Tagged: irish

Maud In Cahoots – ‘Dance With Me’ (Video)

May 3, 8:34am The Point Of Everything

Hey, why aren't we all talking about how great the new single from Maud in Cahoots is? The video for 'Dance With Me', Maud and Zoe Reardon's first, was uploaded over a week ago, yet I only came across it yesterday. I must be doing something wrong because it's an [Read more]

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Watch John Grant And Conor O’Brien At Other Voices London – ‘Glacier’

May 2, 9:19am The Point Of Everything

Other Voices left behind Dingle and Derry and got a plane to London last month to put on a show at Wilton's Music Hall. The show was broadcast on RTÉ2 at ridiculously late o'clock last night. It saw performances from the likes of Laura Mvula, Matthew E White, Laura Marling, [Read more]

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The Dudley Corporation – ‘Everyone Does Everything Wrong Part II’

May 2, 7:23am The Point Of Everything

Dublin trio the Dudley Corporation release their fourth album on May 11, and their first in almost five years, and below is the nearly five-minute title track and album closer 'Everyone Does Everything Wrong Part II'. It's the longest song on the album - by about a minute - but [Read more]

• The Dudley Corporation - Everyone Does Everything Wrong Pt II

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Artist:	The Dudley Corporation
Title:	Everyone Does Everything Wrong Pt II
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	Alternative Rock

Listen To A New Track From Young Wonder – ‘Electrified’

May 1, 9:56am The Point Of Everything

Cork duo Young Wonder's second EP, Show Your Teeth, is almost upon us. It's released digitally on Monday, May 6, on Feel Good Lost. We've already heard two tracks from it, 'To You' and the Sacred Animals-starring 'Time'. Now we've got the stuttering 'Electrified', which provides a great showcase of [Read more]

• Young-Wonder - Electrified

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Artist:	Young-Wonder
Title:	Electrified
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	Electronic Pop

Seasick Steve Is Playing Cork This Month

May 1, 6:03am The Point Of Everything

Stout Fest is the ingenious name for a new festival taking place at the Beamish & Crawford site in Cork city on the June bank holiday weekend. The star attraction is Seasick Steve's appearance on Friday, May 31. He's played Cork before, and apparently enjoyed the stout so much he's [Read more]

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Shit Robot – ‘Feels Real’ featuring Jenr (Luke Jenner of The Rapture)

Apr 30, 9:23am barrygruff

Marcus Lambkin’s Shit Robot is back with a brand new single 'Feels Good', which features the vocals of Jenr, aka Luke Jenner of The Rapture. It's seven-minutes plus of swaggering disco synths topped off perfectly by Luke Jenner of The Rapture’s fantastic falsetto vocals. 'Feel Good' is out now on a 12″ through DFA with remixes by Luke Solomon and Larse. It's [...]

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BarryGruff Presents #15: The Statics, Policy & Appo :: Sunday, May 5th :: Flanagan’s Bar, Newbridge

Apr 30, 7:24am barrygruff

‘BarryGruff Presents’ returns to Flanagan’s Bar for a 15th Newbridge show on Sunday, May 5th.  Over the course of the past 18 months there’s been some really special nights in Flanagan’s and Sunday night's show with The Statics, Policy & Appo promises to be a belter of a night. Coincidentally this will be the last BarryGruff show [...]

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The 19 Artists To Catch At Camden Crawl Dublin This Weekend

Apr 29, 9:16am The Point Of Everything

Camden Crawl Dublin returns this weekend for its second year of showcasing the best of Irish and international acts. There are about 150 acts and comedians performing in tonnes of venues around the capital. To help you navigate your way from venue to venue, I've put this guide together of [Read more]

• BANTUM - Legion
• Hidden Highways - Hidden Highways [EP]
• T Ξ R R I Ξ R ϟ - Blue (ii) Crave (v.i.p)

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Artist:	BANTUM
Title:	Legion
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	Electronic

Artist:	Hidden Highways
Title:	Hidden Highways [EP]
File Name:	SoundCloud

Artist:	T Ξ R R I Ξ R ϟ
Title:	Blue (ii) Crave (v.i.p)
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	Afterhours Haus

Memento: Thank You Dirty Epics!

Apr 26, 2:44pm A Music Blog, Yea?

We'd just like to send out a massive thanks to our good friends Dirty Epics! Coming home to these made our day! If you haven't already, go follow/like the band to keep up with all their news. And also check out their latest record One-Way Mirror ! They're an amazing group with an immense passion for what they do. Thanks again! X Dirty Epics: Video Interview // Facebook // Twitter // Website // Alicia Atout

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Free Download: Last Days Of 1984 – ‘Lost Hearts’

Apr 26, 9:40am The Point Of Everything

Two new songs in a week from Dublin duo Last Days Of 1984. We got the Sacred Animals-featuring 'Aaja' last week, a late-night slojam that pointed at a darker direction for the pair. But darker for them, after debut album Wake Up To The Waves, would still be bleary happiness [Read more]

• LAST DAYS OF 1984 - LOST HEARTS
• LAST DAYS OF 1984 - Sacred Animals Vs Last Days Of 1984 - Aaja

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Artist:	LAST DAYS OF 1984
Title:	LOST HEARTS
File Name:	SoundCloud

Artist:	LAST DAYS OF 1984
Title:	Sacred Animals Vs Last Days Of 1984 - Aaja
File Name:	SoundCloud

Little Green Cars – ‘Big Red Dragon’ (Video)

Apr 26, 7:21am The Point Of Everything

Can you tell Little Green Cars are getting ready to release their debut album Absolute Zero shortly? Earlier this week, they gave us 'Kitchen Floor' and now we get the video for Big Red Dragon', a live staple that will instantly be familiar as 'the wah wah wah song'. It's [Read more]

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Interview: The David Nelligan Thing – ‘DIY Was The Only Way To Go For Me’

Apr 24, 8:26am The Point Of Everything

Cork-based band The David Nelligan Thing release their new album, Dark Matters, today. It's a melange of sounds and genres that always leaves you guessing what's coming next. Nelligan's been uploading videos for various tracks from the album over the last few weeks, and the latest is 'Every Day We [Read more]

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Little Green Cars Perform New Song ‘Kitchen Floor’ (Video)

Apr 24, 6:29am The Point Of Everything

Little Green Cars are gearing up to release their debut album Absolute Zero, which you can preorder on iTunes here. They've been in the US promoting the album, which is out here on May 10, and have played the likes of SXSW and Coachella. So not too shabby. They performed [Read more]

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Album: Altar of Plagues – Teethed Glory And Injury

Apr 24, 3:56am Thrash Hits

Altar Of Plagues Teethed Glory And Injury Candlelight Records 29 April 2013 by Rob McAuslan "Impact" is a pleasingly kinetic word to actually say, one of the few that truly feels like the thing it's trying to describe. The first syllable winds up to the plosive second, giving a real sense of the build and release involved [...]

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Stream: The Debut EP From East Cork Band Sans Chateaux

Apr 23, 9:24am The Point Of Everything

This EP makes perfect sense on a day like today, where the weather is positively balmy - in Cork anyway. From east Cork - Midleton, to be precise - come Sans Chateaux (without house, I believe is the translation from French) who make lovely little folk pop songs. Below is [Read more]

• Sanschateaux - Sans Chateaux

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Artist:	Sanschateaux
Title:	Sans Chateaux
File Name:	SoundCloud

Review, Pictures: Young Wonder, Daithí, Elaine Mai In The Pavilion

Apr 22, 1:48pm The Point Of Everything

A review of Young Wonder in the Pavilion on Saturday, April 20, supported by Daithí and Elaine Mai. All pictures by Brid O'Donovan. The biggest disappointment in the Pavilion on Saturday night was that there wasn't a big, sweaty crowd dancing in front of Daithí. The Galway man still put [Read more]

• J.T. - My Love (Daithi Bootleg)
• Young-Wonder - To You

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Artist:	J.T.
Title:	My Love (Daithi Bootleg)
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	House Electronic

Artist:	Young-Wonder
Title:	To You
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	Electronic pop

Adultrock – ‘Goldwaves’

Apr 22, 5:55am The Point Of Everything

Vice spin-off Thump (no, not Thumped) premiered a new track from Gavin 'Adultrock' Elsted on Friday evening. He's certainly good at making connections, considering Annie Mac put up one of his tunes, 'In The Shade', for free download a couple weeks ago. He told Thump about the process behind making [Read more]

• ADULTROCK - GoldWaves

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Artist:	ADULTROCK
Title:	GoldWaves
File Name:	SoundCloud

Getting Cozy With… The Twenty!

Apr 20, 7:49am A Music Blog, Yea?

Hello AMBY!!  What's a nice blog like you doing in a shithole like this?!!...We're very pleased to have made your acquaintance!! We're probably most often described as "a kinda punky rock n'roll band" out of Belfast...not "pure punk" but certainly leaning in that direction!  We're attempting to write honest songs that actually address hard personal issues and some of the things we see going on in the world about us but (appreciating that a whole lot of people don't give two shits what we think about things!!) we try to dress these themes in up-tempo, exciting and, hopefully, [...]

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Dott – ‘Leave Tonight’ (Video)

Apr 19, 11:47am The Point Of Everything

Hey, it's a new song for Galway band Dott's lovely pop song 'Leave Tonight'. The track features on their debut EP, entitled Button and released last year by Popical Island. They're rereleasing it on 73 next week via the US label Graveface. There's more info on that here. The song [Read more]

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Interview: The Notas – ‘We Like Being Known As A Multicultural Band But At The Heart Of It We Are A Proper Irish Band.’

Apr 19, 7:31am The Point Of Everything

About two weeks ago, promising Dublin-based band the Notas uploaded their second EP Creatures of the Night to Bandcamp. A six piece hailing from Nigeria, France, Zimbabwe and elsewhere, the band have been ones to watch almost since they formed in 2010 in Balbriggan. State dubbed them one of its [Read more]

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