Talking through The Talkies – an interview with Girl Band

The Dublin band are about to return with their second album. Luke Sharkey charts the process with Alan Duggan.

14 gigs and shows across Limerick this week

Highlights: Outlion, Daithí, Prima Volta and Treaty City Sessions.

Albums released this week: M83, Efterklang, Tebi Rex, Vivian Girls, Sir Was, The Juan Maclean & more

Our guide through the best LP releases this week.

Bodytonic to open a The Bernard Shaw-style space on the Northside

Bodytonic is to reopen a The Bernard Shaw-style place on a new premises on the…

A second Julia Jacklin Dublin date has been added

Two of Australia’s finest.

Dave wins the Mercury Prize 2019

Psychodrama is the ultimate winner, ahead of Fontaines DC, Idles and Little Simz.

14 new Irish songs you should hear this week

A lot of Irish music comes Nialler9’s way and there’s little time to feature everything…

EHCO get glitchy in nature on Whose Side (Premiere)

The Wicklow duo have just released their debut EP.

Skinner returns with the slacker grunge pop alchemy of ‘Slouch’

The Dubliner is making alchemic rock music.

Boards Of Canada drop previously unreleased ‘XYZ’ from their 1998 Peel Session

Cult electronic group Boards Of Candana have treated fans to some previously unreleased material. ‘XYZ’…

Mount Alaska release single, announce debut album

‘Back To The Land, My Love’ marks a change of direction for the Dublin electronic duo.

Soda Blonde announce headline Whelan’s show for December

Soda Blonde continue to mark their name on the Irish scene with the announcement of…

The omnivert pop of Charli XCX (Nialler9 Podcast)

Plus Sounds From Safe Harbour, in praise of Lyric FM, Murli, Wilco, Holy Fuck, Marcus Woods & Rebel Phoenix.

Paul Noonan gets sombre on tender new single ‘Glacier’ (Premiere)

It’s a wonderfully delicate outing.

Actualacid goes full glitch in double video for ‘Crush’ & ‘Apollo’ (Premiere)

Hausu Records darkhorse Actualacid premieres a double video drop on the site today. The tracks…

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Sing Along Social, Paul Noonan, Maria Kelly and Le Boom for Westival in Westport this October

International and homegrown talent will be heading West at the end of next month for the 6 day festival

Premiere: Daithí & Orla Gartland contemplate losing a loved one in new single ‘Perfect Harmony’

October 18th looms closer on the calendar, with that so too does the release of…

A Sounding the Feminists music writing workshop for female, trans and non-binary artists is taking place next month

Sounding the Feminists is a voluntary organisation made up of “composers, sound artists, performers, musicologists,…

Win tickets to Cerys Matthews’ event at Liberty Hall about music and food next Tuesday

BBC 6 Music radio presenter and former Catatonia singer Cerys Matthews will be in Dublin…

MuRli asserts his return to solo rap with Steve Ryan of Windings on ‘Illegible’

One third of Rusangano Family is back with a solo track.