Stereogum — Full disclosure: I tend to hate covers. If you’re going to cover a song, make it really different, make it unusual, or don’t record it at all. It can, however, be interesting to listen to someone genre-bend a track and transform it from pop R&B i... more info

Nialler9 — The nominees for the Meteor Choice Music Prize’s Irish Song of the Year have been revealed today. The 10 songs are The Coronas – ‘All The Others’ Delorentos – ‘Show Me Love’ Hozier – ‘From Eden’ Kodaline – ‘One Day’ Kormac ... more info

The Telegraph — This singer songwriter is mesmerising to watch, says Bernadette McNulty more info

Nialler9 — Longitude Festival has revealed its first headline acts and its first names for the festival in general for the Marlay PArk event from Friday July 17th to Sunday July 19th. Hozier headlines the Friday, Alt-J headline Saturday and the Chemical Brothe... more info

Core News — “Cerys Matthews brings you a selection of her favourite interviews and session from over the last 12 months including Allen Toussaint, Hozier, Bryan Ferry, Kate Adie and Jah Wobble.” Cerys on 6 2014-12-21 The Best of 2014, part 1 [Uploaded.net do... more info

Nialler9 — Best of 2014 : Readers Irish Albums | Remixes | Videos The results of your favourite Irish songs are in.  It was a breakthrough year for a few Irish acts this year namely Hozier (duh),  The Riptide Movement, EMBRZ and God Knows + MynameisJohn. Es... more info

Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - (Corrects paras 1-3 to show track is most viral, not most streamed, changes headline to reflect) more info

Perez Hilton — Those Brits do bropop better than anyone else!! We think it's because of The Beatles. Their impact is still felt! Our latest U.K. obsession is James Bay! You may not know him now but his song Hold Back The River is going to be one of the biggest song... more info

Time — Hard as it is to steal the spotlight from the models, this year’s show was all about the music more info

The Independent — Hozier’s global hit single ‘Take Me To Church’ has been announced as the most streamed track of the year. more info