Music

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…

Earlier this month, Dublin-born musician CMAT released her debut album, If My Wife New I’d Be Dead, to much acclaim. I don’t know about you, but I, for one, have been biding my time. Waiting for this album. Wishing. Hoping. Praying that it…

Fresh off the release of his mainstream debut Pray For Haiti, the cryptic and mysterious emcee Mach-Hommy has returned with Balens Cho, a stripped-back victory lap of minimal jazz loops and hard-hitting punchlines. After Haiti propelled…

Strange, unique, bizarre or whatever you may call them, Flavour Nurse certainly live up to their name. What started as a kind of live theatre group doing wacky shows in London evolved into a working band that got signed, and they released…

Together, rapper Noveliss and beatmaker Dixon Hill have crafted a remarkable collaboration on Book of Changes. Drawing from spiritual as well as intellectual themes, the duo take inspiration from the I Ching, with each track represented…

Welcome to The Rotation, a roundup of the month’s key moments in music and why you should listen. Read Volume 20 below, or scroll to the end for playlists on Spotify and Apple Music. Previous instalments available here. It's been…

With another chaotic year behind us it’s time to reflect on the records that got us through 2021. Despite the ongoing challenges of the pandemic for artists, it’s been another stellar year for music, with young popstars building on their…

At the end of another endless year, we can at least be thankful for the music. In spite of obstacles at every turn, Irish artists have delivered another batch of stellar releases over the last twelve months. From the visceral to the…

Marrying the traditional with the modern and niche domain of prog rock/metal, the music of Pittsburgh-based Beo String Quartet has a unique angle. On paper, it sounds like a potential disaster given how divergent these two styles are, but…

Spiritually infused and with one foot in electronica and the other in nature, Vancouver’s Marc-E creates music called psybient. It’s best described as part ambient and part synthy, with a peppering of world instruments and a healthy dose…