A thread with Irish bands in it

latenighttv · 2015-07-07T15:31:38-04:00

Hi! This here is a post about some of the (imo) best bands in Ireland today, who, if I was feeling bold, I might claim could also be some of the best bands in Europe, and (in one case) maybe even a contender for the world's best. So here goes. Even though they've only released one 26-minute EP so far, VOIDS are incredibly good. The dude in the band uses bass guitar to get 99% of his sounds, feeding it through all kinds of effects to create atmosphere / harmonics / textures, as well as rhythm and percussion. I recently bought their EP on cassette ('cos the digital download just wasn't enough!), my first cassette purchase in years! Vid for : 'Knowing' Sleep Thieves are signed to a Chicago-based label called Minty Fresh. They deal in a kind of eerie, ghostly synthpop. It's great! The band recently became "Spotify millionaires", racking up 2.6 million plays for their tracks. A member of the band wrote this interesting piece about their experiences with the streaming giant. Vid for : 'City of Hearts' Fox Jaw shortened their name from Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters last year and released their second album, 'Ghost's Parade', in September. That album is really good but I prefer their debut from 2011, 'The Devil In Music' - it's quickly becoming an all-time favourite. The first song I ever heard by them was 'Thread The Needle', and though it might take a listen or three to make sense of their sound, it's well worth checking out. Vid for : 'Thread The Needle' Finally, my potential contenders for "best band in the world today" - a band called...... The Hard Ground. Patman360 has done a lot of work on these forums to promote this band, so I'm picking up the baton here for a while! Somewhere on these forums recently someone asked if there were any bands or artists who had a knack for great opening tracks - well, this band's two albums both have phenomenal opening tracks. I've played both of these songs probably over 100 times each, and I think Patman is in the same boat. They were both the lead singles off their parent albums. Vid for : 'Pawn' Vid for : 'Belles and Beaux' So hopefully one or two of these bands will be of interest to someone - and for anyone who might be interested in checking out a little more from the scene(s) that spawned these bands, I've put together a bunch of "Irish year charts" over the last couple of weeks (will hopefully add a few more as well). If anyone else has any Irish music that they've been spinning a lot lately, feel free to use this thread as well.

Goto page Previous 12

View previous topic :: View next topic

travelful Profile
Knoxville, TN

Sleep Thieves looked kinda interesting to me, listening to their 2014 album now.

Check out Indie rock band Buffalo Sunn from Dublin as well. Buffalo Sunn's debut album is one of my favorite indie records of all time.

Here's a sneak peak...

Link

Link

latenighttv Profile

Nice one ECUpirate.... another 2014 one I'll probably have to check out! The label they're on is one I personally like a lot, they put out a really good "30th anniversary" comp a few years ago.

Link

Other reason for this bump was 'cos I just happened to be on a bandcamp page that's run by the "Irish Metal Archive", and it's well worth a look. Only a very casual follower of the Irish metal scene (just don't have the time to devote to it that I would like) but gonna be grabbing a few things from here fo sho. Loads of demos, EP's and a fair few full-length albums going free on there

https://irish-metal.bandcamp.com/music

New topic Closed

Topic Posters
All times are GMT
Goto page Previous 12

Page 2 of 2

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Topic	Author	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Sticky: The Tournaments Forum Suggestions Thread	Guest	Tournaments	348	01/21/2025 22:53 Romanelli
Irish Indie bands of the 80s and earl...	LPsforZombies	Music	6	12/18/2019 18:25 Patman360
Any good Irish bands with traditional...	LedZep	Music	21	07/08/2018 19:38 Graeme2
U.K. bands versus U.S.A. bands. Who's...	68blues	Music	181	01/25/2013 16:34 ColumnatedRuins
Overrated Underrated Bands and Underr...	Guest	Music	27	02/17/2010 11:12 O.T.