Music

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…

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…

It is highly unlikely that you'll heard another album quite like The Hedge Maze and The Spade in 2022. The sophomore record from Gavin Murray AKA Trick Mist carries all of the surreal sampling techniques that brought the songwriter…

We kicked off our Best New Irish Music series here at HeadStuff last month with a cracking playlist covering the ten best tunes of August, and we're going one better for September with eleven of the finest songs around the land. …

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…

Editors are no strangers to reinvention. Having initially burst onto the scene during the mid-00s wave of indie rock with their highly acclaimed and much-loved debut The Back Room, the Birmingham outfit didn’t take long to expand their…