Music Review

Von Shakes have been knocking around the Irish Music scene for a few years now, they released the single and title track from their debut album The Routine earlier this year. The album starts with Deaf Emotion, a slow builder with a start stop pattern. The chorus/refrain has a great full sound that the rest [...]

The opening notes of Speed are somewhat Britpop reminiscent. This is quickly cast to one side as Speed kicks into a classic Rock’n'Roll/Americana vibe. Steve Fanning’s vocals along with the production and organ lines throughout the track will obviously be linked to a ‘The Doors’ influence, since when was that a bad thing? It’s an [...]

Who is Aoife Cleary and why haven’t heard of her before? Once part of all girl group The Blonde Majority, Aoife is about to release her debut single ‘Us and The U.S.’. A cracking uptempo electronic rock song, Aoife Cleary has just done her bit to prove female singer songwriters don’t have to be sitting [...]

There’s something about The Frank and Walters, you may never have heard the song before but you just know its them. That’s what ‘The Parson’ was like for this writer. Maybe its the clever basslines, the jangly guitar sound, the muted snare drum? Maybe its all that and more. ‘The Parson’ is the first of [...]

Shine On is the debut single from Irish singer/songwriter Killian McGrath which will be released in May 2010. It’s a piano/guitar/vocal lead track. First thing I notice is how Killian’s raspy edged voice seems older than he is. ‘Shine On’ has a nice build up and production on the track allows everything to breathe withing [...]

‘Sparrow and the Wolf’ is the new single taken from James Vincent McMorrow’s debut album ‘Early In The Morning’. Sparrow and the Wolf is an uptempo folky jazzy track. McMorrow’s vocal style not unlike like that of John Mayer. Its a catchy tune and given the current success of Mumford & Sons, this should do [...]

Toy Soldier is a two piece electronic act from Cork and the brainchild of Cian Walsh. Walsh has been on the indie scene in a number of different guises over the past few years. Toy Soldier sees him team up with Fergal McCarthy. The result is a fresh, on the pulse sound, that could lead to bigger [...]

Dublin based Kilkenny band, Von Bizmark release ‘Address The Silence’ on April 9th. It’s the follow up to “London’ and sees the band in flying form. After the release of ‘London’ the band toured in the UK as well as a string of dates in Ireland. This seems to have worked a trick as Von [...]

When a PR company send me something to play on the radio, if I can I try to review it also. Nothing But Trouble by Donegal band, The Plea, is the lead single taken from a new EP of the same name. The Plea are the first rock act to be signed to an imprint [...]

Dublin Singer/songwriter Fiach, has been working his way up the ladder for the past couple of years. ‘Every Single Day’ is his current single taken from his new album ‘So I’. ‘Every Single Day’ is a driving indie/folk/rock track, not quite what I was expecting to be honest. It’s all good! The drums and bass [...]