Irish Music

New Music Friday Edit: The Chemical Brothers, Little Simz, Flying Lotus, David Keenan, Space Dimension Controller, The Juan Maclean & more

It’s New Music Friday, which means there’s loads of new songs out. Here are the…

Toygirl remind you to look after yourself on fourth single ‘Water’

The five-piece Dublin-based band Toygirl have established a palette of alt-soul pop over three singles…

Watch For Those I Love’s 17-minute live music film Holy Trinity

For Those I Love has premiered a 17-minute “live music film” written and directed by…

The Altered Hours sign to Pizza Pizza Records; hear ‘All Amnesia’

The Cork alt-rock band The Altered Hours have released a new single ‘All Amnesia’ today…

Smoothboi Ezra writes songs from an autistic gender non-binary perspective; hear ‘Stuck’ from new EP

The 19-year-old Greystones-based songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Smoothboi Ezra has announced a new EP on…

The best live stream gigs & events happening this week

All times are Irish / GMT. Wednesday April 21st Tame Impala announce InnerSpeaker Live @…

Villagers announces new album Fever Dreams; hear ‘The First Day’ inspired by Another Love Story Festival

Conor O’Brien has announced that his fifth studio album Fever Dreams will be released on…

Kojaque samples Girl Band on ‘Town’s Dead’, the first single from the rapper’s debut album

Kojaque has announced that his debut album to followup the Deli Daydreams mixtape will be…

11 new songs from Irish artists you should hear

Featuring new music from DAY_S, Ugolino, Alyxis, Smilez x Youngiz, Honas, Taylor Mas, KK Lewis, Adrian Crowley, Local Boy, Walk Then Dance and Kyle Meehan / Jessica Hammond.

New Music Friday Edit: Khraungbin, Strange Boy, Ra Gerra, Daniel Avery, Real Lies, Caleb Kunle, Fears, Dua Saleh & more

It’s New Music Friday, which means there’s loads of new songs out. Here are the…

Ships release track ‘Ode To The Ward’ commissioned by the Source Arts Centre

For Ships’ first song since their Choice Music Prize-winning album Precession in 2017, Sorca McGrath…

The best live stream gigs & events happening this week

All times are Irish / GMT. Thursday April 15th Cathy Davey live @ Pepper Canister…

Orla Gartland sings about male emotional repression on ‘Zombie!’

Following on from the excellent single ‘More Like You’ inspired by friend jealousy , London-based…

11 new songs from Irish artists you should hear

Featuring new music from Rodney Paz, Shakalak, Robert John Ardiff, How I Became A Wave, The Sei, Post-Party, Súil Amháin, Katie Kim & Seán Mac Erlaine, Citóg, RWYR & more

New Music Friday Edit: James Vincent McMorrow, Darkside, Berwyn, Sinead O’Brien, Leon Vynehall & more

It’s New Music Friday, which means there’s loads of new songs out. Here are the…

Maria Kelly’s new song ‘Martha’ was inspired by change and a voice note from a friend

“It might be the end of the world but like, it’s fine.” So goes the…

9 great new songs to love this week

With tracks from Hannah Peel, Poté, Dry Cleaning, Pixel Grip, Moullinex, Selma Uamusse, The Line x JFDR, Adam Garrett x MyFault, James K, Elkka more

Nixer’s song ‘Gentrification’ speaks to the experience of many of the young Irish people who have become disillusioned with their hometown

Nixer are a duo whose members make music remotely between Dublin and London, which they…

First Listen: Elkin – Who breaks up with someone on a ‘Tuesday’?

On the new Elkin song, the electronic pop duo of Ellen O’Mahony and Carla Ryan…

10 new songs from Irish artists you should hear

Featuring new music from Darcy Faith, Alice LA, DYVR, Sun Collective with Lisa Hannigan and I Have A Tribe, Kollidr, HALLI, Alannah Thornburgh, Rain On Tent, CLM and The Swedish Railway Orchestra.