This week’s round-up of the best new Irish music features unexpected collaborations from Hot Chip and Yunè Pinku (Fire Of Mercy) and Bantum and Jack O’Rourke (Take Cover) and there’s plenty more for dance fans Sanie Bega delivers more banging beats with he radio edit of ‘Always Lovin”, while Dublin DJ Tyvion Valentine continues his impressive year with ‘Vanilla’.
Sean X returns with his new album ‘NAKAMA’ featuring the old school, radio friendly pop flow of ‘Midnight In Alabasta’, Archy Moor continues to establish himself as one of the finest new Irish acts in the hip hop realm with ‘Sick’, while cbakl previews his upcoming EP with ‘Oh My Days’ featuring Alicia Raye and Keanu The Pilot.
If rock is more your tonic, we’ve got you covered with ‘Slowly, Long’ from Belfast shoegaze outfit Virgins. Dublin gazers The Fae reminisce about ‘2004’ while instrumental surf rock outfit Atomic Drag invite you to the beach.
In pop, Lydia Ford considers why she always thinks moving will solve all of her problems on ‘Leaving The Country’, while Lucy Blue gets bittersweet on Love Hate, while Kid Apollo delivers an infectious quirky slice of pop in the form of ‘Like An Old Dog’.
Up-and-coming songwriter Smythy continues to display his eye for a melody on ‘Figure It Out’ while Tandem Felix follows up his stellar return ‘There’s a New Sheriff In Town’ with the Thom Yorke-tinged ‘Message of The Afternoon’.
And if that wasn’t enough to be getting your ears around there’s also new tunes from the likes of Tayyls, St. Albans, Micah, Sion Hill, Niall McCabe, Rhoshi, Wornoc, Emma Edel, Aaron Everything, Moesha, Isaac Jones, Costello XII, The Clockworks, Jet Fuel Chemistry, Bobsled Team, Josh Gray and more besides.
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