Blog: The Point Of Everything

Holy Ghost! are great. They include punctuation in their name for a start, thus leaving sub-editors straight away looking foolish and not with it if they take out the exclamation mark. Their debut album came out last month and just seems made for the summer festivals. The video for 'Wait [Read more]

Idiot Glee first came to my attention back in November, when I heard two of his EPs. 'Let's Get Down Together' is taken off his forthcoming album, Paddywhack, out in the middle of May. Over one simple riff, James Friley's voice is still allowed to shine through. He sounds happy [Read more]

I love Lykke Li. She was in Dublin for World Record Store Day. Killed it, apparently. 'Get Some' is off Wounded Rhymes.

Cat's Eyes is The Horrors' frontman Faris Badwan and opera soprano/classical multi-instrumentalist Rachel Zeffira. The self-titled debut album from the duo came out last Friday and it's one of the most atmospheric (and shortest, clocking in at under 30 minutes) albums so far this year. It's not surprising that 'Face [Read more]

Jools Holland is back. Well, he was back two weeks ago but he had, er, Beady Eye on it. So that doesn't count. Not even Elbow could have saved that episode. So let's just agree that last Friday's episode was the proper first one of the new series. Now in [Read more]

For Record Store Day last Saturday, Richter Collective's Enemies released a 73 of 'Coco et Moi' and 'Robert Reid'. The tracks are as good as anything on the Wicklow four-piece's debut album and are still available to buy over at the label's online store. I got mine. It's rather lovely. [Read more]

The wonderful Windings release their first post-It's Never Night track next Friday, April 29. 'Embury Greenway' is a four minute slab of pure, unadulterated positivity. It's also the first track the band has done that features all five of the members and above is the wonderful video featuring Steve and [Read more]

Kill Krinkle Club are a band I have heard of and been aware of for ages but never really listened to. Then they made a video for 'Handwritten Novel'. And shot a video for the track in Venice. And I love Venice. It was probably the greatest holiday and time [Read more]

Hailing from Toronto comes Bravestation, who sounds like Bombay Bicycle Club after listening to Local Natives. Not the most original thing you will ever hear but it ticks some very nice boxes. They released their first EP, a five-track self-titled affair last summer, and their new single is up on [Read more]

I don't know what a fox jaw bounty hunter is but this band from Limerick are pretty good as a team. Above is the video for 'Hatch Sixteen', from their debut album The Devil In Music, which is set to hit your ears (not literally) next month. The video is [Read more]

Hired Hands hail from Dublin and release their debut album tomorrow. It's called My Heart Lung and it's out on Any Other City records, which has a pretty good hit rate. And their quality control is rather excellent too (James runs the label and is in Villagers. Their first EP [Read more]

Fresh from her visit to Ireland over the weekend, where she played a sold out Tripod show and Tower Records for Record Store Day, this remix of Lykke Li has surfaced. If you haven't listened to Gold Panda before then this acts as a nice introduction. His mostly instrumental debut [Read more]

Listening to the radio can sometimes pay off, such as when I tuned in to Donal Dineen's The Small Hours on Today FM last Thursday night. He had I Am The Cosmos on chatting about their new recordings and playing some songs the band's approve of, as well as a [Read more]

This song popped its head up a few months back but I never blogged about its genius. I got the 73 and it is probably my most played song of the year so far, praise indeed when you consider Bibio, Tune-Yards and Gang Gang Dance have produced classic tracks as [Read more]

One of the best young bands in Ireland are breaking up. I had the good fortune to put on a gig, with a little help from Miriam and Sean (C!ties bassist), at the end of February. It was also my first time seeing the band. And when the bassist goes [Read more]

Leaving My Empire by fredtheband Fred's fourth album is out this Friday and it manages to outperform its predecessor. Each song sounds bigger and better than what went before. 'Stereoscope' in particular ups the ante to anthemic proportions. I might have to do separate posts on each track because at [Read more]

New Arctic Monkeys! And it's not 'Brick By Brick', the worst song they have ever written. 'Don't Sit Down...' is much better and could fit seamlessly into Humbug, but as it is, it will slot into the band's fourth album, Suck It And See, out June 3 over in Ireland. [Read more]

In spite of the fact that Ireland is broke, its music scene has never been healthier. Or generous. Seemingly every day, there is something new on offer from Irish bands that stops me in my (browsing) tracks. Obviously Bandcamp and Soundcloud have made things easier for bands to put whatever [Read more]

If ever there was a song to put a smile on your face then it is Bibio's 'K Is For Kelson'. Everything about it is meant to cheer even the saddest soul up a little. And it arrives just as summer is set to bring a deluge of rain on [Read more]

Stephen Colbert sang Rebecca Black's epic 'Friday' on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on, er, Friday, and turned it up to 11. The Roots, Jimmy Fallon, cheerleaders and much, much more make an appearance. Just genius