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Up and coming Irish original bands playing all genres and styles of music, who are based in Ireland. Listed randomly.
Darragh O'Dea is a songwriter known for his narrative lyrics and descriptive portrayals of small town Ireland. Hailing from Tuam,...
Hailing from county Wicklow, Look to the Lady are a hard-hitting alternative rock band, whose dynamic ranges from quiet moments of...
Invaderband are a garage/artrock band assembled in 2012 in Derry, Northern Ireland by Mancunian singer, guitarist and songwriter Adam...
Hailing from Dublin, Brand New Dead Things are a power rock trio playing melodic, groovy, modern rock with an array of influences....
The Vercettis formed in 2016 and have spent the last few years gigging around Cork City, writing songs and experimenting with different...
Rising from the ashes of Dublin Ireland's gradually growing electronic music scene, the award winning DJ/Producer Josh Coakley is one...
Opal Lights are an up and coming indie duo based in Dublin, Ireland. Their music has a synth pop feel, with catchy melodies and lovely...
True Tides are Cian, Conor and Eoghan MacSweeny. The 3 Irish brothers have been playing music together their whole lives, developing an...
The Stunning are an Irish rock band. Formed in 1987 in Galway, they are perhaps best known for their single Brewing Up a Storm. Known...
No Oil Paintings are a vivacious, dynamic alternative-folk band from Belfast. Using typical folk instrumentation and four-part...
Though the seeds of the project were sown back in starry-eyed mid-2000s, the music of Belfast-based five-piece New Pagans is the...
King Bones are a 6-piece synth-punk group from Dublin city. With some serious tunes under their belt, like Who’s Got The...
The Pogues are a band of mixed Irish and English background, playing traditional Irish music with influences from punk rock, formed in...
Definitely, one of the most unique sounds, Happy Alone’s idiosyncratic alternative pop sound is both memorable and expressive. Their...
3 piece Hard Rock/Alternative Punk band from Ireland consisting of: Reece Nelson-Guitar/Vocals, Adam Mc Ginley-Bass/Backing...
Chief Keegan are an instrumental funk band from Dublin. This four piece are greatly influenced by bands like Vulfpeck,The Meters,...
Fontaines D.C. met as a quintet in Dublin, influenced and driven in equal measure by the rich history of their hometown’s...
The Undertones are a punk rock/new wave band formed in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1975. From 1975 to 1983, the Undertones consisted of...
The Academic are an indie rock band from Westmeath, Ireland formed at the end of 2013 while all members of the band were at St...
Launched originally as Colours Afrobeat Foundation; Boye (PapaGee) & Colours Afrobeat is Ireland’s Foremost multicultural band...
Blind Poet’s music lies somewhere between neo classical contemporary celtic folk and contemporary world music sound; a music which...
Stiff Little Fingers are a punk band, originally based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 1977. Prior to becoming Stiff Little...
Pale Rivers are a five piece alternative/rock band based out of Cork and Tipperary, Ireland. In 2017 the band began a trans-atlantic...
The Irish Rovers celebrated their 50 years of music with a world tour and the release of the greatest of their greatest hits albums....
This young trad trio from Country Clare blend Irish traditional melodies with and innovative rhythmic and melodic garnish. These socks...
The Optimists are Dublin’s newest alt-pop band. Despite forming just under two years ago the band has already made a significant...
Not Monsters is what happens when you smash the melodic experimentalism of CFIT together with the powerhouse riffing of Punch Face...
Manden Express is a thrillingly explosive Dublin-based international band, fusing traditional and contemporary styles of West African...
Cerebral, mature, joyously melodic, a band that strives to make well crafted dance-able songs. Songs to provide joy even when dealing...
Fuzz Gigolo are a 5-piece LO-FI “Rock n’ Roll” band that pen and perform original compositions - while packing a quartet+ of...
Pineto Cats are a 5 piece, electro indie rock (ish) music group from Wicklow. The band was formed many years ago and has undergone many...
The Winter Passing created an infectiously raw mix of garage punk energy and indie rock quirks that garnered critical acclaim. When the...
Hatchlings is a collaborative project made up of five multi-instrumentalists and songwriters. Hailing from different pockets of the...
Screaming Orphans, an all-sister band from Bundoran, Co. Donegal, Ireland, are one of the most sought after Celtic bands with a...
The Riptide Movement are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland in 2006 by vocalist and guitarist Mal Tuohy, guitarist John...
OverLockers are a hard-hitting, no bullshit Rock band coming out of Dublin, with a combination of heavy face melting riffs and a...
Newfoundland are a traditional/folk/contemporary fusion band hailing from the South East of Ireland. ...
Since forming in 2017 and debuting their first single, Open Spaces, A Great Quiet have continued to build their sound. Taking...
Music is there to be experimented with, tampered with and moulded in all shapes and sizes. Sun Shakers do just that. Not restricted by...
Wynona Bleach declared their arrival in 2018 with a song called ‘Eyes Burning’. The guitars rise up like fuzz-mountains and the...
The Girl Talk is Mark McKenna (Vocals and Rhythm Guitar), Ben Spelman (Lead Guitar), Jack Bird (Drums), & Jonathan Cooke Allen...
Runway Lights are an experimental, alternative rock band from Dublin. The band's sound has been described as a delicate balance of...
In October 2015, the band released Speeding Cars. It was their most successful release to date and opened the band up to a new...
The Reprise are a Dublin based duo who focus on creating orignal rock grooves, delivered with a bittersweet reflection on modern...
Belfast four piece The Crossfire Hurricanes are driving their own tanked-up style of blues-infused Indie Rock&Roll, and they rarely...
Foreign Owl comprises three young souls born EXACTLY at the stroke of 3 bells, born PRECISELY on the land border between Japan and...
Brass Phantoms are a five-piece Post-Indie Rock band from Dublin. The band consists of Ryan Cashell (vocals & bass), Greg Whelan...
Aptly defining themselves as an exciting new music cabal, the playfully psychedelic Electric Octopus (and their Electric Octopus...
Kyro Jones have worked tirelessly on the Dublin live circuit refining their songs and perfecting their unique brand of Alternative...
Black Bank Folk burst onto the Irish music scene in 2016 with their critically acclaimed debut album 'Rising'. They spent 2016 and...
Atlas Zero is a 3 piece alternative rock band from Cork, Ireland. The band first formed back in 2013 when they were all introduced to...
Based in Dublin, Hoodoo Reelin came about through Sheila's want to create music based around three vocal harmony parts in soul, funk,...
Ricotta Rojo are a 3 piece Funk/Blues rock band hailing form the musical town of Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. ...
Alan Kavangh is a 29 year old musician from Ashbourne Co.Meath. His latest single 'Bitter Man' has just won IMRO's Christy Hennessy...
Following the successful Summer they had in 2014, had an even bigger Summer in 2015. They made their Festival Main Stage debut at their...
The Valmonts are a four-piece, indie-pop band made up of brothers Darragh and Keith Whyte, alongside Cathal Sweeney and Tymek...
Every now and then I hear something really special, that moves me with the raw honesty of it. I love when songs and singers give me a...
The Fugues are an indie-rock band based in Belfast. Influenced by the indie and pop-rock music of the 90s and 2000s, their colourful...
Dreaming of Jupiter’s sound incorporates a number of different influences from Electropop to Funk, RnB and Trip Hop in such a...
Essential listening for those who like their music powerful and heartfelt, Hot Press magazine (October 2018). ...
Multi-Platinum Award winning Irish Folk Legends The Wolfetones are now in their 56th year: Tommy Byrne, Brian Warfield and Noel Nagle....
Rough Sunday are the songrwiting duo Amhlaoibh McSweeney & Diarmuid Wolfe, two young musicians from the West Cork Gaeltacht. ...
Incorporating the imprint of Krautrock, post-punk, and psychedelia, Junk Drawer's intuitively loose and idiosyncratic brand of indie...
Anna-Liese are a four-piece Waterford-based band made up of 2 Kilkenny men, a Wexford man, and indeed, a Waterford man. Mark Walsh...
Fresco Future are a young band hailing originally from Newbridge, Co. Kildare. School friends Cormac Dowdall, Dillan Hughes and Evan...
Hidden Stills are a Wicklow based duo who have been writing and performing their own style of pared back contemporary folk songs since...
On the back of a strong year in 2018 which consisted of the band releasing two singles “It’s too Late” and “Last Train Home”...
One of the most promising alternative prospects to emerge from Northern Ireland in an age - Brian Coney, Drowned in Sound. The newest...
Tour Alaska is the solo project of A Plastic Rose frontman Gerry Norman featuring Jordan Farndell (violin, guitar, piano) and Ciara...
Little Green Cars were formed in Dublin in 2008. The band members are Stevie Appleby on guitar and vocals, Faye O'Rourke on vocals,...
Angular Hank are a Dublin based Rock Band. Forming in the summer of 2018, the group spent a year of heavy writing and gigging to find...
Formed in early 2015, Arco Arena are a 4 piece riff-rock band from County Louth in Ireland. Mixing shifting time signatures with...
Irish duo, Hudson Taylor released their long-awaited debut album “Singing for strangers” in 2015. The multi-instrumentalists honed...
Wyvern Lingo have been writing music together since they met at age 11. They originally bonded over hand-me-down albums of Led...
Future Fears are an alt-pop band from Dublin, Ireland. Formed in late 2015 the band has grown from strength to strength while...
Aged between 18 and 22, The Luna Kicks are four boys, two of which are brothers - Jordan & Nathan Edgar, Jack Meenan and Marc...
Joey Weidner (guitars) and Jonathon ‘JR’ Russell (vocals) are TALKING WAVES. Inspired by the Muscle Shoals Alabama story that...
If there is such a thing as a Galway ‘4 piece Supergroup’, Cranky Face just might be it, being made up of guitarist Stephan Curran,...
Petty Youth are a garage/glam punk band from County Down, Northern Ireland. Formed in 2013, they have been unleashing their caustic...
Hit The B Button are a venomous four piece who thrive on ripping apart the conventional and frankensteining it back together to create...
Dissension Rising are an Exciting forward thinking International Touring Hard Rock Band who hail from Ireland. Originally formed by...
Moon Looks On are an Irish band based primarily in Dublin, .Their sound encompasses a fusion of both modern contemporary folk and soul,...
Delorentos are a melodic, alternative, independent band from North County Dublin, Ireland. Delorentos have released 5 albums (and an...
Belfast natives Beauty Sleep bring their dreamy brand of pop music to Stradbally this weekend. The trio formed over a couple of...
Pine The Pilcrow released their debut EP in March 2016 and haven’t looked back. With glowing reviews from Irelands leading music...
Modern Rome are a four-piece band from Belfast, Northern Ireland delivering stark introspection via impassioned alt rock and power...
Post-Party are a 4 piece indie rock band from Dublin. Having already shared stages with fellow Irish bands The Academic, The Murder...
Situated in Wexford, twins Brandon and Ashley combine to create The Ocelots. They have crafted their songwriting and musical experience...
Rofi James are a pop/rock band from Galway city, Ireland. Comprised of Ronan Flaherty, Jamie Murray and Joseph Flaherty. Rofi James...
Mongrel State is a four-piece band from Dublin with a sound that incorporates a wide sonic palette - from Rockabilly to Rock,...
Imagine what Frank Turners new album would sound like if he listened exclusively to Queen for a year, and then asked Future Islands to...
In 2012, Neill, Adam and Rodge, who formerly had played all over the country, held residencies in Dublin, recorded and released an...
Formed in 2011, Mark Prunty (guitar/vox), Podge Gill (guitar/vox), Ross McNerney (banjo/mandolin), Emmett Collum (drums) are the four...
Bob Skeleton are a 4 piece Late Night-Pop band from Galway with influences ranging from La Roux to New Order, and Lykke Li to Blondie....
The Saw Doctors are an Irish rock band. Formed in 1986 in Tuam, County Galway, they have achieved eighteen Top 30 singles in the...
Angel and The Rum Bunch formed in 2017 after performing together in a theatre production. Tide Riders was based on the short stories by...
Classic Yellow are an alternative/ psychedelic quartet based in Dublin, Ireland. While maintaining a cohesive and recognisable sound,...
Slacke is a 4 piece band from Cavan town consisting of Daragh Slacke, Josh McClory, Liam McCabe, and Barry Fitzgerald. Darragh Slacke...
