Idolator — Watch the Irish crooner belt out his dramatic new song. more info

Idolator — The Irish singer leaves church behind and heads to the jungle. more info

Nialler9 — BARQ are a new Dublin band making Alt R&B music or “Agrosoul” as they describe it and fronted by the familiar face of Jess Kav, who in the last few years has sung with Kodaline, Jape, Hozier and appeared on Lethal Dialect’s 1988. Not to mention... more info

Nialler9 — Hozier’s latest video for ‘Cherry Wine’ stars Saoirse Ronan and addresses domestic violence. The most powerful shot in the video is at the end with Saoirse Ronan’s unblinking yet bruised face. Artist, label and publishing proceeds from the iT... more info

Nialler9 — The last time around Chilly got himself into a bit of trouble by suggesting Feist sue Hozier for similarities in her song ‘How Come You Never Go There’ to ‘Take Me To Church’. He later apologised. Wisely, Chilly sticks to explaining the music... more info

Nialler9 — The 2FM Xmas Ball takes place in the 3Arena on Wednesday December 23rd and Hozier will headline the show which will also feature sets from Little Green Cars, Gavin James, The Riptide Movement, Ryan Sheridan and Hudson Taylor. It’s all in aid of The... more info

Mercury News, California — All-star benefit song 'Boob Spelled Backwards Is Boob' features Vance Joy, Michael Franti, Grace Potter, Steve Earle and many other artists. more info

Stereogum — The Canadian musician Chilly Gonzales hosts a YouTube series called Pop Music Masterclass, in which he parses out everything going on in a popular song. On his latest episode, though, he took a fellow musician to task, claiming that Hozier ripped off... more info

Stereogum — If you think this idea screams “morning radio,” you would be entirely correct, but it’s still a nice story. “The Boob Project” is a big fundraising project started by morning-show DJs on San Francisco’s KFOG. One of the DJs on the show, M... more info

Nialler9 — The ever-brilliant Chilly Gonzales continues his Pop Music Masterclass by delving into the construction in Hozier’s megahit ‘Take Me To Church’. The Feist song in question.   more info