Nialler9 — A lot of things happened at the Grammys last night: Kanye disrupted another stage in protest at Beck winning album of the year instead of Beyoncé, Aphex Twin won best electronic album (and was never going to be in a room with all those people ), St... more info

Perez Hilton — Yes, take us to church! Hozier took us on a musical adventure at the 2015 Grammys when he performed Take Me to Church and then brought Annie Lennox out to join in and transition into I Put a Spell On You! And YES, a spell was put on the whole audienc... more info

Time — Hozier, the “Take Me to Church” singer whose name you’re not entirely sure how to pronounce, capped off his breakout year by performing his big hit at the 2015 Grammy Awards. But his own material was easily out-dazzled by Annie Lennox, who join... more info

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