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Now is All is the second solo album from Swimmers Jackson. Starting as a trio called Swimmers, the album is the follow up to 2020’s Murmuration, which in turn follows the releases of EPs Swimmer’s Year and This Burning Circus in 2013…

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…

No Spill Blood – an Irish underground supergroup of sorts, comprising Hands Up Who Wants To Die’s Matt Hedigan (bass, vocals), multimedia artist Ror Conaty (drums) and Magic Pockets’ Ruadhan O’Meara (synth) – made their genre defying debut…

Learning To Live (Part I) is the debut EP from Kildare-based singer-songwriter Jamie D’Arcy. Citing the likes of Ben Howard, David Kitt, Radiohead and Big Thief as influences; D’Arcy’s approach to songwriting marries elements of acoustic…

Dublin-based post-punk quintet Mhaol were first tipped as ones to watch with the release of their debut single ‘Clementine’ seven years ago. The group would not release any new music for another five years, breaking their silence with the…

Neil Dexter is positioned to be one of the most intriguing prospects in the Irish music scene in 2022. Kickstarting his solo career in 2021 with the release of his single 'Loving You', the Dublin-based multi-instrumentalist and…

Irish songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Gavin Murray, aka Trick Mist, is something of a hidden gem in the Irish music scene. His work to date, built upon original samples, storytelling lyrics and influence from traditional…

Qwerty Mick, whose remarkable debut EP If You Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now was released last month, is an up-and-coming, enigmatic Irish singer-songwriter. First reaching public consciousness in 2020 with his debut single, 'Eternal…

Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Qwerty Mick’s debut EP If You Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now is a quirky, charming half dozen of lo-fi bedroom-pop tracks that showcases a more inquisitive mind than its playful aesthetic…

Little Green Cars didn’t wait long to trade in when their engine gave out once and for all. Frontman Stevie Appleby has hit the road on his own, while Faye O’Rourke, Adam O’Regan, Donagh Seaver O’Leary and Dylan Lynch have re-emerged from…