Best new music books: A treat for Springsteen fans; a unique angle on Bowie; and a memoir from a cult hedonistInsights into Jarvis Cocker’s disillusionment with fame; The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s music and drug habits, and moreTue Mar 26 2024 - 05:00
Annalise Murphy: ‘I need money to live, but I know it will never buy me happiness’ ‘After so many years in sport, I know nothing is a given,’ says the Olympic medallistMon Mar 25 2024 - 06:00
Elbow’s Guy Garvey: ‘I have a long history of failed relationships, toxic and drug-fuelled’It makes for great song material, says the frontman of Elbow, who have just released their 10th album, Audio VertigoSun Mar 24 2024 - 05:15
The Guide: John Mayer, DJ Shadow, Emma Doran and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endMarch 23rd-29th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Mar 23 2024 - 05:00
Anamoe Drive: Breakfast in Bed – Like all your treasured singer-songwriters put through a sonic wringerThumper singer Oisín Leahy Furlong’s debut solo album is the yin to Thumper’s yang, a delicate, un-self-pitying collection of heartbreak songsThu Mar 21 2024 - 05:00
The Music Quiz: What is the title of Lana Del Rey’s upcoming country music album?Plus: What is the greatest debut album of all time, according to Rolling Stone magazine?Wed Mar 20 2024 - 05:00
My best value for money purchase? A good mattressMe & My Money: Grainne O’Keefe, chefMon Mar 18 2024 - 06:00
The Guide: St Patrick’s Festival Quarter, Liam Gallagher and John Squire, and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endMarch 16th-22nd, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Mar 16 2024 - 05:00
Kacey Musgraves: Deeper Well – Politically aware and personally revealing, this one’s a genuine growerDeeper Well features Musgraves taking another creative turn. Ring it up as another jewel in the crownThu Mar 14 2024 - 05:30
St Patrick’s Day Special Music Quiz: On which Dublin street was this photo of The Commitments taken?Test your knowledge of Irish music down the years with these 10 questionsWed Mar 13 2024 - 05:00
Emma Doran: ‘I was a single parent at 18, so I started saving for a house’Me & My Money: Emma Doran speaks about her most extravagant purchase and how she’s saved from a young ageMon Mar 11 2024 - 06:00
The Guide: Tommy Tiernan, The Sultans of Ping and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endMarch 9th-15th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Mar 09 2024 - 05:00
Chequerboard: Souvenir – It’s been 11 years since the Dublin artist’s last album, and the wait has been worth it This union of electro-acoustic, minimalistic and postclassical is a work of rare beautyThu Mar 07 2024 - 05:00
Terry Prone: ‘If I bought shares, my socialist father would turn in his grave’Me & My Money: Terry Prone, chairwoman of The Communications ClinicMon Mar 04 2024 - 06:00
Jah Wobble: ‘When I was much younger I drank like an Irishman’Writing Dark Luminosity, his memoir, has been more cathartic for the London-Irish musician than he expected it to beMon Mar 04 2024 - 05:00
Five days in Las Vegas: Get lost in the city of Sin and SphereWhat is left to do in Vegas once you’ve seen U2 at Sphere? Plenty - just try to hang on to your walletSun Mar 03 2024 - 06:00
The Guide: Imagining Ireland, Rick Astley, Pixies and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endMarch 2nd-9th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Mar 02 2024 - 05:00
Mark Geary: In the Time of Locusts – Thoughtful, gracefully melodic songs that transport you The Dubliner, one of Ireland’s best songwriters, has never wavered from his commendable craft in the face of commercial indifferenceThu Feb 29 2024 - 05:00
From The Beatles to Sugababes to Rolling Stones: The pain of the almost-band-member‘I remember when they headlined Glastonbury… I was sat at home, on my own’. Bands changing their line-ups is a cutting moment for the unwanted memberWed Feb 28 2024 - 05:15
The Music Quiz: How many US presidents does Billy Joel namecheck on We Didn’t Start the Fire?Plus: Bonzo Goes to Bitburg is The Ramones’ 1-2-3-4 commentary on which president?Wed Feb 28 2024 - 05:00
‘I have lost money on all my albums. I would be a chief financial officer’s worst nightmare, if I had one’Me & My Money: Mike Hanrahan of Stockton’s WingMon Feb 26 2024 - 06:00
The Guide: Rhiannon Giddens, OMD, Diversity and more events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endFebruary 24th-March 1st, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Feb 24 2024 - 04:00
Conor Furlong: 2019-2023 – A perfect introduction to a studio hermit’s creative talentsAlbum encompasses a breadth of song styles that tip the hat to genres without slavishly sticking to rulesThu Feb 22 2024 - 05:00
Boy bands music quiz: Which Irish group once earned £2.5m for a private gig for the Sultan of Brunei? Plus: What age was Robbie Williams when he joined Take That?Wed Feb 21 2024 - 05:00
‘After Eircom I decided I should stay away from things I know nothing about’Me & My Money: Rachael English, broadcaster and author.Mon Feb 19 2024 - 06:00
The Guide: Niall Horan, Pink Pantheress, Dublin International Film Festival and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endFebruary 17th-23rd, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Feb 17 2024 - 05:00
Katherine Priddy: The Pendulum Swing – a comforting throwback to 1960s folkWith echoes of Vashti Bunyan, Sandy Denny and Bridget St John winding through, these gorgeous, thoughtful songs showcase Priddy’s maturing skills as a songwriterThu Feb 15 2024 - 05:00
Valentine’s Day Music Quiz: Who’s that duetting with Erykah Badu on Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)?Plus: What kind of character is Natalie Merchant singing about?Wed Feb 14 2024 - 05:00
‘A coffee in the sun by the sea with a friend will always be my top purchase’Me & My Money: Cherie White, costume designer and makerMon Feb 12 2024 - 06:00
The Guide: Gruff Rhys, Sister Act and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endFebruary 10th-16th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Feb 10 2024 - 05:00
Driven Snow: A Kind of Dreaming – Former members of Irish bands Delorentos and Republic of Loose get together with impressive resultsAlbum review: Debut album from Driven Snow is full of sublime acoustic pop-folk worthy of attentionThu Feb 08 2024 - 05:45
The Music Quiz: What does Thin Lizzy drummer Brian Downey say is his favourite Thin Lizzy song?Plus: Whose life story will be presented entirely through Lego animation?Wed Feb 07 2024 - 05:00
Sonya Lennon: After I hit 50, I began to appraise how I spent my time, energy, and money Me & My Money: The businesswoman says: ‘Any entrepreneur who hasn’t lost money isn’t doing it properly’Mon Feb 05 2024 - 05:45
The Guide: Bill Bailey, Róisín Murphy and lots more events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they endFebruary 3rd-9th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Feb 03 2024 - 05:00
Wild Colonial Boys is hard to beatHis band, writes Burgess ‘were effectively written out of the Good Vibes history by a small cabal of devotees’Sat Feb 03 2024 - 00:01
Patterns on the Window: The British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1974 – An antidote to Top of the Pops limpnessA 66-song compilation of art-pop saviours away from the anodyne mainstreamThu Feb 01 2024 - 05:00
The Music Quiz: Who’s the boxer among the famous faces on the cover of Band on the Run?Plus: The title of Pillow Queens’ new album, Name Your Sorrow, is inspired by which Irish poet?Wed Jan 31 2024 - 05:00
‘We have come to our senses, and we just buy eggs [now]’ Me & My Money: Fergus Sheil, artistic director of the Irish National OperaMon Jan 29 2024 - 06:00
MayKay: ‘I’m bad at knowing my worth. I’d like to be a lot braver’The frontwoman of Fight Like Apes, now the presenter on Other Voices, excels at making fellow musicians feel at easeSun Jan 28 2024 - 05:00
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book and the ones to catch before they endJanuary 27th-February 2nd: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Jan 27 2024 - 03:00
NewDad: Madra – Galway shoegaze revivalists are soft as silk yet have the crunch of a bear trapTheir cross-generational appeal is as broad as it is long, and within that demographic lies potential successThu Jan 25 2024 - 05:45
The Music Quiz: From which Donegal town is teenage blues guitar sensation Muireann Bradley from?Plus: Whose song opens the new season of True Detective?Wed Jan 24 2024 - 05:00
‘I don’t necessarily believe that a cheaper price equates to savings’Me & My Money: Siobhán Finn, CEO, Community Enterprise Association IrelandMon Jan 22 2024 - 06:00
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they endJanuary 20th-26th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Jan 20 2024 - 05:00
The Umbrellas: Fairweather Friend – Dreamy 1980s jangle pop washed with lean muscularityThe four-piece formed in 2018 around a communal hub of fellow musicians that gathered at their city’s famed Amoeba Music emporiumThu Jan 18 2024 - 05:00
The Music Quiz: In Saltburn, which Britpop song does Lady Elspeth Catton deny being written about her?Plus: Paul Weller makes his feature film acting debut in which upcoming British film.?Wed Jan 17 2024 - 05:00
‘I‘ve always been fascinated by money and how to make it work for you’Me & My Money: Simon Moore, co-owner of Brickyard Gastropub, DundrumMon Jan 15 2024 - 06:00
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they endJanuary 13th-19th, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Jan 13 2024 - 05:00
Swinging London: ‘It was really about culture, painting, music, sculpture, fashion, clothes’This compilation gathers more than 90 pop songs that soundtracked the periodThu Jan 11 2024 - 05:00
The Music Quiz: Name the two Irish acts included in Ticketmaster’s 10 breakthrough artists for 202410 question to test your music knowledgeWed Jan 10 2024 - 05:00
