Here’s a look at the acts playing the Nialler9 Showcase for Music Cork this week

Thumper, Kitt Phillipa, Somebody’s Child, Inhaler, HappyAlone & Elkin are all on the list.

Alternative Ulsters event in Liberty Hall explores punk & teenage kicks during the Troubles

Alternative Ulsters is an event set for Liberty Hall in Dublin recalling “Punk Rock and…

Chromatics set to play first Irish gig since 2013

Desire and and In Mirrors are on support.

Banks returns with Hudson-Mohawke co-production ‘Gimme’

“I let you lick it from the ground, ground,I been dripping for your love, love..”

The best gigs & clubs in Dublin this week

Highlights include The Antlers, John Talabot, Jafaris, Paranoid London, ONRA, Telephones, Claptone & more

Premiere: Ghostking Is Dead’s ‘Deflector’ is a sleek slacker-pop meditation on being real

Matt Corrigan’s new single under the GID moniker is bang on the money.

Biig Piig announced for October Whelan’s date

The Irish Hip-Hop & R&B artist will take to Wexford Street on October 25th.

17 live recommendations in Cork this weekend

FRIDAY APRIL 26TH Craic Boi Mental + Whip Grl @ Dali (8pm, €10) A homecoming…

22 acts added to sold-out Longitude: Little Simz, Kneecap, Dave, Amber Mark & more

H.E.R. and Clairo have cancelled.

Bantum & Loah link up once again on ‘April Brave’

With help from Ellius Grace, Joe Furlong, SENU, Fehdah and Wastefellow.

Kelsey Lu backstage, Beychella & Lizzo’s empowerment anthems (Podcast)

Visual auteurs, ego, trusting your gut and negative critical responses to positive vibes.

Cork-born NYC-based pop artist Lenii teams up with Icarus Moth on the luminous ‘What You Do’

The track is the Cork-born NYC-based singer’s first release of 2019.

Premiere: Paddy Hanna searches for silence in new video for ‘Frankly, I Mutate’

The song is the title track from the singer’s latest album.

10 gigs & clubs to see in Limerick city this week

Highlights: Limerick Jazz Workshop, WaGwan and Talos.

Hard Working Class Heroes is rebranding as Ireland Music Week this October

The music industry showcase festival has expanded its vision to include B2B and AIM Ireland events.

Premiere: Tomorrows return with new dense soundscapes of ‘Spectres’

It’s the band’s first release since 2016.

Watch The Murder Capital crack in coordination in ‘Green & Blue’

The track is the band’s second single.

You’ll finally get to hear Prince’s original versions of Manic Monday, Jungle Love & more in June

Tracks from The Time, The Bangles, Vanity 6, Sheila E, Kenny Rogers, Martika and more to be featured.

Forbidden Fruit announce Irish stage line-up curated by District Magazine plus day break downs

The Irish stage is called the Somewhere Else Stage.

Culture Ireland have issued funding to a host of Irish artists and bands for international touring

This year the Arts Council received €75 million from the Government Budget.