Lankum

ØXN, a doom folk quartet, comprises Lankum vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Radie Peat, producer John ‘Spud’ Murphy, and associates Eleanor Myler of Percolator and Katie Kim. Cyrm (pronounced ‘cy-rum’) is their debut album, and marks the…

Well, that was a pretty quick half year! We're somehow already at the midway point through 2023 so that can mean only one thing - it's list time. It's already been a fantastic year for Irish music, thanks to the artists below and too…

It's been a minute! February and March were so stacked with excellent album releases that we didn't get a chance to take a minute and recognize the best tunes of the last couple of months, so the good news is that you're getting two for…

Lankum are something of an outlier in the contemporary Irish folk revival scene. Their experimental take on the genre borrows heavily from drone music and post-punk, as evidenced by their Mercury Prize winning second album under this…

15 years in the Irish education system means I can stand before you now and say with supreme confidence that Ispíní na hÉireann means “Sausages of Ireland” as Gaeilge. What my years of schooling never thought to tell me was why the…

This week, the RTÉ Choice Music Prize will be decided, crowning the best Irish album of 2019. Dave reckons that Lankum are going to win, but for the traditional Irish/folk-punk outfit, the idea of music being pitted against itself makes…

It’s undeniable that 2019 has been a great year for Irish music. Many of the artists included below have found themselves on international end-of-year lists from huge publications. Others have delivered such promising debuts that they could…