Georgia for Dublin 2021 show

Looking for something to look forward to? UK electro-pop artist Georgia, who released one of…

Handpicked new tunes released today: Wyvern Lingo, James Blake, !!!, Brién, Sufjan, Future Islands & more

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

The 25 best songs of the month

The best of June 2020.

Other Voices announce Fontaines D.C. will play live from Kilmainham Gaol next week

With Other Voices Courage back and into week two (tonight’s show features Saint Sister and…

15 new Irish songs you should hear this week

New music from Breezy Ideygoke, Patricia Lalor, Brame & Hamo, Jehnova, Aislinn Logan,Adam Garrett, Luthorist, The Bonk, Demigosh, Banríon, Modernlove, IMLE, Banba, 49th And Main, The Academic

There’s a micro-festival for 110 people called Home happening in August in Westmeath

With every other festival on the Irish festival calendar other than dance festival Fuinneamh cancelled…

HAVVK and Jess Kav of BARQ collaborate up on the MASI-supporting song ‘Always the Same’

HAVVK and Jess Kav of BARQ have teamed up on a new version of HAVVK’s…

30 of the best albums from 2020 so far

If last year felt like a strange year for music at the half way point,…

The best online live streams happening this week

Highlights: Other Voices Courage with Saint Sister & Crash Ensemble, Wyvern Lingo, Erica Cody, Guerilla Studios.

BIMM Dublin launches Spotify BA Music Business Scholarship

Third level music college BIMM Dublin has announced details of its Spotify BA Music Business…

Stendhal is putting on a socially distant music festival called Unlocked this August

The Limavady festival Stendhal has rejigged its offering this summer to a socially distant music…

Watch live streams from MuRli, TPM, Bleeding Heart Pigeons, Jinx Lennon from the weekend

Two recommendations worth catching up from this weekend’s Irish artists streams. First, Limerick’s Nua series…

Gemma Dunleavy celebrates the Sheriff Street community she grew up in on ‘Up De Flats’

One of our favourite Irish singers Gemma Dunleavy is going to release a six-track debut…

A Litany Of Failures compilation III announced featuring songs from Silverbacks, Extravision, Junk Drawer, Post Punk Podge & Girl Band’s Dara Kiely

The compilation A Litany Of Failures has announced its third volume is available today for…

Podcast: 10 recommended albums from 2020 so far

Episode 97. Niall and Andrea pick five albums each we recommend we didn’t cover on the podcast so far this year for listeners to check out. We also discuss some of those favourites towards the end along with more talk of Succession and The Last of Us Part 2.

Here are 10 Irish releases you should buy on Bandcamp today

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10 of our favourite Irish albums from 2020 so far

At the half point in the year, it’s a good time to reflect the longform…

Guerrilla Recording Studios launch alternative music stream series with The Bonk, John Francis Flynn and Vicky Langan next week

The team behind Guerrilla Recording Studios, a studio under a bridged railway close to Dublin…

Fontaines D.C. sing of echo chambers on new song ‘Televised Mind’

Fontaines D.C.’s second album is out at the end of this month, which means the…