Highlights

Why we need to keep shouting about the Irish live music industry post-Songs From An Empty Room event

The UK announces fund to save venues from insolvency, will the Irish government do the same?

Handpicked new tunes released today: Girl Band, Hudson Mohawke, Andy Shauf, Taylor Swift & Bon Iver, Bill Callahan, Uly, Autumns & more

Friday is release day and here’s the first things that caught my ear while listening…

10 new Irish songs you should hear this week

New music from Samuel Powell, 1000 Beasts, Rachel Mae Hannon, My Sweet Beloved, MA-KA, Nobody Famous, Lacuna, Greg Tisdall & more.

Whelan’s share details of what a gig will be like when the venue reopens on August 10th

The iconic Whelan’s bar and venues is to reopen on reopens on August 10th, pending…

Nialler9 Podcast: A live music industry at crisis point & the cosmic stylings of Jarv Is reviewed

Episode 99 and ahead of Songs From An Empty Room event, we’re talking how the Irish live music needs to get loud to represent itself, we review Jarv Is, Jarvis Cocker’s new band’s album and songs from Devendra Barnhart, The Avalanches, Illuminati Hotties and Berwyn.

Here’s the nominees for this year’s Mercury Music Prize 2020

The shortlist for the annual Mercury Music Prize 2020 has just been announced on Lauren…

9 great new songs you should hear this week

Music from Sylvan Esso, Moodymann, NZCA Lines, LCD’s Tyler Pope, Biig Piig, Leisure, AK Paul, Westside Gunn & Iluminati Hotties.

JYellowL ruminates on belonging, racism and being an Irish African immigrant on ‘Doesn’t Feel Like’

Having been instrumental in one of the recent Black Lives Matter protest in Dublin, it’s…

The Avalanches release two epic new songs featuring Jamie xx, Neneh Cherry, Terence Trent D’Arby and The Clash’s Mick Jones

The Avalanches have followed up the two songs they released earlier this year with two…

Live at The Drive In shows featuring Gavin James, Aslan & more can no longer go ahead

The planned Drive In shows featuring Gavin James, Aslan, Hermitage Green and more to take…

The best online live streams happening this week

Highlights: Nick Cave, Songs from An Empty Room, Lucius, Lumo Club, Guerrilla Studios, Tebi Rex, Other Voices Courage:

Handpicked new tunes released today: God Knows, Berwyn, Nealo & Uly, Robyn, Bitch Falcon, Annie & more

Friday is release day and here’s the first things that caught my ear while listening…

Nialler9 Podcast: Silverbacks wry and whimsical rock debut & the Irish Times Top 50 Irish albums

Episode 98 of the Nialler9 podcast and thanks to Patreon Members we have upgraded our equipment.

8 new Irish songs you should hear this week

New music from Archy Moor, ROE, Niamh Regan, Gemma Bradley, God Creative, HOST, Josef Mac & Skanger.

Watch Wyvern Lingo as filmed by Chromatic – performing ‘Don’t Say It’ in the old Guinness Power Station at Roe & Co. Distillery

Chromatic, an Irish film collective which captures live performances from artists in historically unique locations…

Cork venues The Kino & Dali are re-opening with reduced capacity this month

News from Cork City today, as two of its venues have announced gigs will take…

Here are the safety measures that a Northern Irish socially-distant festival is putting in place

Stendhal is putting on a socially distant music festival called Unlocked this August that hopes…

EXIT Festival cancels its 2020 edition a second time amidst second COVID-19 spike and anti-government protests

Serbia’s EXIT Festival is the last European summer festival to cancel its proceedings this August.…

Songs from An Empty Room livestream event to help live events workers features James Vincent McMorrow, Denise Chaila, Gavin James, The Stunning, Picture This, Jafaris & more from 5 venues around Ireland

Songs from An Empty Room is a one-night five-venue live stream happening on Saturday July…

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Rejjie Snow collabs with his hero MF DOOM on ‘Cookie Chips’

Ever since Rejjie Snow appeared on the scene as Lecs Luther, there was only one…