Blog: The Point Of Everything

Jonquil are one of the many Oxford bands that have caught my eye over recent months. They just stuck up on the their Facebook site this live performance of One Hundred Suns standout track 'Compound'. It is rather lovely. You can still listen to the aforementioned EP here.

The new video for Norwegian's indie-dance dudes Datarock is a performance video in front of a really sparse crowd. Looks like they could have done with a few more extras on the days. it doesn't detract from the song itself though. As funky as they have ever been, the track [Read more]

The six-piece Bright Eyes ensemble took to late night American tv last night to promote their new album, The People's Key, out in Ireland last week. It is kind of great, if you are into Arcade Fire without the drama and hyperbole music. Which you should be. Conor Oberst [Read more]

TV On The Radio, the band that made one of the best albums of 2008 in the shape of Dear Science, are back with a new track, 'Will Do' from a new album, Nine Types of Light, due out in April. Will we just wait for all that to sink [Read more]

Listen to Swedish girlband Those Dancing Days' second album Daydreams & Nightmares over at the Dutch streaming site 3VOOR12 (whatever that means). I've been looking forward to this album for months. It sound immense, in particular the opening track, a call to arms if ever there was one. Quick, why [Read more]

Yes, you read the headline right. James Vincent McMorrow, he of the soothing, otherworldly voice, has lent his vocals to Willow Smith's ubiquitous and infectious 'Whip My Hair'. He performed the track on Ray D'Arcy's Today FM show yesterday. Luckily, you don't have to hear too much of D'Arcy (one [Read more]

Everybody's favourite Swedish band (that doesn't contain females, anyway) are back with a new video that, er, looks a lot like the video for 'Breaker, Breaker'. 'Second Chance' is almost three times as long as that video though. It sounds like more of a traditional PB&J song if their sound [Read more]

Poor Tapes 'n' Tapes. It is impossible to discuss without remembering their position in the (blogging) world back in 2005/2006. 'Insistor' was the talk of Pitchfork. The group was able to tour the world on the back of it. But then something changed. Something went wrong along the lines and [Read more]

This is just magical. In Valour are a duo that work via the wonder of the web. Cork singer Valerie Hely and Sydney-based artist artist Howard combine their talents to create something really special in the shape of 'Into The Light'. It helps that on producing duty is none other [Read more]

Why can't all new Irish bands make videos as good as 'Screwdriver'? The video above was made by the Dublin band's bassist Graham Holbrook with a little bit of help from the other lookers. The Looks' second single is out in April and it's going to be one of those [Read more]

Gold Panda's Lucky Shiner is one of those albums that thrives on repeat listens. Each song offers more with each return. The layers unpeel themselves the harder you listen. And 'Marriage is one of the tracks that drags you in to the landscape, lulling you into a dream. On its [Read more]

Friends' first single ticks every single box as to warrant a repeat play. And then another. And another. And, go on, just once more. They are a five-piece that hail from Brooklyn and 'Friend Crush' is going to be their first official release, next month. Everything drifts by in perfect [Read more]

Tahiti 80 are from France and yes it is obvious to think of Phoenix, what with the all-knowing pop hooks. But no, Tahiti 80 are no Phoenix. 'Darlin'...' is more vocal driven than anything their opposing French band put on Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Tahiti 80 create perfect pop numbers, as [Read more]

One of the 13 highlights from Kanye West's My Beautiful, Dark Twisted Fantasy gets some blinding visuals. 'All Of The Lights' was impossible to ignore on record and was near the top spot of my tracks of 2010. And the video, despite some musical editing, still ticks every box that [Read more]

Here's the first great Irish video of the year, coming from Dublin's Big Monster Love. Think of Blur's 'Coffee & TV' and you get close to what BML have done on 'Free Gaff Forever'. It is such a simple song that you might decide it's not worth your time, but [Read more]

Is music art? NewVillager seem to think it is, if their video for 'Lighthouse' is anything to go by. NewVillager are a Brooklyn-via-San Francisco artist collective who seem to actually enjoy creating music, a far cry from some bands you could mention who agonise over every little detail. 'Lighthouse' is [Read more]

If all the things I thought Cut Copy were, sports aficionados was not one of them. The video for 'need You Now' premiered yesterday and was full of everybody's favourite sport: soccer, tennis, American Football, basketball, bowling and, er, swordfighting. Obviously. This coming less than 18 months before the start [Read more]

Looks like somebody didn't get the memo to not to do anything music-related today because of Radiohead (see previous post). Lykke Li should have no worries though, her voice is much better than Thom's warbling. And she is Swedish! She has a new album out next week and 'Love Out [Read more]

Here it is, the third Point Of Everything Podcast. Full of really good music, both from abroad and from Ireland. There is no real theme to this one. Everything is pretty new though so I guess that could count... The tracklist is after the jump. Click on the names for [Read more]

There it is folks, the first taste of eight new Radiohead tracks that you might have already heard, depending on whether or not you bought the band's new album, The King Of Limbs, brought forward a day from Saturday. Which is only good news, right? For Radiohead fans anyway. Pity [Read more]