ireland
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This self-titled EP from Irish four-piece Cruising is a varied set of garage rock and post-punk tracks with an ominous undercurrent. You can get it August 14 through Tough Love.
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From Holding Hands with Jamie, the debut album of Dublin post-punk outfit Girl Band, out September 25 via Rough Trade. Enjoy!
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Irish black metal outfit Altar of Plagues’ latest album sees the band challenging their atomspheric black metal roots with loops, synthetic drums, keyboards, noise, and some unique grooves. WATCH THE REVIEW
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On Villagers’ latest album, the charismatic Conor J. Obrien leads the project into slightly more adventurous territory, incorporating electronics and ambitious arrangements in numerous tracks. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Indie folk outfit Villagers has a new single out titled “the Waves,” which features an extremely surprising change of direction for the band whose previous efforts were mostly humbling, sad, singer-songwriter tunes with baroque instrumentation and a Bright Eyes-esque personality. This new track, though, features loads of electronics, louder instrumentation,
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Stream: Ginnels- Crowns Stream an entire album of fun, light-hearted, and endearing jangle pop rock from Ireland’s Ginnels. It all comes from the band’s latest album, Crowns, which is twenty freakin’ tracks long; however, the band defends their decision with a lot of variety among the tracks. There
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Ave by Absolutist Absolutist is an Irish band with some extreme, uncompromising musical tendencies. Their latest release, Ave, hardcore punk tempos, crusty production, and some sludgy bass, too. The vocals have some character to them, and there’s usually a nice element of harmony thrown into each track by the
