New dance festival Emerge announced for Belfast in August featuring Peggy Gou, Disclosure, Eric Prydz & more

Now that AVA Festival has well and truly established itself on the electronic music festival…

Niamh Regan releases new EP In The Meantime, watch the dance video for ‘Late Nights’

Galway singer-songwriter Niamh Regan has released a new EP called In The Meantime, a four-track…

The best gigs & club nights in Limerick this week

Highlights: Danny and The House Band, Prima Volta, Sorcha Richardson, Bricknasty, Under Starling, Pokey LaFarge, The Staves & more.

Skinner takes inspiration from James Chance and ESG on “weird disco” song ‘The Slump’

Skinner is the 24-year-old alt-rock musician whose music has moved from vignettes of a young…

The best gigs & club nights in Dublin this week – March 22nd to 28th

Highlights: Helena Hauff, Future Islands, Sam Fender, Stomptown Brass, I Have A Tribe, Melts, Cooks But We’re Chefs, DEHD, The Staves, Glasshouse, The Chats, A.Smyth.

Watch Pillow Queens perform live on James Corden’s show, in person this time

Pillow Queens performed and were interviewed on James Corden’s US TV show during lockdown last…

The Mother Pride Block Party lineup features Rina Sawayama, Anitta, Peaches, Le Boom, Elaine Mai and more

Mother have announced the return of The Mother Pride Block Party to Collins Barracks on…

The Youth Music Video Competition is now open to filmmakers aged 18 to 23

The competition returns for a sixth year.

Arcade Fire announce new album We is out in May

After dropping their first single, ‘The Lightning I, II,’, since the Everything Now era, Arcade…

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Nile Rodgers & Chic are coming back for a big Dublin show

Is there any better sign that things are finally getting back to normal than the…

Glenn Keating releases live St. Patrick’s Cathedral performance to benefit Ukrainian children with cancer

When not playing with Houseplants live or with Jape or The Redneck Manifesto, Glenn Keating…

Podcast: Why are music festivals still booking male-heavy headliners?

With many of the major Irish music festivals like Electric Picnic having revealed their lineups…

The best gigs & club nights in Dublin this week // St. Patrick’s edition

Highlights: St. Patrick’s Festival, Lumo Club, Richard Fearless, Cate Le Bon, Lucy Dacus, 2ManyDJs, The Mary Wallopers, God Knows x Ulysses, AE MAK, Le Boom, The Weather Station, The Scratch.

11 new Irish tracks you should hear this week

Featuring Sprints, The Scratch, Thumper, Frendan, Problem Patterns, Kubb, A Smyth, Dee Fitz, Zoid, Daire Patel, Melts.

St. Patrick’s Festival: 6 music highlights to see this week

As you can see from this week’s gig guide, there is a lot happening in…

Watch: Louise Gaffney play live at a Neolithic tomb in Sligo for Chromatic

Chromatic is a video series capturing musicians in unique places around Ireland. See previous episodes…

€335,500 fund is now available to Irish musicians to buy instruments

Details of the Music Capital Scheme have been announced for this year with a total…

The 10 best tracks released today

With Overmono, Pillow Queens, Fears, Tomberlin, Mango X Mathman, God Knows, Emma-Jean Thackray, Rebel Phoenix, Stephen James Smith, Warmduscher, Automatic.

New albums out today: Alex Cameron, NIA Archives, Sprints, Mango x Mathman, Junk Drawer & more

The best new albums and EPs this week.

Sugarcoat Sessions is a new monthly night in The Grand Social aiming to showcase female/non binary artists

Sugarcoat Sessions is a new monthly night in The Grand Social by Lucy Rice aka…