Body&Soul Festival 2015 in review & photos

If you were to pick the single best festival in Ireland at the moment, it’s…

Sea Sessions Festival: 12 recommended bands (in association with Vodafone Centre Stage)

Sea Sessions Surf & Music Festival  happens this weekend in Bundoran, rechristened Fundoran for those…

Body & Soul Festival: 20 bands to check out (in association with Vodafone Centre Stage)

Body & Soul Festival does things differently. The festival on the grounds of Ballinlough Castle…

Body&Soul Festival’s Avril Stanley: “This is what I am supposed to do.”

In an age where music festivals have become our de facto way of letting loose,…

Apple Music – Everything you need to know

So what is this Apple Music thing? Apple Music was announced yesterday at the company’s…

Forbidden Fruit Festival: 12 artists you should see this weekend

Friday picks | Saturday picks | Sunday picks | Stage Times | Spotify playlist Friday…

Listening Post: Kitty, Daisy & Lewis

The siblings Kitty, Daisy & Lewis return to Ireland this week with their new album…

The 10 best bands I saw at The Great Escape 2015

20,000 people absconded to the pleasing seaside town of Brighton, less than an hour from…

Sounds from a Safe Harbour curated by Bryce Dessner of The National for Cork

Sounds from a Safe Harbour is a new festival put together by Cork Opera House’s…

Advice from a major label boss to young bands

For the last two months, I’ve been doing a weekly column for the Irish Times…

Le Galaxie’s top 10 highlights of their music lives so far

Le Galaxie are about to release their beast of a second album next Friday. Le…

Record Store Day 2015 – What’s happening around Ireland

Record Store Day, the annual celebration of independent record shops and its stock takes place…

Here’s a 50s-inspired Summer Rock & Roll playlist (in association with Zaconey)

I love a dash of 1950’s American retro music, especially if there’s something weird, wonderful…

Sleep Thieves on their success with Spotify

This is a post written by Wayne Fahy of Sleep Thieves about the band’s largely…

Vinyl Love – 7×7″ set lists from 25 DJs

I’m delighted to tell you that we raised over €4,000 for Marriage Equality​ yesterday at…

Modern Green – A modern Irish playlist for St. Patrick’s Day

For the most up to date Irish music playlist, head to the new Irish music…

#throwbacktune: Super Furry Animals – ‘Hermann ♥s Pauline’

Cultural icons inspire weird Welsh pop genius. Year: 1997 Album: Radiator A petrol station is…

Nialler9’s top 100 songs of 2014

Best of 2014 : Albums | Songs | Readers Irish Albums | Readers Irish songs | Remixes | Videos  Artwork…

Best of 2014: Readers’ favourite gigs, videos, clubs, albums & songs

Best of 2014 : Albums | Songs | Readers Irish Albums | Readers Irish songs | Remixes | Videos  Artwork…

Nialler9’s top 30 albums of 2014

Best of 2014 : Albums | Songs | Readers Irish Albums | Readers Irish songs | Remixes | Videos  Artwork…