Dubliner Charlotte Headon debuts R&B track ‘Hold Tight’

Here’s the first offering from a new Dublin-based artist Charlotte Headon. Headon is a relatively…

Hard Working Class Heroes announce 2nd round of delegates

Hard Working Class Heroes festival has added a second round of international conference attendees for this…

Lisa Hannigan & Aaron Dessner to perform with National Symphony Orchestra for Cork festival SFSH

Sounds From A Safe Harbour Festival in Cork in mid-September has already announced its big…

Kelela announces new album for Warp Records & shares ‘LMK’

One of my favourite new artists of the last few years, Kelela has returned with…

Cian Ó Cíobháin’s ATT Vol. 8 is here via a Spotify playlist

The presenter of long-running underground music show RnaG’s An Taobh Tuathail, Cian Ó Cíobháin has…

The 25 best gigs & clubs in Dublin city this week

Tuesday August 1 Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm) New music showcase with Ailbhe Reddy,  Rosi…

New live music venue opening on Dame Street modelled on ’80s Dublin venue The Underground

Temple Bar will get a new live music venue from late September. The Underground will…

Some of the cream of the Irish music scene come together on this remix

Bantum’s mini-album Move from last year has spawned a series of solid remixes from Mix…


Sun.Set.Ships introduce Balearic pop tones with new single ‘D_lay’

Monaghan three-piece Sun.Set.Ships are an electronic live band with pop sensibilities who will follow up…

Watch EP3 of This Ain’t No Disco feat. Rusangano Family, Lankum, Lisa O’Neill & more

Donal Dineen and Myles O’Reilly’s This Ain’t No Disco online music show has returned for…

Strains of Burial & Moderat abound on Mount Alaska’s ‘Radius’

Last October, former Halfset members Stephen Shannon and Cillian McDonnell returned to music under the…

Other Voices announce Electric Picnic bill

Other Voices have announced their Electric Picnic 2017 lineup for Stradbally’s woodlands with their own…

Tycho for first Dublin show since 2014

The instrumental band lead by musician and graphic designer Scott Hansen, Tyco have been announced…

Axel Boman & Space Dimension Controller have a B2B interview

On August 26th, Studio Barnhus’ Axel Boman (Talaboman) and Belfast electronic galactic funkateer Space Dimension…

Dublin producer neonfrench battled through depression and bipolar disorder to release his new album half-caste

The Dublin-based musician and producer Djamel Medjy aka neonfrench, has appeared with a full album…

Watch Haim cover Shania Twain’s ‘That Don’t Impress Me Much’

Haim were on Triple J and did an actually-lovely cover of Shania Twain’s ‘That Don’t…

Listen to Arcade Fire’s Everything Now now

After months of marketing transmissions from the Everything Now corp employees, the fifth Arcade Fire…

The 7 best new songs you should hear right now

This is only a selection of new music – dig into more or follow the…

Watch Sleep Thieves’ video for Is this Ready?

Sleep Thieves returned with the noir soiree track ‘Is This Ready’ and now there’s a…

Mercury Music Prize shortlist announced

The Mercury Prize 2017 shortlist has been announced today. The UK prize honours the albums…