Band Links:

Chicks
They haven't gone away you know.

Fight Like Apes
Shouty electro-pop

Groom
pop-prog-folk bombast (in their own words)

The Hollows
Duo specialising in slowburning quiet epics.

Jonny Fun and the... Hesitations
B&S-style acoustic pop.

Mirakil Whip
Sublime electro pop from Galway as played by some of the nicest people you're ever likely to meet.

Mumblin' Deaf Ro'
Literate folk pop.

Paul O'Reilly
His eyes are a blue million miles.

(Retards)
Loud, experimental music from the darker recesses of the human psyche.

Silence This Noise
Dublin purveyor of melancholic bedroom jazz.

So Cow
So Brilliant. From way out west living way out east. Listen to Casablanca and bow before his musical munificence.

Strangleberries
It's alive! It's alive! Roots of my musical family tree.

The Dudley Corporation
Good and proper rawk music.

The Spook Of The Thirteenth Lock
If you only hear one experimental drone folk combo this year let it be The Spook Of The Thirteenth Lock

The Terribles
The name is entirely misleading. Gorgeous indie pop.

The Yeh Deadlies
Fuck yeah! Durty durty powerpop.

General Links:

Thumped
Irish portal and messageboards primarily focused on music but including sections on various topics.

Plastic Donkey
Irish DVD/web music zine concentrating on the experimental end of things with a plethora of live videos from a variety of artists.

Nialler9
Irish-based music and MP3 blog.

Poltergeist Records
Home of the undead Strangleberries, The Terribles and a number of other fantastique arteests.

Noise Not Music
New Irish-centric music and tech blog, also has some juicy live bootlegs.

Rimbaud Records
Irish label, distribution and online shop.