The Dublin alternative folk six-piece band Madra Salach are having a breakthrough with an appearance this week on the Tommy Tiernan Show and a debut EP It’s a Hell of an Age EP out this Friday. Due to ...

Retro garage‑rock, psychedelic, and punk from The Blu Oranj. Cathal Ryan is a music journalist based in Limerick. With Nialler9, he writes gig guides, occasionally covers releases, and has interviewed ...

Taking the wilds of Donegal as inspiration, Connor Dougan aka Deathbed Convert, approached this project with an idea of inverting the norm of field recordings. Instead of imbueing the recorded music ...

Súil Amháin has featured here a lot with some great tunes in the last few years, including collaborations with Bantum. Súil Amháin on Bandcamp. Niall Byrne Niall Byrne is the founder of the ...

Glenn, or G Bone to his pals was one of the nicest people you could encounter out and about in Irish music. Glenn was one of the very good ones, it was always a pleasure to meet at a festival or a gig ...

6 new tracks in Irish music highlighted, and playlist additions. The best emerging tracks we’ve selected from artists from the island of Ireland this week, with more playlist additions below the main ...

Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE and Surf Gang collective are releasing a double album together called Pompeii/Utility and have announced world tour dates including Dublin this summer. The album is released on ...

The Best of the Month episode is Patreon-only. This is a preview on the public feed. This month’s best of the month guest is music writer Vanessa Roulston Mooney. We pick our favourite music of the ...

The Irish lighting designer known for working with Irish acts on big festivals and main stages has passed away at a young age from cancer. Conor Biddle was known for his lighting work with acts like ...

A new pub and venue space in Dublin offering live music seven nights a week. The Star Bar is a new pub that has taken over the Thomas Rody Maher at 43 Baggot Street Lower, which was previously known ...

Italo-inspired electro-duo Mind Enterprises are back in May to play The Bernard Shaw in Dublin. Meath singer-songwriter Ellie O’Neill plays at Bello Bar in Dublin on Friday 10th April. Ellie has ...

The debut album from Bloc Party remains a seminal record of a key time in UK guitar music. Niall is joined by author and writer Dean Van Nguyen discuss the record in front of a live audience at Listen ...