"On a hot Saturday afternoon at Glastonbury, while many are nursing halfway-point hangovers, the Dublin garage punk quartet Sprints whip up a jubilant mosh pit with their charged tune Descartes, Irish tricolour flags bobbing above them. As summer speeds on, at Japan's Fuji rock festival, new songs from Galway indie act NewDad enrapture the crowd. Travy, a Nigerian-born and Tallaght-raised rapper, crafts a mixtape inflected with his Dublin lilt, the follow-up to the first Irish rap album to top the Irish charts."
"Efe transcends Dublin bedroom pop to get signed by US label Fader, and on Later With Jools Holland, George Houston performs the haunting Lilith a tribute to political protest singers everywhere in a distinctive Donegal accent. From Melbourne to Mexico City, concertgoers continue to scream to that opening loop on strings of Fontaines DC's Starburster, and CMAT's viral woke macarena dance to her hit single Take a Sexy Picture of Me plays out in festival pits and on TikTok."
Sprints energized a jubilant mosh pit at Glastonbury with their charged tune Descartes, while NewDad's new songs enraptured audiences at Japan's Fuji rock festival. Travy, a Nigerian-born, Tallaght-raised rapper, released a mixtape infused with his Dublin lilt following Ireland's first rap album to top national charts. Efe progressed from Dublin bedroom pop to signing with US label Fader, and George Houston performed Lilith in a Donegal accent on Later With Jools Holland. Fontaines DC's Starburster and CMAT's viral Take a Sexy Picture of Me repeatedly provoked festival singalongs and TikTok dances. An eclectic roster including Lankum, Gilla Band and Pillow Queens demonstrates a robust, internationally recognised alternative scene reshaping perceptions of Irish music.
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