Highlights: Beth Orton and Sam Amidon, Kean Kavanagh, The Altered Hours, Tooms, Inni-K, Brawni, My Name Is John and Andy Unscene, Soda Blonde, Tom Prendergast, Trad Folkin’ Rocks and more.

It’s the Dublin DJ buzzer’s first guestlist in FOUR YEARS (how did that happen?). Sally Cinnamon shares her top 10 songs of the year. In August 2024 we lost a spectacular Irish artist Eoin French, a ...

Galway-based DJ and broadcaster Cian Ó Cíobháin hosts An Taobh Tuathail week-nights on RTÉ RnaG. When not on the airwaves, Cian has been throwing Disco Dána parties in intimate venues around the ...

WineMom are a Dublin four-piece “who create music in the spirit of Fleetwood Mac and the Doobie Brothers. Big ballads and disco jazz inspired tunes with an indie twist, they live up to their name, ...

My obsession with this album endures. This track following ‘West End Girl’ is like a kick. It feels like a shock, as Allen traverses from the dreamy romance to the break down of the relationship.

NYE special, Kneecap, Damien Dempsey, Soda Blonde, Maykay, Madra Salach, John Talabot, Optimo, Nialler9’s Indie Disco, Gurriers, Kean Kavanagh, Irish Hash Mafia ...

The Dublin alternative folk six-piece band Madra Salach have had a big breakthrough year, that really kicked in when they released their debut single in September. From there, a buzzy show at Ireland ...

A lot has happened to the Belfast rap trio this year Kneecap – terrorism charges, court appearances, country bans, censorship and a lot of gigs (gestures to this link – especially since the Dublin gig ...

After returning in the summer with some once-off gigs and an EP, the math-rock chancers Adebisi Shank have released a Christmas album. Titled Selected Festive Works 2007 to 2025, it varies between ...

Jamal Sul has been making Irish Arabic electronic music as Moving Still since 2016. His productions link his Arabic heritage, with his love of synthesizers, dance music and buzzy bangers. We chatted ...

The band’s last album was 2019’s High Time, which featured singles with videos starring now Irish food writer influencer Sian Conway. New album Ossory Road meanwhile was made by a four-piece – ...

Her debut album Addison, released in June, received widespread critical acclaim. The New York Times called it “one of the year’s signature pop releases,” while the Associated Press hailed her arrival ...