Spoken word is all the rage with musicians at the moment with Lana Del Rey and Imelda May both releasing spoken word / poetry albums. Now, Derry musicians SOAK and Saint Sister’s Gemma Doherty have worked with photographer Ellius Grace on ‘I’m ... more info

Over the course of the last while, Jape has been publicising the eight videos made for the Sentinel Video Project, which features eight directors making visuals for each of the eight songs on his recent album Sentinel. We featured the fifth one back ... more info

The Songs From An Empty Room live broadcast on RTÉ last Saturday raised €400,000 for workers in the live music event industry. The event which featured performances from Picture This, Gavin James, Soulé, James Vincent McMorrow, The Coronas (pictu... more info

Angel Olsen has announced a new album, Whole New Mess, out on August 28th, the promised solo album drawn from the same well as previous 2019 album All Mirrors. Whole New Mess was recorded in The Unknown, an isolated old church that was converted into... more info

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Highlights: Dermot Kennedy, All Together Now, Lollapalooza, Powpig, Angie McMahon, Transmission Festival, Mavis Staples 80 and more. more info

Current DJ favourites with Róisín Murphy, Kelly Lee Owens, Soulwax, Chris Rea, Real Lies, Pangaea, Jaakko Eino Kalevi & more more info

Friday is release day and here’s the first things that caught my ear while listening to new singles today. Girl Band – ‘Amygdala’ (live at Vicar Street) Amygdala (Live At Vicar Street) by Girl Band Girl Band are such a force of nature that a ... more info

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I got 99 problems and the overuse of this pun ain’t one. On episode #99 of the podcast, Niall speaks to Shane Dunne of Indiependence, booker with MCD and one of those involved in the EPIC (Event Production Industry Covid Working Group), ahead... more info