Ae Mak - I Can Feel It In My Bones
Ae Mak is fronted by vocal duo Aoife McCann and Ellie McMahon, who met in 2011 while studying in BIMM, Dublin. Their track ‘I Can Feel it in My Bones’ features on this year’s BIMM album and they play Dundalk’s Spirit Store on April 29th.
Orchid Collective - Lay As Stone
Dublin based Orchid Collective formed in 2013 and share a member in Shea Tohill with The Wood Burning Savages. Their track ‘Lay as a Stone’ was released on the 11th of March 2016.
The Autocratic - Beluga
‘Beluga’ is the debut single from the North Coast band The Autocratic. It was produced and mixed by the Small Town America Studio and was released on the 22th of February.
Mmoths - Deu
Mmoths is the moniker of Jack Colleron, an electronic producer from Newbridge, County Kildare. ‘Deu’ is from their debut EP ‘Luneworks’ released by OYAE/Because Music on the 23rd of November.
Come On Live Long - For the Birds
Come on Live Long are a Dublin alt- rock group founded in 2011. ‘For the Birds’ is their newest single and will get its launch show in Dublin’s Unitarian Church on the 2nd of April. The track will feature on their new album ‘Move as One’ released later this year.
Burnt Out - Dear James
‘Dear James’ is the debut single from Burnt Out. The multimedia and musical project focuses on life within Working class Dublin. ‘Dear James’ reflects on the suicide of a Dublin teenager during the recession of the early 2000’s. It was released on the 15th of March 2016.
Spring Tides - On And On
The Spring Tides are a Folk/Blues group from Greencastle, Co Donegal. ‘On and on’ is a track from their latest EP ‘Do Me No Wrong’ released last month.
Dandelion Tea - Nylon
Dandelion Tea are a Belfast four piece alt-indie band founded in 2005 composed of Jordie Sunshine, Mary Anne Farenden, Neil Hughes and Scott Anderson. ‘Nylon’ is from their new EP ‘A Picnic in Limbo’ which is released in the coming weeks.
Conor Walsh - The Front
This week’s New Tune Disco ended with Conor Walsh ‘The Front’. The much respected musician and composer sadly passed away at the weekend. Niall Byrne – who asked Conor to play Sounds from a Safe Harbour in Cork - described Conor as ‘an immensely talented pianist and composer from Mayo who had been making music since his teens’. In a message from Conor’s family they said ‘He never failed to conjure the highest emotion from a melody just as he never but drew the brightest light from all who met him’. Drawing comparisons to Nils Frahm and Philip Glass, he had performed at Other Voices, Body & Soul and Electric Picnic. His E.P ‘Ensemble Music’ was released in 2015.
