For the past four years, Roisin Lowry, the Galwegian composer behind the dark folk project Lõwli, has been slowly toiling away on the project’s debut album. With an expected release in October, Roisin talks to us about the journey to get the album finished.
The Dublin-based Indian musician Debajyoti Biswas talks to us about starting his solo career, his recent move from Kolkata to Dublin, how he finds the Irish music scene, his recent single “Where You Belong,” and much more.
Three years ago, the Donegal musician Ruairí Friel began a new musical project with his wife and multi-instrumentalist Sarah Cullen that sought to explore the abstract and ethereal. This project is Silver Winged They Fly, which Ruairí tells us all about.
The longtime musician Kieran Murphy only began writing original music when faced with the boredom of the COVID-19 lockdowns. However, he swiftly made up for lost time, and now he and his band, The Halez, are on the precipice of releasing their debut album of feel-good, upbeat tracks. Kieran tells us all about how it…
With some of the freshest artists on the Irish music scene on their roster, the Galway independent record label Blowtorch Records has, in recent years, become a highly-coveted label for Irish and international acts to be a part of. Founder and owner Richard Blowes sat down to discuss the founding of the label and expansion,…
At the end of February, when their first single of the year, “Make It Sound French,” was about to release, we spoke with the members of the Bristol-based post-rock band Last Hyena about their career, their upcoming EP “Suspect Your Elders,” their sound, and much more.
Kicking off their Irish and British tour at Belfast’s The Limelight tonight, Rob Spragg (a.k.a. Larry Love) of the British country/house fusion Alabama 3 discusses touring Ireland, the 25th anniversary of their album “La Peste,” their tour in support of the jubilee, having their song featured as the theme to “The Sopranos,” and much more
Known for their 1980 chart-topping hit “Turning Japanese,” the British new wave act The Vapors called it quits in 1981 before regrouping in 2016. Today, the band released their second album since their reformation, called “Wasp in a Jar.” Founding member and bassist Steve Smith talks to us about the album and everything surrounding their…
With their new album, “Souvenances,” out tomorrow, Pierre Van Vlaenderen and Nathan Mondez of the Belgian post-rock band Endless Dive took some time to discuss the nostalgic-driven record, which is both the first to be sung in their native tongue and the first in the band’s ten-year career to be crafted as a two-piece. You…
Ahead of their gig tonight at Whelan’s Upstairs, supporting Lara Fitzsimons, the founding members of the Irish indie rock band SPRITZ tell us all about their chaotic formation and their debut single, “Anyway,” which was released at the beginning of the month
With his debut album, “A Grand Romantic Gesture,” out today, the Irish alt-pop artist Mr Billy Fitzgerald tells us all about the hurdles that went into making it, which culminated in him booking time at Abbey Road Studios to ensure its completion.
Released today, “This Is How I Sleep At Night” is the debut EP from the Eadestown alt-rock band Blue Slate. Frontman John Harney talks to us about making the EP and how it makes a new direction in the band’s sound.