Solar Bears, Nouveaunoise) another one comes along. Datadrip are a two-piece from Dublin whose debut EP, Works, you may have wrapped your ears around last year. The Collision EP just arrived today, and I have [Read more]
Here’s the album stream for The Rapture’s forthcoming album, In The Grace Of Your Love, which is out in two weeks in Ireland. It may not be much to look at, but the band that brought us ‘House Of Jealous Lovers’ is still as great as seven years ago. The [Read more]
Here’s the second free mixtape that The Weeknd, the blogosphere’s favourite artist of the year. It’s called Thursday and came out late last night for us Irish folk who would have been tucked up in bed. The first free album, House Of Balloons, came out in March, and you can [Read more]
Cork has quite the healthy electronic scene at the moment, especially if this free 10-track download is to go by. It was put together by Ctrl Alt Delete, a showcase of local Irish electronic producers. There are some fine tracks here, particularly the opener from The Karman Line, Latent Saint [Read more]
Further to this post at the end of last week, you can hear the full Squarehead album, Yeah Nothing below. It’s available to buy now for €3.99, but it’s so good you can pay more if you want. Richter Collective is releasing the three-piece’s debut album and you can get [Read more]
Active Child has been, er, active since the end of 2008. Despite what you may think from listening to the band’s debut album, You Are All I See, which is streaming below, Active Child is one man, Pat Grossi. The album fits into the same category as James Blake, with [Read more]
