Up and coming Irish original bands playing all genres and styles of music, who are based in Ireland. Listed randomly.
Javier Carrillo (Javi) is an Irish-Peruvian musician, songwriter, and producer making indie rock and pop. His influences are...
Petty Youth are a garage/glam punk band from County Down, Northern Ireland. Formed in 2013, they have been unleashing their caustic...
For Foresters, the experimental post-folk act from Letterkenny, Co. Donegal have been in the depths of creating art that will be sent...
No Oil Paintings are a vivacious, dynamic alternative-folk band from Belfast. Using typical folk instrumentation and four-part...
Like a phoenix formed from the ashes of 2015, Orwells ’84 are a unique musical outfit based in Dundalk. With a huge variety of...
Hailing from Galway The Valmonts has performed extensively throughout Ireland before moving to Dublin. The Valmonts succeed in standing...
Since forming in 2017 and debuting their first single, Open Spaces, A Great Quiet have continued to build their sound. Taking...
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...
Mick and Ríona went on to collaborate on a number of projects. Their latest and boldest is Monster Monster, an alternative pop act...
Future Stops are a five-piece indie rock band from Dublin, Ireland. Their energetic performance and sprawling sound is driven by the...
Shrink like Alice are a four piece band from Navan, Co.Meath, Ireland. Based out of Dublin, Ireland. Formed by frontman Gary Clerkin...
Heroes in Hiding are an alternative rock band with a vibrant touch of electronics. Based in Dublin, the 4-piece formed as it is today...
Gender Chores is a Northern Irish Punk Rock band from Bangor, formed by Samantha McCann, Sophie Price, and AJ Mawhinney in June 2018....
Castlebar based singer-songwriter Aidan Bolger has been playing on the live music scene in Ireland and UK for over a decade with...
Slacke is a 4 piece band from Cavan town consisting of Daragh Slacke, Josh McClory, Liam McCabe, and Barry Fitzgerald. Darragh Slacke...
Let’s Set Sail are a band from Dublin that began as a songwriting project for two university students, studying classical music...
Stray Melody are a recently formed act who are following in the footsteps of acts such as Glen Hansard, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Hudson...
Train Room is the brainchild of Balla songwriter, musician and producer Joe Monaghan. Train Room’s first gig, at Dublin’s showcase...
Orchid Collective consists of four musicians from each corner of Ireland, taking a wide range of influences from the likes of Alt J,...
King Bones are a 6-piece synth-punk group from Dublin city. With some serious tunes under their belt, like Who’s Got The...
W.A.L.K.E.R. are a Dublin based band who formed in 2017 with one idea in mind and that was to bring rock back to a mainstream audience....
Mongrel State is a four-piece band from Dublin with a sound that incorporates a wide sonic palette - from Rockabilly to Rock,...
Last year the band released “Peace Will Come,” a single supported by National Radio Station 2FM, featured as the Homegrown Hero and...
Rising from the ashes of Dublin Ireland's gradually growing electronic music scene, the award winning DJ/Producer Josh Coakley is one...
Pecking Party are a Dublin based four-piece heavy electronic rock band with a sound that blends some of the heavier elements of...
Paulie Martin is an accomplished Irish musician with 18+ years of experience in the Irish music industry. Mainly focused around the...
brand new friend are probably one of the most uplifting prospects on the Belfast scene, they've got hints of American bands like The...
Panik Attaks are a no-nonsense Irish punk rock band formed in Dublin in late 2017. The band is comprised of songwriter Rob Walsh (Cold...
Joey Weidner (guitars) and Jonathon ‘JR’ Russell (vocals) are TALKING WAVES. Inspired by the Muscle Shoals Alabama story that...
Not Monsters is what happens when you smash the melodic experimentalism of CFIT together with the powerhouse riffing of Punch Face...
Blackbird and Crow come from the farthest northern corner of Co Donegal, Ireland. The band formed four years ago and are comprised of...
The Sacreblues Band is an Irish-French project based in Dublin brought to the world in 2011. Though influences are many, their sound...
In 2015 Great White Lies released their debut ep to critical acclaim including a nomination from Pure M for best ep and winning VAI...
The Vercettis formed in 2016 and have spent the last few years gigging around Cork City, writing songs and experimenting with different...
A ferocious convergence of blues and folk executed through fierce vocals, eclectic percussion and driving rhythmic guitar. An acoustic...
Following the successful Summer they had in 2014, had an even bigger Summer in 2015. They made their Festival Main Stage debut at their...
Acrasia benefits no end from years the band have spent gigging and writing songs together: its 13 tracks arrived fully formed, played...
Ricotta Rojo are a 3 piece Funk/Blues rock band hailing form the musical town of Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. ...
Mixing the world of analog synthesizers and modern-day production techniques the lads have created a sound that is very unique. Catchy...
Seán is from Drogheda, Co Louth, Ireland. Irish Music Magazine remarked on his debut album Dreaming is Allowed Mathews has a good way...
Paul McCann is a singer/ song writer and multi-instrumentalist from Cavan Ireland. Having played various instruments in bands since...
Frankenstein Bolts are a four-piece indie dream pop/jangle pop outfit from Wexford, Ireland. The band originated as Justin Cullen’s...
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 Fugues are an indie-rock band based in Belfast. Influenced by the indie and pop-rock music of the 90s and 2000s, their colourful...
Billy Treacy is a Folk singer/songwriter from Dublin's Inner City. A modern day Balladeer with contemporary story songs using...
Based in Dublin, Hoodoo Reelin came about through Sheila's want to create music based around three vocal harmony parts in soul, funk,...
Barefoot Magicians formed in early 2017 after a recording session In Dublin’s prestigious Windmill Lane Studios. The band dedicates...
The Comstocks are a band from Newbridge in Co. Kildare, Ireland. Originally performing under the moniker ‘Fresco Future’, the band...
Following the release of their debut single 'The Apple Truck' and an ensuing tour around Ireland, Gorilla Troubadour have made a name...
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...
Chief Keegan are an instrumental funk band from Dublin. This four piece are greatly influenced by bands like Vulfpeck,The Meters,...
One of the most enthralling live acts in recent times, Ham Sandwich are well known for their incendiary live performances which has put...
THE VALVES are a young, up and coming, indie rock band based in Bettystown, Co. Meath consisting of on vocalist and rhythm guitarist...
Aptly defining themselves as an exciting new music cabal, the playfully psychedelic Electric Octopus (and their Electric Octopus...
Four years on from an initial explosive emergence, the Dublin-based three-piece haven’t so much discovered their voice as...
Tour Alaska is the solo project of A Plastic Rose frontman Gerry Norman featuring Jordan Farndell (violin, guitar, piano) and Ciara...
Classic Yellow are an alternative/ psychedelic quartet based in Dublin, Ireland. While maintaining a cohesive and recognisable sound,...
A rowdy folk hop n roll band from the hills of Donegal hellbent on world domination. Born and raised on a diet of pub singsongs and...
Those Ghosts are an Indie Rock band formed by four friends in Strabane, Co. Tyrone. Their first single, 'Evelyn', rather unexpectedly...
Cerebral, mature, joyously melodic, a band that strives to make well crafted dance-able songs. Songs to provide joy even when dealing...
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,...
Irish duo, Hudson Taylor released their long-awaited debut album “Singing for strangers” in 2015. The multi-instrumentalists honed...
Fuelled by fuzz riffs and punk energy, Belfast duo Bosco Ramos is emblematic of a Northern Irish rock scene in rude health. Friends and...
Award-winning quartet WeBanjo3 from Galway, Ireland combine Irish Music with Old-Time American and Bluegrass influences to reveal the...
Castle Street consists of brothers Jordan and Ruadhán Mew, originally from Roscommon. The boys started their gigging careers in their...
Pine The Pilcrow released their debut EP in March 2016 and haven’t looked back. With glowing reviews from Irelands leading music...
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...
It’s not uncommon for bands to begin with grand dreams of future success, but for every realised ambition there are dozens that...
In May 2018, the group featured in The Guardian for their politically charged song 'Your Body', while July saw the group release new...
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...
Majestic Bears are a folk band from Galway with a varying range of influences from Irish/American folk music, Trad, surf, pop and...
The Saw Doctors are an Irish rock band. Formed in 1986 in Tuam, County Galway, they have achieved eighteen Top 30 singles in the...
Black Bank Folk burst onto the Irish music scene in 2016 with their critically acclaimed debut album 'Rising'. They spent 2016 and...
Moon Looks On are an Irish band based primarily in Dublin, .Their sound encompasses a fusion of both modern contemporary folk and soul,...
Multi-Platinum Award winning Irish Folk Legends The Wolfetones are now in their 56th year: Tommy Byrne, Brian Warfield and Noel Nagle....
This young trad trio from Country Clare blend Irish traditional melodies with and innovative rhythmic and melodic garnish. These socks...
October Fires are a four-piece group consisting of Carol Somers on piano, vocals and percussion, Lisa Baker on piano, vocals and...
Hello Casanova are an alternative pop rock act hailing for Armagh, Northern Ireland. Since their first release, ‘I’ll Be Waiting’...
Harmony loving Folk/Pop duo from Cork, ‘The Shruggs’, (comprising of long-time friends and Musicians James Downing and Kees...
Callous Crows are a wild and loud two-piece band from the Kildare/Offaly area. From gritty and powerful vocals to winding ''roller...
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...
Belfast four piece The Crossfire Hurricanes are driving their own tanked-up style of blues-infused Indie Rock&Roll, and they rarely...
Belfast natives Beauty Sleep bring their dreamy brand of pop music to Stradbally this weekend. The trio formed over a couple of...
Post-Party are a 4 piece indie rock band from Dublin. Having already shared stages with fellow Irish bands The Academic, The Murder...
Screaming Orphans, an all-sister band from Bundoran, Co. Donegal, Ireland, are one of the most sought after Celtic bands with a...
Hatchlings is a collaborative project made up of five multi-instrumentalists and songwriters. Hailing from different pockets of the...
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...
Casavettes are an emotive alternative rock band hailing from Limerick, Ireland. They have spent the past few years honing their craft...
Hand Models are 4 young natives of Ireland/Northern Ireland, brought together in Belfast, after they met at house gigs that their...
Saint Sister, formed 2014, is the creation of Morgan MacIntyre & Gemma Doherty. Mixing celtic harp, 60s folk and electronic pop...
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...
The Pogues are a band of mixed Irish and English background, playing traditional Irish music with influences from punk rock, formed in...
The Undertones are a punk rock/new wave band formed in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1975. From 1975 to 1983, the Undertones consisted of...
Arco Arena are an original Irish four piece post funk / dance-rock band from the currently vibrant music scene of Dundalk , County...
The Lost Brothers are an Irish musical duo consisting of Mark McCausland and Oisin Leech, formerly of The Basement and The 747s. In...
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...
OverLockers are a hard-hitting, no bullshit Rock band coming out of Dublin, with a combination of heavy face melting riffs and a...
Foreign Owl comprises three young souls born EXACTLY at the stroke of 3 bells, born PRECISELY on the land border between Japan and...
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”...
Brass Phantoms are a five-piece Post-Indie Rock band from Dublin. The band consists of Ryan Cashell (vocals & bass), Greg Whelan...
Rogue Opinions are a three-piece rock band from Dublin. Taking inspiration from the English punk rock movement of the 70's, Rogue...
The Riptide Movement are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland in 2006 by vocalist and guitarist Mal Tuohy, guitarist John...
Blind Poet’s music lies somewhere between neo classical contemporary celtic folk and contemporary world music sound; a music which...
Buffalo Sunn incorporate sounds from the 60’s right up to the present day, mixing big reverb-laden harmonies with carefully placed...