Six releases from 2020 that nailed it (part one)
2020 may be a total garbage heap in terms of life in general (RIP all the gigs that should have been). Still, the music that has come out over the
Grassroots compilation A Litany of Failures Vol. 3 now available to pre-order
The anticipated third volume of A Litany of Failures, a series of ambitious compilations of brand new music from acts across Ireland has been announced with 22 tracks and a
The second issue of Spread has been released – download your copy
Issue Two: Data has today been released on Lazer Guided Reporter. You can download your copy of Spread now. A new forum for writers and artists, Spread launched at the
How to pitch your music to Lazer Guided Reporter
There have been some rumblings on Twitter that generally present this argument: music journalists need to do more digging and more research into the artists that are making music, and
The best music video from our time in lockdown: Drew Makes Noise, ‘Your Garden Grows’
After writing an ode to his garden, and to psychedelia, psych-pop-rock songwriter Drew Makes Noise created a video to accompany his latest single ‘Your Garden Grows’ which was released on
“I don’t believe in the American dream”. Elephant Stone and a poignant message about today
Following the release of their 6th studio album earlier this year, psych-rock band Elephant Stone have crafted a DIY video for their song ‘American Dream’, filmed in frontman Rishi Dhir’s
French Ketamine’s Galway inspired ‘One Thing’
Galway four-piece French Ketamine were one of the earliest bands in the country to take a punt on releasing new music during the pandemic with their self-produced single ‘One Thing’.
“Sitting in admissions with a bag of my stuff” – Fears and a song about living
The lyrics of Constance Keane, the voice of Fears, speak about her experience with the edge. ‘Two_’ is a song that draws a picture of being on the edge of
Kids in the Sky video from Das Kope: a psych vision for our summer in isolation
It was unlikely that Los Angeles-via-Brazil artist Das Kope envisaged that his video premiere for ‘Kids in the Sky’, a song about kids escaping from Earth because the world is
New single ‘Carpet Grave’ by Easy Tide
The discography of Meath trio Easy Tide feels to me like a selection of moments from a person’s life represented in a song, with garage rock storytelling that makes me
