The lead single from Tanoki’s upcoming debut album File New, “Loading” is an unusual fusion of electro, trip hop and jazz, with Farah Elle featuring as lead vocalist. [wpdevart_youtube caption=”” align=”center”]oC3GgvXvLzQ[/wpdevart_youtube] Off-kilter even by the standards of trip hop…
Memes have been a staple of popular culture since the rise of the global internet during the early 2000s, and the role the music meme has played in both the growth and evolution of the form cannot be understated. The…
On Monday last (February 22), Daft Punk broke the news that the duo had split after almost three decades with an 8-minute video titled “Epilogue”, excerpted from their 2006 film, Electroma. Their split marks the end of arguably the one…
Released yesterday (Friday 19 February), the latest single by Irish/British/Danish folk-punk group Brophy’s Law, ”The Bachelor” is considered by the band to be their all-time favourite track to perform live. A group described as being The Pogues meeting The Clash,…
When cover songs are poorly received, the artist in question could suffer a serious blow to their reputation and the possibility of being immortalised as a music meme. Following on from a previous article on great covers you might not…
As a country which is arguably the most synonymous with alcohol, an Irishman (or Irishwoman) who admits they are teetotal sounds like it is a cornerstone of modern Irish mythology, if such a thing even exists. It is almost an…
Friday last saw the release of Fly the Nest’s latest single “Old Street Lover”. An energetically hopeful break-up song which does not fall to type of being laced with anger, sorrow, or self-pity, is a naturally refreshing change of pace…
After constantly gigging and releasing music over the last five years, Belfast-based singer-songwriter Andrew Patterson released his latest single, “Normal People” on Friday last (February 12). Taking inspiration from Sally Rooney’s 2018 novel Normal People, as well as the acclaimed…
The overwhelming majority of countries and their political landscapes essentially boil down to political ideology between the more progressively inclined left-wing and the traditional leaning right-wing. However, Irish political history is a little more complicated. It is not driven by…