NYE special, Kneecap, Damien Dempsey, Soda Blonde, Maykay, Madra Salach, John Talabot, Optimo, Nialler9’s Indie Disco, Gurriers, Kean Kavanagh, Irish Hash Mafia ...

Country pop music, punk-jazz, electronic trad, underground connectors, gothic shoegaze and tin whistles, freak folk, no wave rock and more. In revisiting that first 2016 list, I noticed my problem has ...

The Kerry alt-folk artist gets lost in the fairy fort with ‘Welcome To My Mountain’, a warped whistle and accordion-featuring tune which started with Kealy attempting to write a slipjig style of song ...

Highlights: Beth Orton and Sam Amidon, Kean Kavanagh, The Altered Hours, Tooms, Inni-K, Brawni, My Name Is John and Andy Unscene, Soda Blonde, Tom Prendergast, Trad Folkin’ Rocks and more.

WineMom are a Dublin four-piece “who create music in the spirit of Fleetwood Mac and the Doobie Brothers. Big ballads and disco jazz inspired tunes with an indie twist, they live up to their name, ...

Paddy Hanna released his excellent record Oylegate this year which was written while watching Solaris with the sound off at home, on piano and it features Hanna’s trademark classic songwriting-tinged ...

Forest Fest is the festival trading in older bands from the 80s and 90s that takes place in Bee’s Wing Farm, Emo Village in Co. Laois next year – Friday July 24th – Sunday July 26th 2026. Having ...

Jim Carroll no longer writes about music, but he occasionally wishes he was still in the game (like when the Beyond the Pale shenanigans happened last summer). You’ll find him on Spotify and Instagram ...

Further to last week’s news of its notice to vacate the property, the arts space The Complex has ramped up its attempt to save the venue. Along with a petition online, and a public meeting last ...

Galway-based DJ and broadcaster Cian Ó Cíobháin hosts An Taobh Tuathail week-nights on RTÉ RnaG. When not on the airwaves, Cian has been throwing Disco Dána parties in intimate venues around the ...

My obsession with this album endures. This track following ‘West End Girl’ is like a kick. It feels like a shock, as Allen traverses from the dreamy romance to the break down of the relationship.

Over 200 musicians, actors, writers, performers and athletes including the likes of Sally Rooney, Kneecap, Denise Gough, The Pogues, Biig Piig, David Holmes, Killian Sunderman, Steve Wall and many ...