Highlights

Emma Noodles
10 new Irish songs of the week

Featuring Annie-Dog, Virgins, Ana Palindrome, The Cliffords, Thee U.F.O, Lil Skag, Lewwab, Emma Noodles, ZOID, quirke.

Sign Crushes Motorist: The Irish slowcore artist with over 4 million monthly listeners

The nature of our fractured music landscape these days means that we’re regularly hearing about…

NewDAD.
The best gigs in Dublin this week (February 27th to March 4th)

Gig Guide highlights: NewDad, OXN, Imagining Ireland with Sorcha Richardson, Ye Vagabonds & more, The Pharcyde, Laurie Anderson Listening Party, Sherelle, FJAAK, Or:la, Digitalism, Maribou State, MIKE, Folk Awards, Prospa, Lime Garden, Thee U.F.O, All Tvvins, Caoillian Sherlock.

Bat For Lashes
10 new songs to love this week

Featuring Adrianne Lenker, Bat For Lashes, Mathman, Bullion, Panda Bear, Peer Pleasure, Paul Dally, Annika Kilkenny, ABRA, Groupthink, Drahla

Choice Music Prize podcast
Nialler9 Podcast: Which Irish album will win the Choice Prize this year?

On this near-annual episode, Niall and Andrea are joined by writer and journalist Sophia McDonald…

Digitalism.
Guestlist: Digitalism pick 10 tracks they love right now

Ahead of their Dublin show this weekend, The German dance duo Digitalism are the latest to contribute to our guestlist series.

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Body & Soul Festival will not take place this year

Body & Soul Festival have announced a “pause”. The festival in Ballinlough Castle has put…

Give Us The Night hosting nationwide public talks about nightlife

Where Is The Night? is a nationwide tour of public talks, discussing the ongoing delay…

Choice Music Prize announce Irish classic album winner Achtung Baby

The RTÉ Choice Music Prize has announced the winner of the Classic Irish Album for…

Kneecap
Kneecap’s debut album Fine Art is out this summer on Heavenly

The Belfast Irish language trio shared also a new single ‘Sick In The Head’. Only…

Pinkpantheress
The best gigs in Dublin this week (February 20th – 26th)

Gig Guide highlights: PinkPantheress, The Line, New Jackson, Hot Chip DJ set, DBridge, Craig Finn, Joy Oladokun, DDR Spring Party, Robocobra Quartet, Oh Boland, Bella Festa with Bordello Soundsystem, Making Shapes, BackStory, DJ Heartstring, Rhiannon Giddens.

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10 new songs to love this week

Featuring Kim Gordon, BKLAVA, Jessica Pratt, Schoolboy Q, Tomike, Georgia, Four Tet, OMNI, Lime Garden,Polygonia.

Laurie Anderson
Nialler9 Podcast: Laurie Anderson – Big Science (1982)

The hosts of the Nialler9 Podcast (Niall Byrne and Andrea Cleary) in conjunction with The…

Dug
10 new Irish songs of the week

Featuring: DUG, Really Good Time, single men in Their Twenties, Onion Boys, The Expert, Jillelli, Elaphi, Long Island Sound, Ria Rua, Arveene, Alex Gough.

Dublin Gig Guide
The best gigs in Dublin this week (February 13th – 19th)

Gig Guide highlights: Borderline Festival, L’Rain, A Night For Gaza, Gruff Rhys, Nouvelle Vague, The Shift Shack Soundsystem, Phil Kieran A/V show, Fizz, O., Dan Shake, George Fitzgerald, Robert John Ardiff, Driven Snow.

AIR French Band play Moon Safari in full in Dublin. Photo: Willy Huvey
AIR to play classic album Moon Safari in Dublin this summer

The French band AIR will celebrate 25 years of their seminal chill electronic album Moon…

Lambrini Girls (Photo: Marilena Vlachopoulou)
Lambrini Girls on punk, Iggy Pop and creating safe spaces

Lambrini Girls are ready for a “silly time” next week when they play their first…

10 new songs to love this week

Featuring: Beth Gibbons, John Glacier, Lil Yachty, Yard Act, Katy J Pearson, Mount Kimbie, F3miii, This Is The Kit, Curtisy, Paranoid London, Bikini Body.

Madvillain
Nialler9 Podcast: Madvillainy turns 20

On this week’s pod, it’s a deep dive into an album from one of our…

Jaguar / Gig Guide
The best gigs in Dublin this week (February 6th – 12th)

Gig Guide highlights: Mandy, Indiana; Lumo Club, Dublin Bowie Festival, Pip Blom, Def Nettle, A.Savage, Slayyyter, Jah Wobble, Honeypot, Ross From Friends, Jaguar, George FitzGerald, Sign Crushes Motorist, Laufey, Spike Cello Fest, Nerves, A Lethal Black Ooze, Search Results, Mother Daytime Disco, Rebūke.