Songs of the Week: David Brent, Fall Out Boy, Rihanna, James Vincent McMorrowOne of these musicians is not like the others, and that musician is James Vincent McMorrowWed Jul 06 2016 - 13:59
Songs of the week: Kanye West, Blood Orange, The Avalanches and Rose NuttyKanye’s most shameless attention-seeking stunt to date, came at a time when the world had other things on its mindThu Jun 30 2016 - 16:30
Songs of the week: Aphex Twin, Divine Comedy, Kevin Nolan and DeerhoofGet ready for the most historically inaccurate hit of the summer with the Divine Comedy’s latest comeback singleThu Jun 23 2016 - 15:00
Songs of the week: Two Door Cinema Club, Eden and morePlus, new releases from post-punk rockers Preoccupations - who are no longer Viet Cong - and Sir the Baptist ft. ChurchpeopleThu Jun 16 2016 - 18:00
Songs of the week: The Avalanches, Dragonette, August Wells and Angel OlsenSixteen years after the sublime Since I Left You, The Avalanches have returned to the recording studioThu Jun 09 2016 - 15:00
Songs of the week: Let’s Eat Grandma, Future, Craig David and Slow Place Like HomeCraig David is like the Ebola virus. You think the threat has permanently receded, but he’s always still out there, plotting his next horrifying returnThu May 26 2016 - 14:00
Songs of the week: The Stone Roses, Tom Odell, Allie X and Chance The RapperLast time The Stone Roses returned from a lengthy hiatus, their calling card a magnificent, sprawling, multi-layered beast of a comeback single. History, alas, has not repeated itself hereThu May 19 2016 - 11:00
Songs of the week: Kehlani, Justin Timberlake, James Blake and The Burning HellKehlani returns with an admirably frank anthem about wellness and mental healthThu May 12 2016 - 14:00
Songs of the Week: Radiohead set tongues wagging, Rihanna doesn’tIs Burn the Witch really about mass surveillance or the rise of Donald Trump? Or could it be about Roddy Doyle? Meanwhile, Calvin Harris is looking for a lightning strikeThu May 05 2016 - 08:19
Songs of the week: “Who the f*ck do you think I is?” asks BeyoncéBey duets with Jack White, samples Led Zeppelin and hurls Jay-Z’s apparent infidelity into the public arena. Hooray! Meanwhile, Portishead deliver a killer ABBA coverWed Apr 27 2016 - 17:00
Songs of the week: The Goon Sax, Car Seat Headrest, Roisin Murphy, Kweku CollinsNamed after a cheap wine popular in their native Australia, The Goon Sax are a school age indie-pop trio who sound as though they only learned to play their instruments yesterdayThu Apr 21 2016 - 16:00
Songs of the week: Parquet Courts, Rusangano Family, Tim Chadwick, Tegan and SaraTim Chadwick sings about feeling lost, unsure of his purpose and surrounded by people just as clueless as he is. Or IKEA, as that’s known to the rest of usThu Apr 14 2016 - 14:00
Songs of the Week: Rihanna drops a steamy new video; Babymetal combine hard rock with synchronised dancingPlus, new releases from London electro-pop duo Avec Sans and a track Leon Vynehall apparently inspired by a National Geographic documentaryWed Apr 06 2016 - 17:00
Songs of the week: Whitney, Mango, Pet Shop Boys and The Shaker HymnWhitney release the slacker anthem of the summer; Neil Tennant shaves a decade or two off his ageThu Mar 31 2016 - 08:10
Songs of the week: Ariana Grande, The Crayon Set, Bry and Mike PosnerThere’s a life lesson to be learned here, kids - the public likes terrible music.Thu Mar 24 2016 - 11:00
Shuffle: Conor Walsh’s magic captured in friend’s videoShort film distills essence of minimalist composer who recently died aged just 36Thu Mar 17 2016 - 22:30
‘Getting punched in the face isn’t quite the thrill ride I was expecting’I’m in training for a charity boxing event (seemed like a good idea at the time) and all is going well – until I actually face an opponent. Can’t we just resolve this amicably?Fri Mar 11 2016 - 06:00
Shuffle: Megan Trainor channels her inner BeyoncéSinger’s female empowerment track ‘No’ dismisses a series of apparent lame male come-on linesThu Mar 10 2016 - 14:00
Songs of the Week: M83, Jack White, Charlie XCX and Richard AshcroftFeaturing Europop pastiche, a bizarre Stevie Wonder cover, a posh delivery and the man who was once, briefly, the biggest rock star on the planetThu Mar 03 2016 - 15:30
Songs of the Week: Kanye West, The Knock, Azealia Banks and Slow SkiesKanye West once again throws up doubt as to whether Kanye the music artist and Kanye the media trainwreck are really the same personThu Feb 25 2016 - 16:51
Shuffle: Lady Gaga is more Bette Midler than Ziggy Stardust at her Bowie tributeFor a singer whose star has supposedly been on the wane, Lady Gaga is fighting one hell of a rearguard actionThu Feb 18 2016 - 14:00
Shuffle: Beyoncé announces she’s the black Bill GatesPlus: Michaela May lives in cliches and The Sherlocks can’t remember last nightFri Feb 12 2016 - 14:00
Shuffle: Zayn ditches the cleancut image and Rihanna gets to workIn 2016, someone has finally written a pop song about sex. All we need now is a rap song about how some guy who thinks he’s the best rapper, and a country song about pick-up trucks, and we are goldenFri Feb 05 2016 - 11:00
Listen: New releases from Iggy Pop, Macklemore and B.o.B.Punk-rock suvivor Iggy’s back in a new collaboration with Josh Homme, Macklemore rages against white privilege and B.o.B. proves that he's flat-out dumbWed Jan 27 2016 - 15:45
Big Irish Times Christmas Quiz 2016: The solutionsAll the solutions to The Big Irish Times Christmas Quiz 2016, plus the winner of the trip to Barcelona with Torres winesTue Jan 26 2016 - 18:00
Listen: the first fully fledged collaboration between Kanye and Kendrick LamarPlus, Nicky Byrne’s Irish Eurovision entry, and new tunes from The 1975 and GrimesWed Jan 20 2016 - 17:00
Shuffle: Did David Bowie anoint Kanye West as his musical heir?Bizarre conspiracies are afoot about David Bowie final goodbye. Meanwhile, Kendrick Lamar gets busy proving he's one of the world’s greatest rappersWed Jan 13 2016 - 12:00
Shuffle: Radiohead's rejected Spectre track and Aretha Franklin's comebackRadiohead presumably intended to soundtrack that eight-minute sequence in which Bond sits in his pyjamas scrolling through his ex-girlfriend’s Facebook photosWed Jan 06 2016 - 14:00
Shuffle: She-Devils make their retro debut; PJ Harvey gives a taunting teaserAll the best clips and downloads from around the webWed Dec 30 2015 - 06:00
Shuffle: Four terrible Christmas songs you shouldn't listen to this yearSimon Cowell is back with another Yuletide dirge, while Michael Buble and Celine Dion remove the anti-war sentiment from John Lennon's classicThu Dec 17 2015 - 13:00
Shuffle: Phoenix get a little help from their friend Bill Murray this ChristmasAlso this week, Noel Fielding has a surreal Christmas with the Mighty Boosh and Idris ElbaThu Dec 10 2015 - 17:00
Shuffle: Psy is back with a music video that’s unhinged even by his standardsAlso this week: MIA takes on the refugee crisis, Anohni takes on climate change and Coldplay take on a bar tabThu Dec 03 2015 - 12:00
Shuffle: David Bowie goes on a Blackstar oddessy and Lil Durk finds his BeyoncéAlso this week: Deap Vally go Mean Girls and Kylie Minogue gives everyone a headache for ChristmasThu Nov 26 2015 - 16:08
Shuffle: Tobias Jesso Jr and Adele team up and Missy Elliot asks WTF?The reigning king and queen of not taking break-ups in your stride have teamed up for Adele’s new albumWed Nov 18 2015 - 12:00
Shuffle: are Coldplay interesting enough to write a song about Jennifer Lawrence?The latest tracks and videos, including Aurora’s Christmas moon man, Grimes on the dancefloor and Lana Del Ray’s latest singleThu Nov 12 2015 - 14:00
How to be a Glasnevin Cemetery tour guideThe job’s yours with knowledge, passion and an ability to make people laugh and crySat Nov 07 2015 - 01:00
Shuffle: Bibi Bourelly moves on from Rihanna to solo stardomThe week’s clips, singles, downloads and audiostreams, including the latest from Justin Beiber, Pleasure Beach and PugwashThu Nov 05 2015 - 12:00
Tunes of the week: One Direction’s Perfect is anything butThe week’s best clips, singles, downloads and audiostreams, featuring Cian Finn, Chance the Rapper, All Tvvins and One DirectionWed Oct 28 2015 - 17:08
Tunes of the week: Hello, Adele is back to the day jobThe week’s best clips, singles, downloads and audiostreams, featuring Adele, Daithi, Beach House and Irish hip hop/ska duo T.P.M.Fri Oct 23 2015 - 07:00
Shuffle: Britney Spears and Giorgio Moroder drone on in Tom’s DinerThe week’s best clips, singles, downloads and audiostreamsThu Oct 15 2015 - 13:00
Shuffle: Sia holds on to Alive while Lil Wayne attempts a comebackThe week’s best clips, singles, downloads and audiostreamsThu Oct 08 2015 - 12:00
Must-hear tunes of the week: Smith does Bond; Pope does prog; Goulding shoots the place upEoin Butler rounds up this week’s best clips, singles, downloads and audiostreamsThu Oct 01 2015 - 14:00
Shuffle: Ryan Adams, Father John Misty, The Radio Dept and Mary BurkeThe week’s best clips, singles, downloads and audiostreamsThu Sept 24 2015 - 12:58
Shuffle: Elle King objectifies; Benedict Cumberbatch humanisesThe week’s best clips, singles, downloads and audiostreamsWed Sept 16 2015 - 17:00
Shuffle: The week’s best clips, singles, downloads and audiostreamsThis week shuffles features music from Miley Cyrus, Molly Nilsson and Little Xs for EyesFri Sept 11 2015 - 11:00
Shuffle: The very silly Meltybrains? boys and moral guidance from Justin BeiberThe week’s best clips, singles, downloads and audiostreamsFri Sept 04 2015 - 11:00
Shuffle: Jesso mans up, Jess Glynne hits No 5 in the No 1s, and Allison Mosshart dodges the burnThe week’s best clips, singles, downloads and audiostreamsFri Aug 28 2015 - 12:00
Shuffle: Heavy Nedal music and inspiration from This American LifeThe week’s best clips, singles, downloads and audiostreamsFri Aug 21 2015 - 17:00
Shuffle: Dr Dre dishes to his diary; One Direction drag everyone downThe week’s best clips, singles, downloads and audiostreamsThu Aug 13 2015 - 13:00
Shuffle: Alice Glass starts again; 5SOS take on One DirectionThe week’s best clips, singles, downloads and audiostreamsFri Aug 07 2015 - 13:00
