Music Review

Dundalk native Jim O’Donoghue Martin, better known as Video Blue, combines spoken word, ambient electronica and guitar driven alt-pop on his third record The Pull. Anyone familiar with O'Donoghue Martin's previous self-recorded,…

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…

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…

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. …

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…

The title of Daithi O Dronai’s third album could be interpreted in a couple of ways. As the electronic maestro contemplates his past, present and future in a post-pandemic setting, perhaps I’m Here Now is simply just a message preaching…