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10 best new Irish tracks of the week

Featuring Sloucho, Rory Sweeney, Ezra Williams, Faxe On Faxe, Blimp, HY:LY, Sean Parnell, Elephant, Anamoe Drive, Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra, Blue Whale, Man Like Strange.

The best gigs & club nights in Limerick this St. Patrick’s weekend

Highlights: Citrus Fresh, Súil Amháin, The Altered Hours, Fonda, Paddy Mulcahy, Shunya and more.

Podcast 243
Nialler9 Podcast: Irish artists speak truth to power on SXSW & Palestine

Today’s episode is a bit of a grab bag of news items, but musicians speaking…

RUFOUS NIGHTJAR
Irish harmony trio Rufous Nightjar to release debut album this month

Rufous Nightjar are a three-part harmony trio consisting of Branwen Kavanagh, Anna-Mieke Bishop and Zoé…

The best gigs in Dublin this week (St. Patrick’s week edition)

Gig Guide highlights: St. Patrick’s Festival, Sky Ferreira, Clark, Barry Can’t Swim, Lumo Pub, Kumar Klub, Bella Festival, DIIV, Ye Vagabonds, Denise Chaila, Saoirse, Blk, Shee, Nightmares On Wax, Marcel Vogel, The Altered Hours, Liam Gallagher & John Squire…

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All Irish bands have now cancelled their official SXSW performances

What began with an initial boycott and cancellation of SXSW Festival shows this past weekend…

Villagers. By Andrew Whitton.
Villagers for in-store tour and new song ‘You Lucky One’

Conor O’Brien’s sixth Villagers album That Golden Time is out on May 10th on Domino.…

Apartheid Free Dance oppose Israeli artist in Ballet Ireland’s Bold Moves programme

Apartheid Free Dance has put out a statement highlighting their opposition to the inclusion of…

David Kitt, New Jackson in a field.
David Kitt’s techno pop project New Jackson releases two songs & announces new album OOPS!… POP

David Kitt’s electronic project New Jackson will release a new album on April 19th on…

SZA
SZA for Dublin outdoor show at Malahide Castle

SZA is coming back after her big run of shows in 3Arena last year. A…

The Mary Wallopers announced as Liam Gallagher Thomand Park support

The Mary Wallopers have been announced as the support act for Liam Gallagher’s Thomand Park…

St. Patrick’s Festival: 8 music highlights to catch this weekend

Éire Nua with Denise Chaila, Celaviedmai, Mother, Ispíní na hÉireann, Trá Pháidín, Niamh Bury and more.

The Black Keys
The Black Keys for Dublin 3Arena show

The Ohio rock duo are announced for an Irish headline show. The Black Keys play…

Barry Can't Swim
Barry Can’t Swim is playing an early morning DJ set at Guinness Storehouse this Friday

Scottish DJ and producer Barry Can’t Swim is set to play a special sunrise gig…

Soda Blonde
Irish artists pull out of SXSW in solidarity with Palestine and protest of festival military sponsorship

Update: See latest article here: All Irish bands have now cancelled their official SXSW performances.…

Kneecap
Watch Kneecap perform live on US TV on Jimmy Fallon’s show

The Belfast trio made their US TV debut on The Tonight Show presented by Jimmy…

Podcast
Podcast: Andrea & Niall’s favourite music of February

It’s the Nialler9 Podcast’s monthly episode where Niall and Andrea talk about the albums and…

Khruangbin
Khruangbin for 3Arena Dublin show

The Texas trio are playing a big Dublin gig. Khruangbin will play live at the…

The RTE Choice Music Prize – Irish Album of the Year 2023 Winner Lankum have just been announced as the winner of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2023 for the album 'False Lankum' (Rough Trade). They received a cheque for €10,000 - a prize which has been provided by the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) - as well as a specially commissioned award. The jury panel of Irish music media professionals deliberated at length tonight and chose the album from the shortlist of 10 records released by Irish artists throughout 2023. The sold-out event in Vicar St, Dublin featured live performances by 8 of the album shortlisted acts. The event was hosted by 2FM’s Tracy Clifford and was broadcast live in a special broadcast on the station. TV highlights of the show can be seen on Thursday 14th March at 22.30 on RTÉ2 Information from Liza Geddes, Recode Publicity lizageddes@gmail.com No repro fee / photo: Graham Keogh http://www.choicemusicprize.ie http://2fm.rte.ie/ http://www.rte.ie/ http://twitter.com/choiceprize
Lankum win the Choice Music Prize – Irish album of the year

Lankum were the prevailing winners last night at RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of…

All Together Now announce 50 acts for the festival this summer: The National, Jorja Smith, Slowdive, Paul Kalkbrenner & more

All Together Now has announced 50 acts for the festival this year, taking place at…