Who? A Florida native named Ashanti Floyd perhaps best known for his recordings alongside Lupe Fiasco, Lil Wayne, Sean Kingston and Nicki Minaj (no wait, come back…), but slowly building a sizable following of his own right with his fantastically named ‘Symphony Crack Orchestra’. Floyd’s doing his own thing right now, and recently rocked up in Dublin for Indie Week [...]

Who? There’s a lot to be said for hype – if nothing else we all end up listening to something new – but there’s even more to be said for going out and finding top class acts yourself. That’s probably my favourite thing about Goldenplec’s Coast to Coast Tea and Toast, which is where we were lucky enough to stumble [...]

Who? Wet Nuns are a guitar and drums two-piece from Yorkshire wonderfully labeled ‘blues metal’, and performing with a similar stark set up to The White Stripes, if louder and a little less charming than the Americans. Hailing from Sheffield, Robert Graham (guitar) and Alexis Gotts (drums) are loud and strained, stating their diverse influences as “women, booze, death and [...]

Who? Only Villagers’ Conor O’Brien’s next big thing, and the man should know. The singer took some time out during our recent interview just to rave about these newcomers from Limerick, telling us he can’t wait to bring them out on tour. They were a new name to us, but we went home, stuck their Soundcloud on, and we have [...]

Who? Seemingly a trio of singer songwriters – all three offer vocals, and all three clutch guitars – Red Sail hail from Wexford, Navan and Roscommon, but base themselves largely in Dublin, where they’re starting to make an impact on the tough-to-break music scene. They are Sarah McWeeney (vocals and guitar), Simon Fitzpatrick (vocals, keys and guitar) and Dan Comerford [...]

Who? Who knows? They’re certainly in no hurry to tell us, but Old Apparatus have impressed more than enough to attract the interest of Damon Albarn (presumably he does know who they are), who sold the Zebulon 10” EP through his Honest Jon’s record label shop. If you go by the EP cover – and plenty of their imaginative album [...]

Image courtesy of Paddy Benson Hudson Taylor… Are they up and coming, well yes, they haven’t conquered the world yet, so they are still definitely on the rise. Our James Hendicott breaks down a few more barriers to make sure that if you haven’t heard of them yet, you now will. Who? Okay, we’ll ‘fess up. Classifying Hudson Taylor as [...]

You know what it is. It’s time for James Hendicott to break down another great act. This week he feels Cork based trio Toy Soldier deserve your attention. Here is why! Who? This fast-rising Cork three-piece Toy Soldier face the same issues most non-Dublin based acts come up against: it’s difficult to break the capital. Toy Soldier’s profile here is [...]

The latest edition of Up and Comers takes a look to the further regions of the globe, with a band who formed in South Korea but now split their time between Tokyo and Vancouver. We give James a sledgehammer and ask him to break them down for you. Here’s his thoughts. Who? We Need Surgery are a multi-national band originally [...]

Back with another look at a band you might have missed, James Hendicott steps outside our shores for the first international band to get a tip of the cap. This time around is a band from Boston called Debo Band. Read on to hear why you should give them a listen. Who? Debo Band are an eleven piece Boston band with [...]