Great tunes, pity about the year etc.
All the right noises: November 2020
End of year lists are already flying in but steady on — 2020 ain’t over yet (the sooner the better though). Here’s the near-end-of-year soundtrack, from Wicker Man paganism, to black metal opera, militant techno […]
Here’s 50 Irish acts and labels for the final Bandcamp Friday of 2020
In the weirdest year for music any of us can remember, Bandcamp has been the undisputed champion. The monthly Bandcamp Friday offer — waiving all their fees so artists could take all the profits — […]
I’m Ready Now: Lizzie Fitzpatrick on Bitch Falcon’s debut album
Listening to the scraping feedback and blunt force trauma drums that kick open Bitch Falcon’s debut album, there’s an air of Nirvana’s ‘Scentless Apprentice’ — an act of distorted noise defiance on In Utero that […]
All the right noises: October 2020
Metal, techno, noise, hip-hop… harps… performance art featuring two people wrapping themselves in gaffer tape. All here.
SAMHAIN AUDIO NASTIES: A HALLOWEEN PLAYLIST
Sicko sonics for 89 minutes — about the same length as your favourite video nasty
Moo Kid’s Irish Bandcamp Weekly
Digging through bandcamp.com for the best in Irish underground sounds — this week fro leftfield electronics to headbutt grindcore. Animal Party Toronto-based Dubliner Sinead Bermingham is a producer and multi-instrumentalist whose creations are teeming with […]
Moo Kid’s Irish Bandcamp Weekly
A regular dig through bandcamp.com for independent Irish music.
‘Grief wrongs us so’: The Body – A Lament
The Body don’t leave you guessing too hard with their album and track titles. Previous album titles include: I Shall Die Here; No One Deserves Happiness; Mental Wounds Not Healing, and the Sylvia Plath-referencing I […]
Interview: Vincent Cross shakes the family tree for his new album
Finding out you’re related to a 19th century New York gang leader and infamous Irish-American anti-hero, you won’t let it lie.
Electronic murmurs: Irish Bandcamp Weekly
A regular dig through bandcamp.com for independent Irish treats. Mount Alaska Sometimes amid the spiralling uncertainty, fatigue and claustrophobia around “these times”, you need a a music straightener.What generally works for me is extreme noise/ […]
All the right noises: Third quarter 2020
Now that’s what I call another three months of the dystopian Massive Multiplayer Online game that is 2020.
Gotta have faith: Irish Bandcamp Weekly
A regular dig through bandcamp.com for the best underground Irish acts and labels. Dig a bit deeper this week as it’s another Bandcamp Friday.
Getting shit Don: Irish Bandcamp Weekly
A regular dig through bandcamp.com for the best Irish underground acts and labels. Don Chi Filipina-Irish rapper Don Chi apparently only picked up the mic a year ago, but she’s packed a load into her […]
It’s about time the Story of Irish Hip-hop was told
With a trail of Longitude festival sellouts and MCs and DJs packing out tents and clubs all over Ireland, Irish hip-hop has been the most vital movement in the country for years. So it’s about […]
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