Highlights

Sam Fender
Sam Fender kicks off EU/UK tour in Dublin in December

The North Shields artist was teasing an announcement of a tour called People Watching. Sam…

Meet the new Night Mayor of Dublin (Nialler9 Podcast)

Niall chats to Ray O’Donohue, the recently appointed Night-Time Economy Advisor for Dublin City. What…

LAURA MARLING
Other Voices announce first acts for Dingle

Other Voices have revealed the first headline acts for St James’ Church in Dingle, West…

Chalk
5 of the best Irish songs this week

Featuring Chalk,Annika Kilkenny, F3Miii, Olive Hatake, Curtisy, Ten Hail Marys…

The best gigs and club nights in Dublin this week

Gig Guide Highlights: HEALTH, Silverbacks, Darkside, Junior Brother, Iron & Wine, Shiv, Los Bitchos, Gigs For Palestine, Susan O’Neill, Duke Dumont,  Astrid Sonne, Boys Noize, Leif Vollebekk, Depot Sessions, Blackout, Rhiannon Giddens, Cabra for Gaza, Wunderhorse.

Morgana releases debut single & Ardal O’Hanlon-starring video for ‘I’ll Cry When I’m Dead’

‘I’ll Cry When I’m Dead’, the debut single from Morgana MacIntyre amplifies the epic reaches…

Biig Piig, Warmduscher, CouCou Chloe, Błoto, Skinner , Ahmed With Love
The 5 best songs of the week

Featuring Biig Piig, Warmduscher, CouCou Chloe, Błoto, Skinner and Ahmed, With Love.

Boards Of Canada – Music Has The Right To Children (Nialler9 Podcast)

The Scottish duo’s 1998 debut album is the subject of this month’s Listen Closely listening…

The Ambassador Theatre is back in use as a music venue

It’s been in the offing for a while now, but the iconic Dublin event space…

Haunted Dancehall @ NCH 2022 / Ruth Medjber.
5 takeaways from Dublin City Council’s Night-Time Economy strategy

Dublin City has launched its strategy to revitalise nightlife in an 10-page report. Ray O’Donoghue,…

The 5 best songs of the week

Featuring Hiro Ama, RÓIS, Bricknasty, Aby Coulibaly, The Horrors.

Barclays no longer sponsoring The Great Escape Festival

Over a quarter of the lineup at 2024’s festival boycotted the festival due to the…

ANOHNI to perform Lou Reed songs at the National Concert Hall this November

The songwriter ANOHNI is due to visit Dublin this November to play a special Lou…

The 20 best songs of September

Featuring: Bon Iver, Róis, MJ Lenderman, Maria Somerville, Adore, Bricknasty, White Denim, Annie-Dog, Silverbacks, Henry Earnest, Floating Points, Nilufer Yanya, cumgirl8….

10 songs Sofia Kourtesis loves right now

The Peruvian electronic artist released one of my favourite albums of 2023. Sofia Kourtesis chooses songs…

Ahmed, With Love
12 acts to see at Ireland Music Week

The Dublin new Irish music showcase and conference festival returns this week.

Podcast: The best music of September; post-pandemic clubbing (Patreon preview)

The Best of the Month episode is now Patreon-only. Public subscribers get the first 25-30…

The best gigs and club nights in Dublin this week

Gig Guide Highlights: Ireland Music Week, Lauryn Hill & The Fugees, The Last Dinner Party, Skinner, Sofia Kourtesis, Dublin Disco All-Dayer, Twen, Ngoni Egan, Special Request.

Adebisi Shank are set to return after 10 years

The Irish math-rock trio have teased their return almost 10 years after their last shows…

Maria Somerville returns with first original song from new project on the 4AD label

The Galway singer-songwriter and morning NTS Radio host releases a first song in three years.…