With its combination of timeless songwriting, wholehearted emotion and fervent soul, newfamiliar established their huge potential with their debut track ‘How Can I?’. It accelerated to #1 on iTunes’ singer-songwriter chart and earned its first […]

Short, sharp and frank reviews from a confessed vinyl junkie. I’ll be posting my most loved records and most recent purchases right here for your perusal every week. The recent reissue of the debut album […]

Irish singer/songwriter Annabelle has gone from strength to strength, after releasing two radio hit singles, a debut Deluxe EP ‘Back To You’ and today is launching her third and brand new track ‘Get You Off […]

Grateful Dead earned the band’s first-ever gold record in 1971 with its self-titled live album. Known to many fans as “Skull & Roses” (a reference to the cover art by Alton Kelly and Stanley Mouse) […]

Liverpudlian songwriter & indie-queen Aimee Steven returns with some of her most unhinged, uniquely visceral work in the form of ‘Don’t Forget It’. Laced with fuzzed, biting guitar chords and psychedelic elements, it’s a low-tempo […]

Since Emperor of Ice Cream announced their return from a twenty-five-year hiatus in May 2020 and with the release of their long-awaited debut album ‘No Sound Ever Dies’ last August, they have embarked on a […]

Acclaimed Belfast band New Pagans have recently released their debut album ‘The Seed, The Vessel, The Roots and All’ via Big Scary Monsters. The album has received fantastic reviews as well as radio support from […]

SoCal icons and one of the best-selling punk rock bands of all time, THE OFFSPRING, have unveiled the accompanying music video for their recently released single “Let The Bad Times Roll,” the title track from […]

Based in Central Pennsylvania, alt-pop artist Ellie Irwin introduces a brand-new track, “Hey Ellena,” the latest in her series of coming-of-age singles. Produced by Bob McCutcheon, the track features the guitars of Luke Wood and […]

Brooklyn-based trio Hot Knives share “Alhambra, Baby,” the latest single off their upcoming LP. Making Love To Make Music To Make Love To is out May 7th, and pre-orders for the limited run of vinyl […]

Ahead of the release of the 10th-anniversary reissue of their career-changing album The English Riviera, Metronomy today share a new version of their iconic track ‘The Look’, remixed by Grammy-nominated duo MGMT, producers of some […]

New Pagans have announced two very special headline shows for December this year, taking place at Dublin’s Academy 2 on the 9th and Belfast’s Limelight 2 on the 16th.  The announcement follows the recent release […]

John Grant today announces the release of his fifth solo album, Boy From Michigan, due for release 25 June via Bella Union in the UK/Europe and Partisan in the US. Produced by Cate Le Bon. […]

Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner are the duo better known as Tune-Yards, and their excellent fifth album, released by 4AD, is called Sketchy. The 11 songs have been inspired by the Beastie Boys, Book and […]

Passenger’s current album ‘Songs For The Drunk and Broken Hearted’ debuted at #2 when it was released in January, making it the second highest-charting set of his career to date and has accumulated over 25 […]

British electronic band The KLF, also known as the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, The JAMs, and the Timelords have followed up their surprise albums ‘Solid State Logik 1’ and ‘Come Down Dawn’ with a […]

Dark Tropics are a new and exciting pop-noir duo from Belfast. They are on the cusp of releasing only their third single, yet their songs have a cinematic quality and a depth to them that […]

After recently announcing details of his 42nd album ‘Latest Record Project: Volume 1’ which will be released on May 7th via Exile/BMG, Van Morrison today releases its lead single ‘Only A Song’.  In keeping with […]