Laoise impresses with the building electronic pop of ‘Halfway’

Laoise, the rising Galway electro pop artist, has released one standout track in ‘You’ so…

The Nialler9 Weekly Cork Gig Guide

MONDAY MARCH 6TH & TUESDAY MARCH 7TH: Nothing at all in terms of original tunes…

Nialler9 & Young Hearts Run Free’s From Darkness To Light among the Musictown 2017 highlights

MusicTown, the Dublin music festival by Dublin City Council and programmed by Aiken has announced…

Hear the opening song from Alt-J’s new album Relaxer – ‘3WW’

After teasing last week and I speculated, Alt-J released their first new song from their…

Mix & Fairbanks’ soulful house & disco edits EP will start your weekend

The Newbridge, Kildare duo of Rob Smyth and Gary O’Reilly aka Mix & Fairbanks have…

Watch Rusangano Family slay live on TV from Other Voices

Rusangano Family, the creators of the Nialler9 Irish album of 2016 were broadcast on Other…

Listen to Daft Punk’s Essential Mix… first aired 20 years ago

It was 20 years ago this week. Before they became the robots, before they became…

Premiere: Ben Bix & Feather – ‘Thirsty’

Frequent live collaborators Ben Bix (Meltybrains?) and Feather have teamed up on a new six-track…

Here’s a 70 minute version of Phil Collins’ ‘In The Air Tonight’ drum fill

Yes. This is the Phil Collins’ In The Air Tonight’ Drum Fill “for 1 Hour…

AboveDat release the belter house pop single ‘Better’

DJ Stevie G and Ian Ring (formerly of Young Wonder)’s AboveDat project has released a…

Bunker Vinyl record shop + studio to open in Cork this Saturday

Independent music continues to grow in Cork, with a fifth indie record shop opening its…

The 20 best songs of the month

My favourite songs of the past month. Listen to the continuous playlists on Spotify, Youtube &…

Boiler Room AVA Festival lineup announced: Ejeca, Dj Deece, OR:LA and more

Boiler Room returns to AVA at T13 for their third year in a row and…

Win tickets to see Young Blood at St. Patrick’s Festival feat Rusangano Family, Hare Squead & more

Young Blood: The Beats and Voices of Our Generation is a special concert taking place…

Longitude 2017: The Weeknd, Skepta, Kaytranada, Catfish & The Bottlemen, Picture This & more

Longitude Festival returns to Marlay Park from 14 – 16 July this year and after…

Watch the video for Sligo rap trio This Side Up’s ‘Snappin’ feat. Hamo

Sligo rap collective Myster-E, Shaool & Noone aka This Side Up released a really good…

Bad Bones – “I like to have the appearance of masculine and feminine”

The electronic A/V musician Sal Stapleton aka Bad Bones broke through with a series of…

Right Here, Right Now festival announced for Cork Opera House

The team behind the Coughlan’s Live venue has partnered with Cork Opera House for a…

Vantastival festival announce 36 artists for its 2017 edition

Vantastival, the campervan-themed festival to take place on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th June at…

Mumford & Sons to curate Longitude & Latitude stage with Baaba Maal, Jack Garratt, Glass Animals…

While Mumford & Sons wouldn’t be my favourite band by ANY stretch of the imagination,…