New Science Gallery monthly event Signal kicks off by looking at what’s on offer for a third-level career in music

Signal is a new monthly event taking place at the Science Gallery consisting of discussions…

Daniel Avery announces long-awaited second album Song For Alpha & new ambient EP out today

As predicted earlier this month in our new albums to look forward to piece, Daniel…

Paddy Hanna shares ‘Toulouse The Kisser’ a travelogue of drunken misadventure

Paddy Hanna has shared new track ‘Toulouse The Kisser’ from his album Frankly, I Mutate…

Listen to David Kitt’s new four-track EP Still Don’t Know

David Kitt is releasing a four-track EP titled Still Don’t Know through All City Records…

The Tivoli Theatre / District 8’s demolition confirmed in approved plans

Last January, news reached that Anthony Byrne, the owner of Dublin’s Tivoli Theatre which currently…

Limerick wordsmith Aswell leaves nothing to interpretation on the Mankyy-produced EP Ambiguous

There’s scarcely any more need to talk up Limerick hip-hop at this stage: the efforts…

Sweet Nothings, a new Dublin night is taking inspiration from the post-millennium New York rock scene

A new night called Sweet Nothings is coming to Drop Dead Twice in the heart…

Imagining Ireland events in Dublin & London to feature Paul Noonan, Lisa Hannigan, Saint Sister, Loah, Mango & Mathman and more

Imagining Ireland is an initiative of the National Concert Hall which aims to ‘Present living…

10 gigs and clubs to see in Cork this weekend

THURSDAY JANUARY 18TH: The Widow d’Arcy & All the Brave Hunters @ The Roundy (9pm,…

Irish musicians are sharing their on-stage mishaps on Twitter and it’s a cringey gas read

Musicians you are not alone. Ruairi Lynch aka Bantum shared an “actual nightmare” concerning on-stage…

Dundalk musician Elephant strips back to his roots on new track

Dundalk singer-songwriter Shane Clark or Elephant’s latest release ‘Waiting Game Part II’ from his new…

Mercury Rev Deserter Songs’ 20th anniversary Irish shows announced

Mercury Rev will play four Irish dates this April as part of their 20th anniversary…

Watch footage from the all-star Shane MacGowan 60th Birthday show with Nick Cave, Sinead O’Connor, Bono & many more

The National Concert Hall is not a place you’d square with the debaucherous life and…

New event SelfMade is exploring the unseen sides of being a DIY musician in Ireland

A new initiative called SelfMade is coming to Dublin which aims to explore and celebrate…

The 23 best gigs & clubs in Dublin city this week

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O Emperor announce first dates in over two years

After a few years of what the band refer to as “blurblobitude”, Waterford-originating psych-rockers O…

Here are the 10 Irish acts going to new music showcase festival Eurosonic this week

The European music industry will descend on Groningen in the Netherlands this week, as bookers…

Cranberries lead singer Dolores O’Riordan has died suddenly

Dolores O’Riordan, the lead singer of the seminal ’90s Irish band Cranberries has passed away…

Cork producer Jar Jar Jr’s Fallen Angel melds Madvillainy into new shapes

One of Cork’s lesser-known musical success stories is Robert O’Halloran, a beatmaker better known in…

1000 Beasts impresses with the booming electronic pop of ‘Lord (It’s OK)’

Last year, Cian Sweeney debuted his 1000 Beasts electronic project with two songs last year…