Up and coming Irish original bands playing all genres and styles of music, who are based in Ireland. Listed randomly.
Hailing from the West of Ireland, Whiskey Dancer are a 4-piece hard rock band, serving up hook-heavy rock n roll with flavours of metal...
Tour Alaska is the solo project of A Plastic Rose frontman Gerry Norman featuring Jordan Farndell (violin, guitar, piano) and Ciara...
Not Monsters is what happens when you smash the melodic experimentalism of CFIT together with the powerhouse riffing of Punch Face...
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...
Parliament Square’s debut release “Forest Fire”, recorded by Owen Lewis (Snow Patrol / REM) was featured on national radio (RTE...
The Irish Rovers celebrated their 50 years of music with a world tour and the release of the greatest of their greatest hits albums....
Majestic Bears are a folk band from Galway with a varying range of influences from Irish/American folk music, Trad, surf, pop and...
In May 2018, the group featured in The Guardian for their politically charged song 'Your Body', while July saw the group release new...
Originally coming from a couple of small rural villages in the Glens of Antrim and Belfast runabay are six musicians who through their...
Formed in 2011, Mark Prunty (guitar/vox), Podge Gill (guitar/vox), Ross McNerney (banjo/mandolin), Emmett Collum (drums) are the four...
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,...
In 2012, Neill, Adam and Rodge, who formerly had played all over the country, held residencies in Dublin, recorded and released an...
FUZZ GIGOLO | Diverse 6 piece band : guitar, bass, drums & vocals x 3 : Original 'Lo-Fi' Rock. Likened to a mix of Ian Dury and The...
Keith John began his journey as a songwriter, in a small room in Listowel Co. Kerry, with Glen Hansard sharing his thoughts and...
Rogue Opinions are a three-piece rock band from Dublin. Taking inspiration from the English punk rock movement of the 70's, Rogue...
The Winter Passing created an infectiously raw mix of garage punk energy and indie rock quirks that garnered critical acclaim. When the...
Delorentos are a melodic, alternative, independent band from North County Dublin, Ireland. Delorentos have released 5 albums (and an...
On a camping trip in the Wicklow mountains, Tommy was the first to wake up. He climbed some rocks and sat down, headphones on, looking...
Hand Models are 4 young natives of Ireland/Northern Ireland, brought together in Belfast, after they met at house gigs that their...
In October 2015, the band released Speeding Cars. It was their most successful release to date and opened the band up to a new...
Crome Yellow are a band from Waterford who tend towards the psychedelic. Combining a modern sound with that of the 60s and 70s, the...
Belfast natives Beauty Sleep bring their dreamy brand of pop music to Stradbally this weekend. The trio formed over a couple of...
Launched originally as Colours Afrobeat Foundation; Boye (PapaGee) & Colours Afrobeat is Ireland’s Foremost multicultural band...
Formed in 2015, Velvet Alibi is the result of a musical collaboration between Anna Nolan, Vocals – (born Croydon, Surrey) and Rohan...
The Remedy Club are a roots/ americana duo comprising Aileen Mythen (vocals and percussion) and Kj McEvoy (guitar and vocals). Renowned...
Joey Weidner (guitars) and Jonathon ‘JR’ Russell (vocals) are TALKING WAVES. Inspired by the Muscle Shoals Alabama story that...
Multi-Platinum Award winning Irish Folk Legends The Wolfetones are now in their 56th year: Tommy Byrne, Brian Warfield and Noel Nagle....
Hatchlings is a collaborative project made up of five multi-instrumentalists and songwriters. Hailing from different pockets of the...
The Saw Doctors are an Irish rock band. Formed in 1986 in Tuam, County Galway, they have achieved eighteen Top 30 singles in the...
Rough Sunday are the songrwiting duo Amhlaoibh McSweeney & Diarmuid Wolfe, two young musicians from the West Cork Gaeltacht. ...
The Shades are a young 5 piece rock'n'roll/blues band from West Dublin/Kildare. Formed in late 2013, They started gigging around the...
Is a new Irish-based group creating a unique blend of Irish Traditional Music and Old Time American Folk, with hints of funk, jazz, and...
Hailing from Dublin, Brand New Dead Things are a power rock trio playing melodic, groovy, modern rock with an array of influences....
Orchid Collective consists of four musicians from each corner of Ireland, taking a wide range of influences from the likes of Alt J,...
Imagine what Frank Turners new album would sound like if he listened exclusively to Queen for a year, and then asked Future Islands to...
Kyro Jones have worked tirelessly on the Dublin live circuit refining their songs and perfecting their unique brand of Alternative...
Paulie Martin is an accomplished Irish musician with 18+ years of experience in the Irish music industry. Mainly focused around the...
Award-winning quartet WeBanjo3 from Galway, Ireland combine Irish Music with Old-Time American and Bluegrass influences to reveal the...
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...
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...
Slacke is a 4 piece band from Cavan town consisting of Daragh Slacke, Josh McClory, Liam McCabe, and Barry Fitzgerald. Darragh Slacke...
Little One are a Post/Indie group formed in Dublin. The collective made their Glastonbury and Electric Picnic debuts this past Summer,...
Pine The Pilcrow released their debut EP in March 2016 and haven’t looked back. With glowing reviews from Irelands leading music...
Electric Shore are a three piece indie rock band from Ratoath Co.Meath Ireland. Formed in 2013, the growth and development of Electric...
brand new friend are probably one of the most uplifting prospects on the Belfast scene, they've got hints of American bands like The...
Mixing the world of analog synthesizers and modern-day production techniques the lads have created a sound that is very unique. Catchy...
Cerebral, mature, joyously melodic, a band that strives to make well crafted dance-able songs. Songs to provide joy even when dealing...
Matua Trap are a trio outputting progressively tinged rock music. Hailing from Belfast in the north they released their debut record...
No Oil Paintings are a vivacious, dynamic alternative-folk band from Belfast. Using typical folk instrumentation and four-part...
Hailing from Dublin and formed in 2013 The Ground Will Shake are Gavin Healy, Paul O'Connor, Joe Rodgers and Adam Smith. They released...
In 2007 producer Sharon Browne filmed the first ever Celtic Thunder show at the Helix in Dublin, Ireland. The concept was to feature a...
The Late Twos are a Northern Irish Indie Rock band, formed at the end of 2010 in Belfast. A lively and energetic five piece outfit,...
Atlas Moon come from Ireland via Dublin, Galway & Italy. Formed in 2014, the band play their own distinctive brand of alternative...
Like a phoenix formed from the ashes of 2015, Orwells ’84 are a unique musical outfit based in Dundalk. With a huge variety of...
Aged between 18 and 22, The Luna Kicks are four boys, two of which are brothers - Jordan & Nathan Edgar, Jack Meenan and Marc...
Last year the band released “Peace Will Come,” a single supported by National Radio Station 2FM, featured as the Homegrown Hero and...
Buffalo Sunn incorporate sounds from the 60’s right up to the present day, mixing big reverb-laden harmonies with carefully placed...
we are a metal band located in cork city. playing originals that consist of low tuned instruments groovy riffs mixed with sinister...
THE VALVES are a young, up and coming, indie rock band based in Bettystown, Co. Meath consisting of on vocalist and rhythm guitarist...
Following the successful Summer they had in 2014, had an even bigger Summer in 2015. They made their Festival Main Stage debut at their...
Formed in late 2017 Tuesday at Six are a four piece rock band from Gorey, Co. Wexford. The band consists of Cian FitzPatrick on vocals,...
Since forming in 2017 and debuting their first single, Open Spaces, A Great Quiet have continued to build their sound. Taking...
One of the most promising alternative prospects to emerge from Northern Ireland in an age - Brian Coney, Drowned in Sound. The newest...
The Vercettis formed in 2016 and have spent the last few years gigging around Cork City, writing songs and experimenting with different...
Frankenstein Bolts are a four-piece indie dream pop/jangle pop outfit from Wexford, Ireland. The band originated as Justin Cullen’s...
Chief Keegan are an instrumental funk band from Dublin. This four piece are greatly influenced by bands like Vulfpeck,The Meters,...
A modern progressive rock band with a throwback vibe to the great 70's progressive band. Out of a similar vein to that of Dream Theater...
Blind Poet’s music lies somewhere between neo classical contemporary celtic folk and contemporary world music sound; a music which...
Fontaines D.C. met as a quintet in Dublin, influenced and driven in equal measure by the rich history of their hometown’s...
Hello Casanova are an alternative pop rock act hailing for Armagh, Northern Ireland. Since their first release, ‘I’ll Be Waiting’...
King Bones are a 6-piece synth-punk group from Dublin city. With some serious tunes under their belt, like Who’s Got The...
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...
LOWLIGHT GATHERING are purveyors of electric indie-folk music that stirs emotions and touches hearts wherever they travel. The Monaghan...
Mongrel State is a four-piece band from Dublin with a sound that incorporates a wide sonic palette - from Rockabilly to Rock,...
Hidden Stills are a Wicklow based duo who have been writing and performing their own style of pared back contemporary folk songs since...
Hailing from Dublin, Silverbacks are a thrilling prospect, delivering their own louche take on NYC-indebted rock. They ply their trade...
Pecking Party are a Dublin based four-piece heavy electronic rock band with a sound that blends some of the heavier elements of...
Wyvern Lingo have been writing music together since they met at age 11. They originally bonded over hand-me-down albums of Led...
Vernon Jane are here to kick the living daylights out of you and your loved ones and teach you a lesson while your at it (THE THIN...
The Sacreblues Band is an Irish-French project based in Dublin brought to the world in 2011. Though influences are many, their sound...
Castlebar based singer-songwriter Aidan Bolger has been playing on the live music scene in Ireland and UK for over a decade with...
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...
Brass Phantoms are a five-piece Post-Indie Rock band from Dublin. The band consists of Ryan Cashell (vocals & bass), Greg Whelan...
Train Room is the brainchild of Balla songwriter, musician and producer Joe Monaghan. Train Room’s first gig, at Dublin’s showcase...
Formed in late 2016 as a musical experimentation outlet, for the past year Ember Trails have been cascading on to Belfast’s local...
The Girl Talk is Mark McKenna (Vocals and Rhythm Guitar), Ben Spelman (Lead Guitar), Jack Bird (Drums), & Jonathan Cooke Allen...
The band was originally formed in July 2014 as Popgun Warfare by friends Adam Wilson (Drums), Marty McCormack (Bass) and Aaron Mills...
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...
The Riptide Movement are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland in 2006 by vocalist and guitarist Mal Tuohy, guitarist John...
Future Fears are an alt-pop band from Dublin, Ireland. Formed in late 2015 the band has grown from strength to strength while...
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...
There is an Island combine rich vocals, earthy violin textures, minimal piano and etherial soundscapes to form songs inspired by 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...
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...
Fuelled by fuzz riffs and punk energy, Belfast duo Bosco Ramos is emblematic of a Northern Irish rock scene in rude health. Friends and...
Billow Wood are an exciting new band committed to creating a new fusion sound for people of all ages to enjoy. ...
Shag Haired Villains are a three piece rock band based in Dublin. Formed in the summer of 2012, the band consists of Dave Byrne on...
Essential listening for those who like their music powerful and heartfelt, Hot Press magazine (October 2018). ...
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...
Just Like Us is a three-piece up-and-coming Irish pop band. Consisting of lead singer and guitarist Liam Óg Ó hOistín, drummer James...
Rising from the ashes of Dublin Ireland's gradually growing electronic music scene, the award winning DJ/Producer Josh Coakley is one...
Post-Party are a 4 piece indie rock band from Dublin. Having already shared stages with fellow Irish bands The Academic, The Murder...
Classic Yellow are an alternative/ psychedelic quartet based in Dublin, Ireland. While maintaining a cohesive and recognisable sound,...