It’s been awhile since our last playlist, so here’s another collection of great music that’s either just been released, leaked, found and loved by our good selves. Personal highlights include new music from David Kitt, Vetiver, The Horrors and a great opener from Australia’s The Parking Lot Experiments – I stumbled across their Myspace last [...]

Awesome photoshop by quackster on Thumped Think the G20 riots were bad? Check Jim Carroll’s discussion on The Ticket’s 50 best Irish music acts right now. Somewhat surprising omissions include Adebisi Shank and Gemma Hayes. Others we’d have tipped our caps to include Ian Whitty and The Exchange and Armoured Bear, both of whom play [...]

I’ve had Woods sitting in my “worth a bit of a listen” pile for awhile, but once I finally sat down and gave them some attention I felt a sense of guilt for having neglected them so long. They seemed instantly familiar; touching on elements of The Byrds, the Velvet Underground and The Stooges; sounding [...]