James and Happy Mondays announced for 2021 Dublin arena show

As we head towards 2021, and with news that vaccines for COVID-19 are now hitting…

Wild Roots announces Kaiser Chiefs, Damien Dempsey, Soda Blonde, Daithí, Booka Shade for COVID-19 compliant Sligo festival in 2021

Wild Roots is a new festival bravely planning to debut post-COVID-19 on the shores of…

Dublin Fringe Festival are offering a €2000 development bursary for live performance

Dublin Fringe Festival are offering an idea development bursary for future live performance for five artists…

Listen to LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy 2-hour NTS mix of early DFA influences

LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy put together a 2-hour radio show for NTS that showcases the…

Kitt Philippa wins Northern Ireland Music Prize for Album of The Year 2020

Kitt Philippa’s debut album Human was crowned the Album of The Year in last night’s Northern Ireland…

Handpicked new tunes: The Vision, Sorcha Richardson, Sprints, TSHA, Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Monjola & more

Friday was release day and here’s the first things that caught my ear while listening…

New releases out today: Fatima Yamaha, The Vision, Quakers, 2 Chainz, Stats, Goodie Mob & more

The best new releases out this week.

Rascals launch a Boombox Gift Pack with 30 Spotify playlists

Dublin 8’s finest beer merchants Rascals Brewing Company has put together a sweet little gift…

Nialler9 Podcast: We review 12 songs sent to us by Irish artists

Firstly, an apology for the terrible sound on my side of the conversation this week…

Watch Kayleigh Noble’s fun night out video for ‘Ride On My Own’

Irish-born London-based artist Kayleigh Noble recently featured on Cork producer 1000 Beasts tracks ‘Tokyo’ and…

Columbia Mills – ‘Car Crash TV’ (Ryan Vail remix)

Every Thursday this month until November 20th 2020, we are premiering a remix of a…

Limerick rapper Strange Boy brings out the guitar and bodhrán on new song ‘The Pope’

The Limerick rap artist Strange Boy is one of the most unique and talented voices…

Watch Gemma Dunleavy’s heartwarming video for ‘Up De Flats’

Gemma Dunleavy’s recent EP Up De Flats celebrated the Dublin working-class inner city place where…

Loyle Carner releases new single produced by Madlib – ‘Yesterday’

Loyle Carner has dropped a gift of a collab featuring production from one of the…

Other Voices has announced its Dingle 2020 lineup, but it will be a live stream event only

For many people in the Irish music community, Other Voices in Dingle was the last…

Choice Music Prize announce details of live event and dates for 2021

The RTÉ Choice Music Prize will return in 2021 with its annual song and album of the…

6 live streamed gigs & festivals to watch this week

Highlights: Roisin Murphy, Iceland Airwaves, Adult Swim Festival, Atlantic Sessions, Bitch Falcon and more.

Eurosonic 2021 will be fully digital

No big surprise here but the conference and showcase festival ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) that takes…

Watch CMAT perform an acoustic version of ‘I Wanna Be A Cowboy, Baby!’

‘I Wanna Be A Cowboy Baby’ is one of the Irish songs of the year,…

5 great new songs to love this week

Friday was release day and here’s the first things that caught my ear while listening…