A new report shows most Irish radio stations’ top 20 Irish airplay features less than 10% women artists, or worse

A new report released today based on data from Radiomonitor, which charts the airplay of…

Move The Record event will broadcast 2 days of 12-hour streaming broadcasts to support independent record shops

Move The Record is a new initiative by Dana Ruh and KMA60 record store in…

Until Then is a book of photography from Ireland’s dancefloors, festivals and clubs

Photographer Karl Magee has put together a photo book of club culture from parties and…

Sea Sessions announces 2021 early birds on sale this week

Sea Sessions Surf & Music Festival will return to Bundoran in Donegal next summer, and…

Spread – a feminist zine about sex, music and DIY culture launches this Friday & is raising funds for JaJa Studios

Spread is zine that debuted in December at the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland Art Exhibitionas…

The best online live streams happening this week

Highlights: Lumo Club, Other Voices Courage returns, Borders, Mother Club, Bedouine..

DDR kick off a week of Queering the Airwaves radio programming today

Dublin Digital Radio today is kicking off its second annual Queering the Airwaves week of…

Other Voices’ Courage series returns this week with Lankum, James Vincent McMorrow & Maija Sofia

Other Voices’ online series Courage is one of the few shining lights to emerge from…

Here’s what the programme for government says about plans for Irish night-life

With the passing months since the election and the outcome dulled by a worldwide pandemic,…

Gatherings of up to 5000 people may be allowed from September says Taoiseach; €25 million arts support package announced

In April, the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar banned mass gatherings of up to 5,000 people until…

EXIT Festival announces acts & is planning on going ahead in August. How?

The European festival outlier in 2020 is Serbia’s EXIT Festival. As recounted last month, the…

NOS Primavera Sound in Porto reveals lineup including Tyler, The Creator, Tame Impala, Gorillaz, FKA twigs, Bad Bunny, Beck and Doja Cat

Now that Primavera Sound in Barcelona next year is officially sold out a year in…

The best online live streams happening this week

Highlights: Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, District 8 party, Greenpeace AAA, Angel Olsen.

Labels, awards and acts change racially insensitive names after Black Lives Matter protests

Lady Antebellum, The Grammys, Whities and One Little Indian among those who have changed insensitive names.

Ryan Vail And Elma Orkestra are planning a Borders paid live stream show next week

With live stream shows becoming the main way that independent artists can make any sort…

Margaret Glaspy announced for 2021 Dublin show

Yes, things are so f**king weird right now, that the only gigs being announced that…

Dig With It is a new magazine from Stuart Bailie and his daughter Betsy about “music, arts and ideas”

Dig With It is a new magazine out of Belfast from ex-NME writer, book author…

The best online live streams happening this week

Highlights: Empress Of, Lisa O’Neill, Waxahatchee, Perfume Genius, Kelly-Anne Byrne.