Nialler9 — 8Radio, the only alternative station offering left in Ireland is back on the airwaves on a temporary licence in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick from now until Sunday March 26th. Its frequencies are Dublin (94. more info

Nialler9 — London-based band HAWK have released a new song inspired by Galway vocalist Julie Hawk’s friend being followed home on a night out. ‘Take it Away’ is a tumultuous slice of indie rock with layers of vocals and an impending harmonic creepin... more info

Chorus.fm — Frightened Rabbit have announced some new tour dates. You can find those below. Feb 02 Spirit Store Dundalk, Ireland Feb 03 Walsh’s Bar Mitchelstown, Ireland Feb 04 Dolan’s Limerick, Ireland Feb 05 The Academy Dublin, Ireland Feb 07 Limelight 1 B... more info

Nialler9 — The Galway Jazz Festival has been running for 12 years now and in 2016, the organisers Ciaran Ryan and Matthew Berrill talked to the artists about their chosen field of jazz and improvised music. What they heard from visiting musicians was a la... more info

Nialler9 — Singer-songwriter Karl Blau is an artist who came to my attention via Sally in our Loose Joints podcast recently. He released Introducing Karl Blau on Bella Union in 2015 and today it was announced he’d be coming back for dates in Ireland in ... more info

Nialler9 — Cian Ó Cíobháin is the presenter of An Taobh Tuathail five nights a week on Radio Na Gaeltachta, he’s a DJ for 110th Street in Galway and for hire as a wedding DJ too (read my recent interview with him last year). He’s an excellen... more info

Gigwise — Black Grape are reissuing It's Great When Your straight ... Yeah album next month 21 years after it's original release. Gigwise has exclusive play of the remix by Milky Bar Kid of 'Kelly's Heroes'. A modern throwback to the 90's 'Madchester', takin... more info

Nialler9 — I caught a bit of Niamh Regan’s set after the Sing Along Social at Electric Picnic at the start of this month and was taken by the University of Limerick-attending Galway singer-songwriter’s voice. Regan’s voice has the inflections of UK ... more info

Rock Sound — This is going to be great. WSTR have announced everything you need to know about their forthcoming debut album. It's called 'Red, Green or Inbetween' and will be released January 20 via No Sleep Records. Here's the artwork... ... more info

Nialler9 — Having just released her album At Swim, Lisa Hannigan has has announced an Irish tour for December. The dates are: December 1st Seapoint Ballroom, Galway December 2nd O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford December 8th The Glassworks... more info