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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.…

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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…

The best online live streams happening this week

Highlights: Fontaines D.C., Angel Olsen, NZCA LINES, Charlotte Adigéry, NCH Livestream Series

Handpicked new tunes released today: Wyvern Lingo, James Blake, !!!, Brién, Sufjan, Future Islands & more

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

The 25 best songs of the month

The best of June 2020.

15 new Irish songs you should hear this week

New music from Breezy Ideygoke, Patricia Lalor, Brame & Hamo, Jehnova, Aislinn Logan,Adam Garrett, Luthorist, The Bonk, Demigosh, Banríon, Modernlove, IMLE, Banba, 49th And Main, The Academic

30 of the best albums from 2020 so far

If last year felt like a strange year for music at the half way point,…

The best online live streams happening this week

Highlights: Other Voices Courage with Saint Sister & Crash Ensemble, Wyvern Lingo, Erica Cody, Guerilla Studios.

Podcast: 10 recommended albums from 2020 so far

Episode 97. Niall and Andrea pick five albums each we recommend we didn’t cover on the podcast so far this year for listeners to check out. We also discuss some of those favourites towards the end along with more talk of Succession and The Last of Us Part 2.

Here are 10 Irish releases you should buy on Bandcamp today

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10 of our favourite Irish albums from 2020 so far

At the half point in the year, it’s a good time to reflect the longform…

Fontaines D.C. sing of echo chambers on new song ‘Televised Mind’

Fontaines D.C.’s second album is out at the end of this month, which means the…

Another Love Story 2020 is officially cancelled

For many of my friends, the last bright hope of summer festivals for them was…

Watch the special Oireachtas committee on addressing the arts & entertainment sector during COVID-19

Last night, a Oireachtas committee meeting on the Arts and Entertainment Sector took place to…

Music programmer Rob Farhat pens piece on structural racism in Irish arts and what can be done about it

The co-founder of Ensemble Records and current live music programmer based in London, Rob Farhat…

The best online live streams happening this week

Highlights: Celtronic, Glasto Shangri-LA presents Lost Horizon, Other Voices Courage, Ruby Sessions. Empress Of.

There’s an actual gig happening in Dublin this Saturday

Yes, how things have changed that this is actually news right now. With last week’s…

Listen to the Beastie Boys and Spike Jones talk to Licensed To Ill producer Rick Rubin on Broken Record podcast

The latest episode of Rick Rubin and Malcolm Gladwell’s Broken Record podcast which talks to…

Podcast: Haim’s Women In Music Pt. III in review + How Other Voices brought Courage to the world

It’s Episode 96 and we talk to Other Voices’ booker Aoife Woodlock about how the Courage live series came about, we review Haim’s looser, more eclectic Women In Music Pt. III, we discuss the Gender Disparity Report on Irish radio plus songs from Beyonce, SAULT, Soccer Mommy and CMAT.