The best gigs, clubs & festivals in Dublin this week

Highlights: Whelan’s Ones To Watch, First Fortnight, 070 Shake & more.

Therapy? announce 30th anniversary Belfast headliner for September

Northern Irish alternative metal group Therapy? have announced a 30th-anniversary headline show in Belfast’s Limelight…

Recommended gigs & club nights in Limerick city this week

Highlights: David Kennan, Thin Az Lizzy, Root Strings & more.

Kurt Vile announces June Vicar Street date

The American indie artist plays his first headline solo shows here in some six years.

Hazey Haze’s new album Is Mise celebrates Limerick city’s fertile music scene

There’s long been a grá on a national basis for Limerick City’s DIY music culture,…

Lyndon Stephens of Quiet Arch & Champion Sound has passed away

We are really saddened to hear today that Lyndon Stephens, founder of Quiet Arch Records…

Alex Gough isn’t taking 2020 for a ‘Fool’

The Waterford artist is wasting no time.

CYNEMA offers some ‘Radio Love’ & late night headline Dublin show

Nialler9 presents a late night live show from CYNEMA at Lost Lane on February 21st.

20 new albums to look forward to in 2020

Are we getting new albums from the xx, Run The Jewels, Frank Ocean, Fleet Foxes, James Vincent McMorrow, Princess Nokia and more?

Somebody’s Child cultivates a wholesome energy on new single ‘Love That Sound’ (premiere)

The Dublin indie artist kicks off the new year with an infectious energy.

Here’s the shortlist for the Choice Music Prize this year

The final shortlist of albums eligible to receive the album prize is out.

10 new Irish songs you should hear this week

Tunes from Gráinne Fahy, Numbertheory, Fozsa, Lydia Ford & more.

Quarter Block Party announce full lineup for 2020 event

The Leeside festival’s 2020 programme is stacked with new Irish talent.

Rose tinted glasses & liquid bass lines in Tame Impala’s new single ‘Lost In Yesterday’

Dream pop does nostalgia in a genre that was born for it.

10 great Music Podcasts to add to your feeds

Bump up your music podcast subscriptions with these 10 great pods.

Daithí, Ships, Bantum & Susan O’ Neill (SON) head up Music Minds 2020 for a weekend of live music and panel discussion this month

The music tech and live performance festival takes place in Hotel Doolin from January 17th-19th.

Skinner, Jackie Beverly, Milk. & more announced for Whelan’s Ones To Watch 2020

A solid indication of the Irish artists you can expect to hear more from in the year to come.

Denzel Curry kicks off the year with blistering 13LOOD 1N + 13LOOD OUT project

Eight tracks in twelve minutes from the dark trap maestro.

Wyvern Lingo to play a free gig this evening in flagship Bray eco-cafe Catalyst Coffee

The R&B group play a gig in one of Bray’s buzziest new spots.

A new Beastie Boys photo book by Spike Jonze will be released in March

Hot on the heels of Beastie Boys Book, film director and photographer Spike Jonze will…