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Cinder Well - Dublin Gig Guide
The best gigs in Dublin this week (March 19th – 25th)

Gig Guide highlights: David Holmes, Mutual Benefit, Yard Act, Christian Cohle, HAVVK, Cinder Well, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Jasmine Wood, SUNN O))), S. Carey, Jennifer Loveless, Jazzy, Elaine Malone, RF Chaney.

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10 best new Irish tracks of the week

Featuring Sloucho, Rory Sweeney, Ezra Williams, Faxe On Faxe, Blimp, HY:LY, Sean Parnell, Elephant, Anamoe Drive, Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra, Blue Whale, Man Like Strange.

Podcast 243
Nialler9 Podcast: Irish artists speak truth to power on SXSW & Palestine

Today’s episode is a bit of a grab bag of news items, but musicians speaking…

NewDad. Photo: Alice Backham.
All Irish bands have now cancelled their official SXSW performances

What began with an initial boycott and cancellation of SXSW Festival shows this past weekend…

St. Patrick’s Festival: 8 music highlights to catch this weekend

Éire Nua with Denise Chaila, Celaviedmai, Mother, Ispíní na hÉireann, Trá Pháidín, Niamh Bury and more.

Kneecap
Watch Kneecap perform live on US TV on Jimmy Fallon’s show

The Belfast trio made their US TV debut on The Tonight Show presented by Jimmy…

Podcast
Podcast: Andrea & Niall’s favourite music of February

It’s the Nialler9 Podcast’s monthly episode where Niall and Andrea talk about the albums and…

The RTE Choice Music Prize – Irish Album of the Year 2023 Winner Lankum have just been announced as the winner of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2023 for the album 'False Lankum' (Rough Trade). They received a cheque for €10,000 - a prize which has been provided by the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) - as well as a specially commissioned award. The jury panel of Irish music media professionals deliberated at length tonight and chose the album from the shortlist of 10 records released by Irish artists throughout 2023. The sold-out event in Vicar St, Dublin featured live performances by 8 of the album shortlisted acts. The event was hosted by 2FM’s Tracy Clifford and was broadcast live in a special broadcast on the station. TV highlights of the show can be seen on Thursday 14th March at 22.30 on RTÉ2 Information from Liza Geddes, Recode Publicity lizageddes@gmail.com No repro fee / photo: Graham Keogh http://www.choicemusicprize.ie http://2fm.rte.ie/ http://www.rte.ie/ http://twitter.com/choiceprize
Lankum win the Choice Music Prize – Irish album of the year

Lankum were the prevailing winners last night at RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of…

All Together Now announce 50 acts for the festival this summer: The National, Jorja Smith, Slowdive, Paul Kalkbrenner & more

All Together Now has announced 50 acts for the festival this year, taking place at…

9 new Irish songs of the week

Featuring Overhead The Albatross, Pillow Queens, Chalk, Fears, Shark School, Birthday Problem, Oisin Leech, Fynch, The Henry Girls.

Dublin Vinyl
Ireland’s only vinyl pressing plant is to close

Ireland’s only pressing plant Dublin Vinyl is going into liquidation, RTE reports. The vinyl pressing…

Best of February
The 20 best songs of February

Featuring: Jessica Pratt, John Glacier, Kneecap, Adrianne Lenker, Beth Gibbons, R. Kitt, Yard Act, Fort Romeau, Thee U.F.O, Little Simz, Lime Garden, Kim Gordon, Schoolboy Q, Charli XCX, Idles, Mhaol.

Dublin Gig Guide
The best gigs in Dublin this week (March 5th – 11th)

Gig Guide highlights: Choice Music Prize, The Smile, Pixies, CasisDead, Seamus Fogarty, The Sultans of Ping, Cáit, Disrupt Disability Arts Festival, Dublin Modular: Spectrum, Anamoe Drive, Chequerboard, Partiboi69, Benjamin Damage, Morgana / Sorcha Richardson.

Fynch
Fynch on the places in Drimnagh that influenced his new album Youngfella

The Dublin 12 rapper Fynch released his debut album Youngfella on Burner Records this past week.

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Another Love Story announce first lineup for the 2024 festival

Another Love Story has announced its return to Killyon Manor for its 10th year edition.…

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…