Music

Christine and the Queens’ sophomore album entitled Chris, is a fantastic listen from beginning to end. It features two sides in an English language version and a French-language version including 23-tracks. After a long-awaited return in…

You listen to a band, an artist, musical legends and wonder what it would be like to see them perform in concert? You think here in Ireland that opportunities to see these may not have come along, but they often did. Ireland has always been…

Indie-electro trio Twist Helix’s debut album Ouseburn, is vibrant and an infectious release. ‘Newcastle’ opens the record with an intriguing listen. They made the album with honesty and relatable with cultural issues. Throughout the record…

New Music Weekly is your one-stop shop for new releases in the world of music each and every week. From the best of the best to some of the rest, Mark Conroy is here to give you the low down on what you might have missed. This week: Kero…

Patrick Grant’s widely acclaimed album from 2000, Fields Amaze and Other Strange Music, has been remastered and rereleased, and it remains an avant-garde triumph with a bountiful creative spirit, especially as it relates to all things…

It’s hard to imagine how Liam Torres pitched the concept for Alien Country’s Like My Life Depends on It. But after listening through the finished product, it’s a bit easier to comprehend – this sci-fi country project isn’t as dangerous or…

Starfall, the latest offering from Dublin-based band Slow Moving Clouds is intriguing. Over the nine-tracks, the band combines soaring falsetto vocals, Irish and Nordic folk traditions with post-punk drones, and baroque strings. ‘First…

Like Lightning, is the brand-new extended-play from singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist David Kitt. The six-track offering is an emotionally heartfelt body of work. The title-track, 'Like Lightning', opens the EP. It previously…

Night Surf has released their brand-new four-track extended-play entitled Enemies. The four-track EP features ‘Reanimate’, ‘Sleight of Hand’, ‘Watersnake’, and the title-track. ? ‘Reanimate’ opens the EP with a bang. It hits straight into…

‘In the sun I feel as one’ - Kurt Cobain, All Apologies. The dog was siting in the backseat and I had just driven in from the country to drop the kids off at school. I was driving the return route home by the prison on Mulgrave Street, out…