Irish Music

Calling all musicians and artists!

Yes, you. Do you lack discipline in finishing your songs? Are you an unemployed musician…

Gig Madness – Jan / Feb

Oh come on! this is just ridiculous! The start of the year is supposed to…

Irish Radio Internet streams

Eire.fm streams 45 Irish (regional & national) and UK radio stations onto the same page.…

Awards! Prizes! Remixes!

The Choice Music Prize nominees have been announced and it was the reason for Sinead’s…

Big Ups

The Alphabet Set Christmas party was banging last night, the Voodoo Lounge was packed and…

Top Irish albums of 2006 – The Results

Thanks to everyone who voted this past week. In total we had 198 votes with…

Top Irish albums of 2006 poll: Vote!

I’ve been compiling my end of year album and songs list over the past few…

Deep Burial

Black Music is an apt title for Dublin duo Deep Burial’s latest release. It is…

Playing catchup

The site was out of action over the weekend. The database is acting up so…

Messiah J & The Expert

Messiah J and the Expert have raised the bar for Irish hip hop with the…

Bonde do Role!

I had such a good time last night in Crawdaddy. Brazil’s Bonde do Role mix…

Bud Rising free gig lineup

Yeooow! More info on that free Bus Riding gig (Spoonerism!) in the Guinness Storehouse. I…

Hard Working Class Heroes – Sunday

Sunday @ Hard Working Class Heroes ended in a whimper rather than a bang for…

Hard Working Class Heroes – Saturday

I had a great night last night although I’m very hungover at the moment. We…

Hard Working Class Heroes – Friday

First off, I have to say I was (and still am) totally skeptical about the…

The Mighty Stef

Dublin native The Mighty Stef dropped his debut album The Sins of Sainte Catherine two…

Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid live

The Spiegeltent is a great venue for the kind of collaboration offered by Kieran Hebden…

Electric Picnic review: Highs, Lows and Videos

Normality is a hard thing to grasp after such an ecstatic weekend at Electric Picnic.…

nialler9’s guide to Electric Picnic 06

OK, so it seems it’s Electric Picnic week on the blog, so I thought I…

Electric Picnic Stage Times

FRIDAY MAIN STAGE 23:30-01:00 Massive Attack 21:15-22:15 Antony & the Johnsons 19:30-20:30 Devendra Banhart 18:15-19:00…