Belfast's Drew Makes Noise started as guitarist with indie/dance crossover act Ed Zealous who released their NI Music Prize nominated debut album “Wired” via Fierce Panda subsidiary Club Fandango in 2014.

Since disbandment, he’s been creating a vision in his home studio. Immersed in a world of synths, canned orchestras, guitar effects and late night psychedelic country walks, Drew’s been dreaming up a Psych-Pop-Prog-Rock world all of his own.

Cathal Francis is an indie folk singer-songwriter from the townland of Culmore on the Derry-Donegal border. With a vulnerable and intimate style of writing and playing, he has been likened to songwriters such as Elliott Smith, Paul Simon and Nick Drake.

In 2017 Hannah McPhillimy, aka ferna, originally from Coleraine in Northern Ireland, moved to the US for two years to complete a Masters in Music Composition at the University of Michigan. This relocation inspired the sounds and sentiment for “New City”, the third release from her debut album, Understudy (out Spring 2023).

Exuberant synths, homemade drum kits (literally, made from a suitcase) and dispassionate vocals, this track visits both the euphoria of beginning again and the pain of having a reason to leave in the first place.

“Trying to hold onto a sense of who you are, while also shedding an old skin. It’s the tension between those things.” - ferna

Alternative R&B Pop artist Helen Murray has received critical acclaim for her previous releases, Thank You, Move Me, and Royalty by the likes of Today FM, Spin 1038, Nialler9, GoldenPlec, RTE Pulse and many more. Her upcoming release Wrong Time is an energising and uplifting R&B Pop anthem telling

Helen’s struggles with procrastination. Ironically, Helen Murray wrote Wrong Time about her difficulty with everyday distractions when it comes to writing and creating music

Cork-based Psyche Pop/Rock Duo Kevin Ring and James Moone (Ebben Phlö) release their third Single, ‘All Nighter.’ A Lazy dream Rock/Pop ballad filled with interesting instrumental licks and earnest vocals. This song takes inspiration from Dream pop as well as Hip Hop.

FĒNIX is the solo project of Carlow multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Darragh O’Connor. Describing his sound as “big beats and sexy synths”, FĒNIX leans heavily on Synthwave and 80s vibes to create melody-driven alt-pop.

Out of Light is the new single from Wicklow dream-pop artist Spacing. Spacing is a project that came together after a year of writing and recording songs with a drum machine at home. The song was recorded with a full band in the Hive Studios, Kilcoole, where it was mixed and mastered by Eoin Whitfield of Ehco and formerly of Enemies. The drum machine remained in the recording with the goal of maintaining the lo-fi sound of its early demos. Lyrically, the song is about the desire to be left in the dark and the benefits of not knowing why things haven’t gone as planned. The accompanying video was filmed and edited by Ben Farrelly of Ragaire, it was shot in various locations in Kilcoole, near where the song was written and recorded.

Fiona Fox is a singer-songwriter from Castlebar, Co. Mayo. After completing a degree in Music at UCC in 2012, Fox spent several years abroad in the UK, USA and Australia before returning back home to Mayo and to music. Inspired by her favourite authors, Henry Miller and Charles Bukowski, Fox writes songs highlighting the vulnerability, humour, and heartbreak of the human condition. In July 2022, Fox self-released her first EP, which features three original songs, and a haunting cover of The Killers ‘Read My Mind’. Recorded at home, the EP has been a collaborative effort with virtual contributions from friends and family in Ohio and Michigan. Fox has many more songs written and is currently working on recording new material to release a second EP.

Paulie Martin is a well-established local musician based in Mullingar. A familiar face to most and a recognisable voice and guitar player to the rest. His influences range across multiple genres but his roots are in Blues, Funk and Rock. Paulie started writing and playing with original bands and as a solo artist at the age of 15, headlining and supporting multiple gigs between the two. Highlights include Whelan's Ones To Watch, Midnight Sessions, and Electric Picnic. In 2018/19, Paulie also had three spectacular sold out gigs in the form of Paulie Martin & Friends which includes some of his bests friends and members of his covers/jam band, Tonic House Collective, at local Mullingar venues, Canton Casey's and The Stables at Smiddy's bar.

Since then, during the 'global hiatus', Paulie has been busy finishing 7 songs and counting, hitting the studio with his extremely talented 7 piece band and ready to burst with an eclectic, genre filled album full of soul, rock, funk and pop.

Currently releasing his song 'Cherokee Rose' on the 16th June 2022 which was recorded in Grouse Lodge with the help of the Arts Councils Local Live Performance Scheme in 2021.

Like their name suggests, modernlove. explore the complexities of the modern lives of twenty-somethings. Even though their lives are still complicated, Barry, Cian, Danny and Graham of Drogheda have already nailed their sound; they deliver polished, indie-pop with a glossy '90s sheen and intricate details.

ROOUE are the electro-pop twins merging glistening noughties pop, gorgeous harmonization and R&B infused stylings to create an honest, insightful look into love, loss and uncertainty in 2022.

Wallis Bird has been enrapturing audiences for over a decade, playing over 1000 shows in that time worldwide. She has won multiple international awards including two Irish Meteor Awards, and has also received a nomination for the Irish Choice Music Prize. Her irrepressible energy on stage is one of her trademarks; even the Irish Times once noted it could ‘kickstart an entire economy’.