GoldenPlec - Æ MAK At The Grand Social
9 March 2019
Pop pluralist Æ Mak invited us to dance our faces off for International Women’s Day. Naturally we were much obliged. After support from Hunting Hall, The Grand Social is filled with an audience abuzz with anticipation as a previous ..
Music News - turan releases 'Ruby' featuring Elena Tonra
8 March 2019
‘Ruby’ is the stunning new single from the East London based artist turan. It tells the story of turan’s late grandmother Ruby’s passing. It explores the thoughts and emotions one deals with, and the questions you are left with when a loved one departs. The emotional, stirr..
CLASH - Premiere: Æ MAK 'We Have It Right Here' Music Video
7 March 2019
Irish artist Aoife McCann brings together a mosaic of sounds to craft something vivid and unique with her project Æ MAK. Matching electronic sounds to folk textures, her otherworldly songwriting has a touch of the uncanny about it. Take new single 'We Have It Right..
District Magazine - Æ MAK
6 March 2019
“My songs are not politically-fuelled, it’s more of a self-indulgent process for me being honest” Ahead of the Æ MAK headline show this Friday, Carla Jenkins has an in-depth chat with Aoife McCann, with photography by Katie Ball...
The Line of Best Fit - Æ MAK’s mutable sound crystallises for a moment on new single “We Have It Right Here”
6 March 2019
Opening with muted nursery rhyme xylophone and Æ Mak's distinctively delivered vocals, new single "We Have It Right Here" is the most recent art-pop offering from the Irish artis..
Atwood Magazine Premiere - The Melancholic Beauty Of The Wild State's Longing “Youth”
6 March 2019
The Wild State dwell in melancholic nostalgia on their breathtaking song “Youth,” a majestic orchestral folk dream. For fans of The Slow Show, Aquilo, Death Cab. Time is a funny thing: The farther we get from the past, the deeper our perception..
National Public Radio - The Austin 100: Novo Amor
5 March 2019
Hometown: Cardiff, Wales Genre: Folk Why We're Excited: Novo Amor, a.k.a. singer-songwriter Ali Lacey, pieces together his songs using only the finest and most fragile organi..
The Line of Best Fit - Gia Margaret and Novo Amor team up for collaborative tracks “No Fun” and “Lucky For You”
1 March 2019
Novo Amor and Gia Margaret have shared two collaborative tracks, "No Fun" and "Lucky For You", created after they toured North America together. The stunning new tracks were recorded at Novo Amor's home studio in Wales after our
GoldenPlec - US Embassy Hosts Send Off For Irish SXSW Delegation
28 February 2019
Chargé d’affaires of The United States Embassy Reece Smyth hosted another send-off for the Irish delegation going to SXSW next week. The event included a panel discussion with Denis Lucey (Dell), Claire McHugh (Axonista Ltd.), Angela Dorgan (First Music Contact), and moderated b..
Pop Matters - Æ MAK Live in the Moment on "We Have It Right Here" (premiere)
28 February 2019
Irish art-pop act Æ MAK naturally subvert any preconceived notions of genre with a sound that unpicks the common threads between pop, folk, and electronic music and splices them together. On new single "We Ha..