As is expected with Sam’s songcraft, there is folk beauty aplenty throughout, as Amidon brings old song to a new place, as on ...

The Gig Guide is published weekly every Tuesday and features the best gigs in Dublin city, curated by Nialler9. All door times are 7:30pm/8pm unless stated. Check links for full prices. Gig Guide ...

Donal Dineen and Myles O’Reilly filmed this documentary featuring Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh looking at Willie Clancy week… ...

What kind of music do Makeshift Art Bar make? Drawing from post-punk, garage rock, noise bands, Makeshift Art Bar’s music is encapsulated by songs that lean on metallic sounds, tension-filled rhythms, ...

Here’s a rundown of new Albums & EPs on DSPs and physical releases in record shops this week. Nialler9 keeps a rolling list of Irish album releases for 2025. It’s the first big release week of the ...

Eoin French’s passing in September was a devastating loss for a lot of the Irish music community. The Cork musician left a legacy of music behind to be released after his death, the first of which an ...

Here’s a rundown of new Albums & EPs on DSPs and physical releases in record shops this week. The Brighton noise-punk band with riot grrrl influences drop their debut album, a rough-hewn searing ...

David Balfe is the creator of my favourite Irish release of 2021 for the For Those I Love album and project. The vocal flow here is otherworldly. Smooth, confident, playful and slickl. I’ve heard ...

Featuring Squid, Spooklet, clipping., Saint Etienne, Skinner. See the end of the post for the Spotify playlist featuring all the tracks added, which is updated weekly. Clipping’s sixth album Dead ...

ELLLL, Jehnova, Leo Miyagee, Polytunnel, Mel Keane and more. Returning from the end of year list season and the Christmas break, there is a sense of new music to be caught up on, a time to look ...

Dublin promoters Big Dish Go are back celebrating their 20th year with a big January closer. Big Dish Go, are Dublin brothers Conor and Gav Feeney and they are bringing Belfast’s finest selector David ...

Following on from the nominations for Irish Artist of the Year, Irish Breakthrough Artist shortlist and the big prize for Irish album of the year, the Choice Music Prize has released the Song of the ...