Soundtrack First Listen: Lorcan Finnegan’s horror film Without Name by Gavin O’Brien & Neil O’Connor

Without Name is a new horror film coming to cinemas on Element Pictures on May…

DJ Shadow & Nas teamed up on a song for Silicon Valley TV show

As featured on the Silicon Valley series 4 premiere this past weekend, DJ Shadow And…

Premiere: The Hot Sprockets – ‘Right Spots’

Dublin soul rockers The Hot Sprockets have returned with a new single called ‘Right Spots’,…

Ailbhe Reddy releases surprise 5-track EP – Attach To Memory

The Dublin singer-songwriter Ailbhe Reddy is currently excelling at this music thing. Building on last…

7 new songs you need to hear right now
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This is only a selection of new music – dig into more or follow the…

4 new albums to listen to right now: Overcoats, Talos, In Flagranti & Joe Goddard

With so many releases flying at you, here are recommended vetted listens from Nialler9 for…

Kraftwerk preview 3-D gigs & catalogue releases with 3-D version of ‘The Robots’

With 25-dates coming up in Ireland and the UK, their largest tour in this part…

Burial has remixed Goldie’s Inner City Life for Record Store Day

‘Inner City Life’ is a classic 1994 drum and bass track from Goldie, one of…

Premiere: 045 Recordings mark a new generation of Kildare producers with compilation EP

As I wrote recently, my hometown of Newbridge, Kildare has clearly punched above its regional…

Belfast’s Jordan has a great EP coming out with Tuff City Kids edits

Jordan McCuaig is a Belfast producer and DJ who co-runs The Night Institute club and…

Irish psychedelic-leaning indie from Birds Of Olympus – ‘Vine Of The Soul’

New Irish four-piece band Birds Of Olympus fronted by John ‘Spud’ Murphy (formerly of Hybrasil)…

Elaine Mai addresses grief with elegiac electronic song ‘The Colour Of The Night’

Elaine Mai follows up her nostalgic summer haze track from last year – ‘Enniscrone’ with…

Hear a cover of Childish Gambino’s ‘Redbone’ by Kid Karate

‘Redbone’ is the easy highlight of Childish Gambino’s recent album Awaken, My Love! and now,…

Watch Kendrick Lamar & Don Cheadle trade verses in the ‘DNA’ video

On Friday, Kendrick Lamar dropped his brilliant new album DAMN. On Sunday, King Kenny slayed…

A new EP of Prince music is being released on Friday, hear a preview

Update: Prince’s New EP Pulled From iTunes After Lawsuit This Friday marks the one-year passing…

Shookrah pay tribute to family ties on ‘Our Own Way’

The Cork band Shookrah take their sweet music influences from soul, jazz, R&B and electronic…

Mix & Fairbanks’ Girls takes the best of Inspector Norse & Daft Punk in one glorious dancefloor cut

Mix & Fairbanks are two young Kildare producers and DJs Rob Smyth and Gary O’Reilly…

Autre Monde – ‘New Recruit’

Why just this day last week, I featured a sturdy track from Autre Monde, aband…

Slow Skies – ‘Shut Your Eyes’

Karen Sheridan’s Slow Skies project has returned with ‘Shut Your Eyes’, their first new song…

Sligo rap trio This Side Up drop ‘Billy No Mates’ video

This Side Up are a Sligo trio that dropped an excellent album of West Coast…