Raising a Celtic bar
Perhaps Ireland’s most famous Eurovision took place in 1994. As well as an Irish win through Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan’s Rock ‘N’ Roll...
Heroes In Hiding: An Album A Decade In The Making
Dublin indie band Heroes In Hiding forged their reputation in the live arena.
Having existed in various forms for over a decade, they’ve changed...
Ash Get Personal on Break-Up Record ‘Islands’
Downpatrick pop-rockers Ash have been going for 26 years, and for many it’s the relatively early hits - Girl From Mars, Oh Yeah, Shining...
Six Great Festivals You Can Still Hit Up This Summer
Summer isn’t summer without spending at least one weekend in a field supping luke-warm beer and watching music, right?
By the time the sun actually...
Dublin Made Easy: Trad Venues
In this weeks Dublin Made Easy follow the trad path to mighty music with an in-depth look at some of the city-centre's best specialist...
Growing Up In Soulful pop: The Brave Rebirth of Delorentos
Dublin’s deeply-personal indie-popsters Delorentos are growing up, fast. In ditching and rewriting their fifth album, they hope the result – True Surrender – shows them...
Mastering the harp was a Canny move
From seven-time All Ireland champion in harp and banjo as a kid, to working with some household names under the encouraging, watchful eye of...
The Hot Sprockets continue to evolve with psychedelia-tinged third album
If you heard a track of two of The Hot Sprockets’ music, and were then asked to stick a pin in a map identifying...
Meet Le Galaxie
Dublin's most popular dance act might have left behind the world of major labels, but with the addition of former Fight Like Apes vocalist...
Rip it up and start again… Æ Mak’s ambitious rebalancing
Hailing straight from Dublin’s rock school having departed BIMM as part of their first graduating class in 2015, Æ Mak are all about boisterous...