Highlights

Culture Minister supports Give Us The Night campaign’s mandate for a night mayor & staggered closing times

Fine Gael’s manifesto addresses night-life suggestions from the campaign.

10 new Irish songs you should hear this week

Featuring Beauty Sleep, Jamie Freed, ELKAE, Adam Garrett & more.

Here’s the It Takes A Village timetable & map for this weekend

The East Cork festival It Takes a Village is this weekend in Trabolgan and it…

The best gigs & clubs in Dublin this week

Highlights include Eastbound, Manic Street Preachers, Fat White Family, Blank Banshee & more.

New releases this week: Vampire Weekend, Barrie, Big Thief & more

Our guide through the best LP releases this week.

The 25 best songs of the month

The best of April featuring Hot Chip, All Tvvins ft. Sorcha Richardson, Slowthai, Anderson .Paak & more.

Watch Fontaines D.C. make their US TV debut on Jimmy Fallon

With all the talk about the Dublin band’s debut, the reviews, the Dublin themes and…

These are the 10 new tracks you have to hear this week

New music from Stormzy, FKA Twigs, Better Oblivion Community Center, Soak & more.

Here’s a look at the acts playing the Nialler9 Showcase for Music Cork this week

Thumper, Kitt Phillipa, Somebody’s Child, Inhaler, HappyAlone & Elkin are all on the list.

Banks returns with Hudson-Mohawke co-production ‘Gimme’

“I let you lick it from the ground, ground,I been dripping for your love, love..”

The best gigs & clubs in Dublin this week

Highlights include The Antlers, John Talabot, Jafaris, Paranoid London, ONRA, Telephones, Claptone & more

Kelsey Lu backstage, Beychella & Lizzo’s empowerment anthems (Podcast)

Visual auteurs, ego, trusting your gut and negative critical responses to positive vibes.

Hard Working Class Heroes is rebranding as Ireland Music Week this October

The music industry showcase festival has expanded its vision to include B2B and AIM Ireland events.

Watch The Murder Capital crack in coordination in ‘Green & Blue’

The track is the band’s second single.

Culture Ireland have issued funding to a host of Irish artists and bands for international touring

This year the Arts Council received €75 million from the Government Budget.

Le Boom team up with Æ Mak on massive new single ‘Dancing Bug’

The release comes with announcement of Le Boom’s biggest headline show to date in Dublin’s Olympia Theatre.

These are the 10 new tracks you have to hear this week

New music from Fat White Family, Stealing Sheep, Lizzo, Lolo Zouaï, Just Mustard, Loyle Carner & more.

The best gigs & clubs in Dublin this week

Highlights include Loyle Carner, Future Proof, Saint Sister, Wyvern Lingo & more.

Fehdah and sister Loah team up on the dense and swirling ‘Buffer Fly’

Fehdah plays with fiya.