Marina: Love+Fear review – An album of two halves, where fear conquers loveFear is unquestionably the more interesting group of songs hereFri Apr 26 2019 - 06:00
The Chemical Brothers: No Geography review – Back to Planet DustTom Rowlands and Ed Simons celebrate 30 years as dance pioneers by going back to basicsThu Apr 11 2019 - 07:00
Death Cab for Cutie: Thank You for Today review – Nothing’s gonna spoil Ben Gibbard’s bad dayThu Jan 17 2019 - 20:30
Saint Sister: Shape of Silence review – Atmosfolk to see you through the wee hoursFri Sept 28 2018 - 05:00
Kodaline: Politics of Living review – gunning for America with a fistful of hollow anthemsThu Sept 27 2018 - 07:00
Villagers: The Art of Pretending to Swim review – No pretence, just perfectionFri Sept 14 2018 - 05:00
Paul McCartney: Egypt Station – pharaoh ’nuff effort from former BeatleNew album has echoes of his old Fab Four tunes – and a big smattering of cheeseFri Sept 07 2018 - 05:00
Paul Banks of Interpol: ‘I was a mystery to myself for many years’The frontman on his dark side, new lyrical clarity and rap influences on album No 6Fri Aug 17 2018 - 05:00
‘The music teacher said to me: you haven’t a musical note in your body’With six albums under his belt, a new record and a book on the way, Derry native Tony Wright is flourishing creatively like never beforeMon Aug 06 2018 - 10:02
Gulp: All Good Wishes review – beguiling sense of inventionGulp All Good Wishes E.L.K. Records, 4Fri Aug 03 2018 - 05:00
Kevin Nolan: Absent At the Moment When He Took Up the Most Space review – Skilful sketchesThu Jul 26 2018 - 10:00
The 12 best overlooked albums of 2018 (so far)From an ambient legend to punk newbies, discover the music that deserves a second listenTue Jul 03 2018 - 06:15
Lauren Murphy on the acts to see – and why – at the Iveagh GardensAlanis Morissette, The The, Aslan and Damien Dempsey some of the must seesSat Jun 30 2018 - 00:00
Baxter Dury: ‘I’m not trying to escape Ian, I’m just trying to prove I’m valuable’Dury jnr has reasons to be cheerful: he’s established his own musical identity, released a career-best in ‘Prince of Tears’ – and his son Kosmo is set to carry on the family legacySat Jun 09 2018 - 05:00
Lily Allen: No Shame review – unflinchingly honest snapshot of her lifeThe one-time jaunty pop star is candid about her failings without sliding into self-pityFri Jun 08 2018 - 06:10
Johnny Marr: ‘A lot of people don’t even want to see The Smiths re-form’The former Smiths guitarist on his third album, ‘Call the Comet’ – his most personal yet – and why he's happy to stay soloFri Jun 08 2018 - 05:00
The sun looks like shining on Forbidden FruitBut even if the forecast is wide of the mark, a battery of great acts will keep your spirits upSat Jun 02 2018 - 05:00
Ruban Nielson: ‘I don’t want to be using my life for clickbait’Unknown Mortal Orchestra frontman on eclecticism, oversharing and ‘crazy Americans’Tue May 29 2018 - 05:00
‘Electric Light’ by James Bay review: A solid progressionFans of his debut may miss the surging choruses – for the rest of us, this is a good thingFri May 18 2018 - 05:00
Arctic Monkeys: Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino review – 'It’s got more chords. And space shit'A shift in dynamic and style, but Alex Turner’s lyrics are as sharp as everFri May 11 2018 - 05:35
How do you write a Eurovision hit?Hamlet Sweeney of Dublin songwriting factory The Nucleus is hoping to lift Ireland’s Eurovision curse with a ‘dinger of a pop ballad’Tue May 08 2018 - 05:00
Gaz Coombes: World’s Strongest Man review – from Supergrass to super solo artistFri May 04 2018 - 05:00
Trad folk meets indie pop: Radie Peat and Katie Kim join forcesTwo artists bring their unique sounds together for a one-off musical eveningWed Apr 04 2018 - 05:00
Finbar Furey: When we walked in, people went ‘What in the name of Jaysus is this!’Finbar Furey on growing up in `Ballyer', appearing on Top of the Pops and how the Beatles wanted his uileann pipesThu Mar 29 2018 - 05:00
The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock: Lockout review – Key moment in Irish history set to musicFor this ‘concept album’ about the 1913 Lockout, the Dublin band have gone political and expanded to an 18-piece ‘electric guitar orchestra’. The result is an electrifying musicalFri Mar 16 2018 - 05:00
Kormac: ‘I like to take a big, ridiculous project on’‘Equivalent Exchange’, his new one-off show for St Patrick’s Festival, is the biggest and most ambitious collaboration undertaken by the producer, DJ and Big Band leaderSat Feb 17 2018 - 05:00
Richard Russell: Everything Is Recorded – dragged down by too many star guestsFri Feb 16 2018 - 11:32
