The Last Mixed Tape’s weekly gig guide This Weekend features Another Love Story 2019, Love Sensation, The Murder Capital & more. Friday – August 16th Another Love Story 2019 – Killyon Manor Line-up: Wastefellow / Penelope Trappes / Uly / The Redneck Manifesto + more Stage Times: here Tickets: via anotherlovestory.ie/tickets/ The Murder Capital – The Button Factory…
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Irish alt-trad four-piece Lankum have announced a headline show at Vicar Street in Dublin later this year. Taking place at the Dublin venue on Friday, October 25th, Lankum will play Vicar Street to coincide with the release of their much-anticipated third studio album which is due out this Autumn via Rough Trade. The group’s previous…
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In this edition of The Last Mixed Tape’s song-of-the-week feature The Mixed-Tape, we turn our attention to ‘Charlie…’ by Chanele McGuinness. A raw, bare-boned offering from Chanele McGuinness, the stark sound of ‘Charlie…’ gently but ominously bristles with undertones of dark textures, an unrelenting guitar line and a pointed but softly delivered vocal from McGuinness. The shrouded,…
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In this edition of The Last Mixed Tape’s song-of-the-week feature The Mixed-Tape, we turn our attention to ‘Talk It Through’ by Jackie Beverly. A full-blown pop gem, Jackie Beverly’s sophomore single ‘Talk It Through’ has everything from the glistening beats to shimmering flourishes of synth, to soulful emotion-driven vocals, all of which blend into the retro 80s…
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TLMT looks back at the last four weeks to pick out some of the stand-out tracks coming out of Ireland, featuring whenyoung, the Murder Captial, Sive, Maria Somerville, Talos & more. Dermot Kennedy – For Island Fires And Family Dermot Kennedy starts off 2019 with the powerful new single ‘For Island Fires and Family’. Backed…
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A new feature to TLMT the Monthly Mixed-Tape is a playlist filled with the best in new Irish music over the past four weeks and updated each month. This October’s edition features Soak, Montauk Hotel, Roisin El Cherif, Participant & more. Jackie Beverly – Out Of Reasons The Mixed-Tape: “A patient track, ‘Out Of Reasons’ is a…
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In this edition of The Last Mixed Tape’s song-of-the-week feature The Mixed-Tape we turn our attention to ‘First Impressions’ by Eve Belle featuring Tebi Rex. Eve Belle’s latest offering, the alt-pop ballad ‘First Impressions’, makes a deep far-reaching sound out of subtle minimal sounds. Allowing for Belle and Tebi Rex’s softly portrayed vocals to take centre stage.…
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A new playlist feature to the Last Mixed Tape’s The Week #01 features new music from the likes of Spies, Jack O Rourke, Fears, Jape & Aislinn Logan. Jack O’Rourke – Myth The return of barque-pop songwriter Jack O’Rourke, ‘Myth’ is filled the same sense of weight and import that permeates throughout his music through tense verses and…
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Valley Queen, Boytoy, Melody’s Echo Chamber, Grouper and more all feature on this week’s TLMT 8-Track. Check out the full Spotify playlist below. Melody’s Echo Chamber – Breathe In, Breathe Out Soaked in a hazy dream-pop production, ‘Breathe In, Breathe Out’ is our first glimpse into Bon Voyage the forthcoming sophomore album from Melody’s Echo Chamber. Valley Queen –…
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In this edition of The Last Mixed Tape’s song-of-the-week feature The Mixed-Tape we turn our attention to ‘Glow’ by AE Mak. From the opening sudden screech of ‘Glow’, it becomes apparent that AE Mak’s latest offering is something sonically unique. Part synth-pop, part art-pop the big ambitious production of the single is an all-encompassing wall of sound. Add…
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