Clairo announces headline Academy show in December

One of pop’s most interesting rising prospects is coming to Dublin on December 10th.

The best gigs, clubs & festivals in Dublin this week

Highlights: Another Love Story, Love Sensation, The Murder Capital & more.

Kojaque and Luka Palm announced to support Slowthai on his European tour

Some very nice news coming out of the Softboy camp today.

Limerick’s Féile na Gréine trail shows the city’s DIY colours this weekend

A strong showing lies ahead for Limerick’s DIY music scene.

17 gigs to see in Cork this weekend

FRIDAY AUGUST 9TH: Carnival of Funk @ Connolly’s of Leap (1pm, €12) Connolly’s seems to…

“Some sort of alter-ego Uma Thurman character”: Æ MAK on Irish creative spaces, gender equality in music & her upcoming We Are Workmans show

We caught up with the Dundalk art-popster ahead of her We Are Workman’s show this Saturday.

Podcast Special: For Those I Love – Finding hope in grief & friendship

An interview with David Balfe about his crushing album about love, loss and impermanence.

Lethal Dialect – the balance between moving forward and looking back

We caught up with the Dublin MC ahead of his headline Workman’s Club gig tomorrow night.

Republic Of Loose are releasing a Best Of compilation this month

Mutant Soul: The Best Of Republic Of Loose is out at the end of the month.

Bon Iver’s i,i lands on streaming services a full three weeks early

You can listen to the whole thing in full right now.

Premiere: Basciville balance life with the macabre in new single ‘Unreturned’

There’s a strong gothic feeling to the Wexford brothers’ new single.

Ireland Music Week announces Tebi Rex, Junior Brother, April, Mango X Mathman, Kitt Philippa & more for industry showcase

The rebranded Hard Working Class Heroes comes through with a strong showing.

The case for introducing drug testing at Irish festivals 

It’s time to acknowledge the reality of drug use at festivals.

Brockhampton out-standing in a field in video for new single ‘If You Pray Right’

Hip-Hop’s best boyband sounding all fired up in the run up to the release of their new LP Ginger.

7 new Irish songs you should hear this week

Tunes from JJ Lee, Lydia Ford, Bloodflud, Bobby Analog & more.

A Dublin artist made a physical mixtape of Irish music with a street box

Irish music gets a new form of appreciation from Gavin Feiritear and the Dublin Canvas project.

Hear brand new Battles’ track ‘Titanium 2 Step’ plus details of their new album Juice B Crypts

The album comes out just 6 days before the band’s gig in the Button Factory.

Premiere: Listen to Jackie Beverly’s new hazy indietronic song ‘Someone Else’

This is the third release from the artist as she plays Whelan’s We’ve Only Just Begun festival this weekend.

Clonakilty International Guitar Festival adds TPM, Thumper, Eve Clague & more

Late September in West Cork.

Club Comfort are putting on a one day party at the National Stadium

It’s a (one stop) stadium tour as part of Dublin Fringe Festival.