Another Love Story 2020 is officially cancelled

For many of my friends, the last bright hope of summer festivals for them was…

Male artists respond to the Irish radio gender disparity report

Last week’s report on Irish radio showed the stark numbers in terms of the lack…

Watch the special Oireachtas committee on addressing the arts & entertainment sector during COVID-19

Last night, a Oireachtas committee meeting on the Arts and Entertainment Sector took place to…

Music programmer Rob Farhat pens piece on structural racism in Irish arts and what can be done about it

The co-founder of Ensemble Records and current live music programmer based in London, Rob Farhat…

The best online live streams happening this week

Highlights: Celtronic, Glasto Shangri-LA presents Lost Horizon, Other Voices Courage, Ruby Sessions. Empress Of.

Caribou releases two Floating Points remixes

Caribou today shared two new remixes from his recent Suddenly album by Floating Points. The…

There’s an actual gig happening in Dublin this Saturday

Yes, how things have changed that this is actually news right now. With last week’s…

Celaviedmai teams up with Nealo on the laid-back ‘Questions’

The Galway rapper Celaviedmai is one of the best new MCs out of Ireland in…

Silverbacks tease July release of album FAD with ‘Up The Nurses’

Silverbacks have been teasing tracks from their upcoming announced July 17th-released debut album Fad of late.…

Listen to the Beastie Boys and Spike Jones talk to Licensed To Ill producer Rick Rubin on Broken Record podcast

The latest episode of Rick Rubin and Malcolm Gladwell’s Broken Record podcast which talks to…

Watch Glasshouse Ensemble perform a cover of Minnie Riperton’s ‘Les Fleurs’ with vocals from Rachael Lavelle, AE MAK, Caoimhe Barry of Wyvern Lingo & more.

Glasshouse Ensemble, who have reimagined the music of Sufjan, Bon Iver and more over the…

Podcast: Haim’s Women In Music Pt. III in review + How Other Voices brought Courage to the world

It’s Episode 96 and we talk to Other Voices’ booker Aoife Woodlock about how the Courage live series came about, we review Haim’s looser, more eclectic Women In Music Pt. III, we discuss the Gender Disparity Report on Irish radio plus songs from Beyonce, SAULT, Soccer Mommy and CMAT.

New Albums Released this week: HAIM, Jessie Ware, Arca, Khruangbin, Daniel Avery & more

The best new releases out this week.

11 new Irish songs you should hear this week

New music from Powpig, Shee, jYellowL, Diffly, Goodtime John, Peter Vogelaar, Melina Malone, Robert John Ardiff, LUZ and more.

Thumper go on a self-destructive bender in an attempt for self-discovery on ‘Topher Grace’

The six-piece Dublin rock juggernaut that is Thumper release one of their finest songs to…

Celtronic Festival reveals Together : Apart online streams featuring Move D, Andrew Weatherall, Eamon Harkin, Or:la, Space Dimension Controller, Arvo Party & many more

Derry’s Celtronic festival is one of the many festival casualties that can’t take place in…

Otherkin’s Luke Reilly is actively avoiding irrelevance on Blood Donor’s ‘Under The Sun’

Otherkin split up late last year saying “the unfortunate reality is that life in a…

Simon Mós drops a spiralling kaleidoscopic 8-minute synth workout ‘Yesterdays Revolution’

Simon Arnold aka Simon Mós is a London producer who spent lockdown building a modular…

First listen: All Tvvins’ Conor Adams’ reflective and expansive solo EP I Admired Your Grace at the End of the World (2 for Joy)

Known for his current work as one half of All Tvvins and his past work…

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…