Fans of English folksters Tunng will surely be interested in what Diagrams are offering with their debut single Antelope, the soundtrack to a woodland waltz with brass and strings.

http://www.diagramsmusic.co.uk/

Friends

There’s no shortage of bands from Brooklyn with annoying unGoogleable names and Friends could definitely be included in that list. What saves them is Friend Crush, their debut single, a slinking bass-line heavy pop song about the merits of friendship.
Friends – Friend Crush

New single from Jape

A brand new Double A-side single from Richie Egan aka Jape is the first pre-cursor of new material from his new album Ocean Of Frequency which gets a release in September.

Listen at Nialler9

Bleeding Knees Club

Garage surf thrash pop from Queensland, Australia courtesy of Alex Wall and Jordan Malane. Start your love affair with the band with the Ramones-esque thrill of Have Fun.

Listen at Facebook

New Hot Chip – Take it in
After revealing that the followup to Made in the Dark is to be called One Life Stand and will be released in February, they debuted this taster track from the album. Watch out for a Dublin date shortly too.

The Sandwitches
As featured on the influential Gorilla Vs. Bear music blog, The Sandwitches are a San Fran three-piece which hark back to the good ole naive times when rock and roll was new, fresh and upbeat.
http://www.myspace.com/thesandwitches

Jape remixes Patrick Kelleher
Debuted on Nialler9.com last week, Richie Egan’s mix of Wonder is the first taste of the forthcoming remix album of Kelleher’s debut. The album is due in the New Year on Osaka Records and will feature remixes from Irish artists like Legion of Two, David Kitt, Hunter-Gatherer, Cat Scars, Skinny Wolves, Katie Kim and Hulk.
http://short.ie/japepk

2. Brian O’ Driscoll’s Cantona moment
BOD drops an admirable seagull/trawler style answer to a standard dull press question. A must see.

3. Jape 2FM Session Videos
Recent Choice Music Prize winner calls into the Donnybrook studio to play stripped down new songs ‘Downpour’ and ‘If You Can Here Me’ as well as ‘Graveyard’. Kudos to RTE for the HD option.
http://tinyurl.com/jape2fm

4. Vampire Weekend play new song on TV
A new track from the forthcoming album (TBA) ‘White Sky’ is given its first public airing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last week complete with violin section. Yes, the song sounds like something from a Wes Anderson movie but that’s still good right?