What I'm currently listening to

Have plans for some updates soon but I thought I would just share  a quick post on the songs I've been listening to lately, I know some of my readers are from different parts of the world so maybe I can introduce them to some local Northern Irish acts as well as other artists they might not have heard of.

In no particular order:

I really like this song, I have been a fan of Lauren Bird for a while now but I will have to check out more of Darren's songs. I love the clean guitar melody and the vocal harmonies.

My Dad got the first two seasons of The Dectectorists at Christmas and I have to say I was a bit skeptical but it is such a lovely show. The icing on top is it's title song which is sung by a guy called Johnny Flynn who I had never heard of before.

I only came across Dawes after reading about them in a magazine saying that they were a underrated band and I checked them out and had to agree.I got their second most recent album and I will probably get their other albums when I get a chance.

I changed the strings on my acoustic guitar recently (finally!) so this is one of the songs I've been playing. It's a great song (as is Little Talks and Dirty Paws) and it's a cool video as well.

Ok technically this is a cover of a classic song but it is a really great cover with a number of different vocalists and they are clearly have an awesome time performing it.

Owen Denvir got retweeted by Coldplay for his mashup video of their songs but his own original music is pretty great as well. Helps that he can play multiple instruments!

This is a band from Northern Ireland, they really have to be seen live to really experience them properly. I saw them last Thursday night and they nearly blew the roof off! This video was taken 3 years ago and I've no doubt that they have improved since then.

Hope you enjoy these songs if you haven't heard any of them before.