Music

15 years in the Irish education system means I can stand before you now and say with supreme confidence that Ispíní na hÉireann means “Sausages of Ireland” as Gaeilge. What my years of schooling never thought to tell me was why the…

If you’re not already familiar with them by now, The Mary Wallopers are a three-piece ballad group comprising brothers Charles and Andrew Hendy and their friend Sean McKenna,  who have spent the past several years touring all corners of…

Another month, another excellent selection of the best new tracks and artists around the country. HeadStuff's Best New Irish Music is back to name the latest and greatest for the month that was October 2022. Oh, and don't forget - if…

After a two year wait, Aoife Nessa Frances unleashes her sophomore album Protector. This follow up to 2020’s Land of No Junction has already received acclaim for lead single 'Way to Say Goodbye' and the rest of the album follows a…

Before we delve into the satanic sounds of that sinister music technique known as backmasking, I cannot say that evil does not exist in the grooves of a vinyl record. I did have the misfortune to once endure the musical ramblings of…

Never has it been more important not to judge a book by its cover than with the music of Skullcrusher. You see when you hear Skullcrusher out of context it’s easy to imagine something quite sinister. Images of a masked Scandinavian…

The Snuts have come bounding up the charts once again with their sophomore record, Burn The Empire. The Glaswegians are quick off the mark to follow up their anthemic debut, W.L., and this time there is a fire burning in front man Jack…

Three years on from their celebrated second album The Talkies, Gilla Band (formerly known as Girl Band) are back with Most Normal, and they’re not messing around. The first thirty seconds of opener ‘The Gum’ sounds like what you might…

Neil Dexter describes ‘I’ll Be Ready’, the title track of his debut album, as a “Frankenstein composition” composed of three different ideas in one track. I wouldn’t, though - Frankenstein implies something ugly and cobbled-together. …

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…