SONGS OF THE WEEK
Gypsies On The Autobahn - Hidden
Mixing taut indie-guitar with a pop sensibility, this Cabra band trail the release of their Rob Kirwan-produced major label album Born Brief on Universal Music Ireland, with this pretty little ditty.
Orlando Volcano - We Come One
The Bray producer and RBMA-alumni moved to the US a few years ago and ever since, his music has been moving in a club direction. This Faithless cover came out on Brooklyn label Mixpak over the holidays. Orlando touches down in Dublin for a gig on February 25th.
Rebel Phoenix - Off The Books
Dublin rapper Rebel Phoenix has been making tunes for a few years now. Originally released as a bonus track on last year's The Jackpot EP, Off The Books and its smoked late-night production by Drae Da Skimask gets its own time to shine through this city-set video.
Shee - Señor Blues
Killarney-based David Sheerin released a dance track last year that made its way onto the soundtrack for A Date For Mad Mary. His newest one on Tronic Sessions label, under the name Shee, has a Daft Punk-esque French Touch feel.
ALBUM OF THE WEEK
The Last Sound - Coruscate
Dubliner Barry Murphy has released music under the name The Last Sound since 2002 when he was playing at the Lazybird night in Dublin. Coruscate is his seventh album, a gauzy collection of shoegaze indie atmospherics and electronics.
NEW ARTIST OF THE WEEK
Telephone Explosions
Name-checking Slowdive, Julee Cruise and The Velvet Underground as influences, the Maynooth couple Dolores Fogarty and Adrian Mee released Pocket this week, a song of electronic dream-pop persuasion. An EP is coming this summer.
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Little Hours - Water
Directed by Bold Puppy
With more than 230,000 views in four days, Donegal band Little Hours are certainly resonating with an audience by combining their anthemic indie pop with a video which takes the idea of xenophobia towards refugees and places it in a personal context.
