Week of strong releases combats gloom of April showers

All IT’S systems appear in this week’s North Winds issue. In last week’s column, we introduced him to one of the biggest group artists of the year (so far), with a ton of singles dropped in a series of new festival line-up announcements. This week is similar, but bigger. The floodgates are wide open, and thankfully the trusty north wind helps sort out the toil of that perfect spring playlist.

But before that, we have some important live announcements. News broke this week of a new club night in Dublin. Its name is “Fluid”. It’s for “Bisexuals, Pansexuals, Fluids, Flexible + Friends” and will take place at his Pawn Shop, a new venue in Dublin, this May. He’s one for the adventurous, specializing in the fringe and underground dancefloor genres.

And here is the announcement from the AVA Festival. In his full column special a few weeks ago, you may remember them as Ireland’s best gathering of electronic music, a crossroads of dance music, creativity and local talent. Well, this week the company announced another initiative to give back to fans and headline hopefuls in the form of an “Emerging Talent” competition.

A way for independent and fresh creatives to step into the industry, the competition is divided into three categories that emulate AVA’s tenants: DJs, Producers and Visual Artists. Each submission includes Timmy Stewart (The Night Institute and Extended Play), Holly Lester (Duality Tracks and Free the Night), Kwame Daniels (Bounce Culture and Neo Neo), visual artist Kev Freeney, and AVA Senior. Prizes include a suitable record label release of your latest work, a performance slot at the AVA, and creative his workshop with the Freeny judges. Entrants must submit their creative work online by May 17th. Tell your friends that this could be the jump start to the career you want. Let’s move on to the music.

This week has been a jam-packed week of releases from The Independent, but if you follow our carefully curated guide, you’ll have the cutting edge you need for every party this summer to impress your fellow punters. can do.

Yard feat. YinYang – Ecdysis

You may remember the yin and yang in the “Artist to Watch” feature. Here she teams up with honorable mention Yard to create bespoke tracks for the 21st century. Noise rock meets alternative Her electronica meets rap/spoken word. A dark and tacky track that comes from deep within our creative sector.

Claire Sands and I have a tribe – Teasgal

A rugged, pristine folk track that blends traditional and contemporary, this collaborative track emotionally and spiritually stocks the environmental scars left on the earth by human intervention. Harmonies, keys and strings weave together to create a dreamy kaleidoscope of sounds.

Enola Gay – PTS.DUP

The Belfast Noise Act doesn’t focus on the latest political activism. Written after he was injured in a sectarian attack against one of his members, the track examines the disconnect between elected representatives and the constituents they claim to represent. It’s a hard track. One of North Korea’s largest political parties, the quartet has set its sights on him and has gone to great lengths to counteract tribal politics.

Lemonade Shoelaces – I think My Heart Is Set On You

The Newcastle-born producer and songwriter takes shoegaze and indie in technicolor, drawing inspiration from the sea, the sky and his relationships to create his latest tracks. Following his success at SXSW in Texas and his first UK headline release ahead of his tour, this synth space-age romper is a psychedelic wonderland of vibrant, wavy soundscapes. Pull out all the stops on the way to.