No Monster Club - I feel Magic: less cartoon, more drama, and all the better for itFri Feb 19 2016 - 06:15
David C Clements - The Longest Day in History: skillfully balanced between anthemic, heartfelt and SpringsteenesqueThu Feb 18 2016 - 21:00
Me & My Money: Sinéad Doherty, chief executive, FeneroMoney is important to me, but far less important than my family and my healthTue Feb 16 2016 - 06:30
No Mask Effect - Quick Smart: an impressive mixture of beats, rhythms and found soundsFri Feb 12 2016 - 06:15
Bleeding Hearts Pigeons - Is: a band with no compulsion to stoop to formulaic songsThu Feb 11 2016 - 21:00
Songs for Walter - Songs for Walter: elegiac snapshots of genuine, character-driven lifeFri Jan 22 2016 - 06:15
Three Cane Whale - Palimpsest: atmosphere, shifting sonic patterns and an odd kind of originalityFri Jan 15 2016 - 00:00
Gerry Leonard: The Dubliner who became one of David Bowie’s six-string sidemenLeonard was heckled by Bowie before becoming part of his inner circle for 15 yearsThu Jan 07 2016 - 06:00
Phil Lynott, 30 years after his deathThe Thin Lizzy founder – Ireland’s first bona-fide rock star – died on January 4, 1986. Friends recall the man they knewSat Jan 02 2016 - 08:00
Has it only been three and a half decades since the first Slane gig?Time flies when the music’s fun, as this entirely random retrospective showsFri Jan 01 2016 - 00:00
Streams of Beatles music Here, There and EverywhereBand’s entire back catalogue will be on streaming services as of 12.01am on ThursdayWed Dec 23 2015 - 19:36
Band of Gold - Band of Gold: Super songs for all seasonsJansen Plateproduksjon, 4 starsFri Dec 18 2015 - 00:00
Hanne Kolstø - While We Still Have Light: electro/pop self-therapy with healing powerFri Dec 18 2015 - 00:00
What's on The Priests rider?Fame hasn’t changed The Priests from being plain, ordinary men of the cloth, writes Tony Clayton-LeaSat Dec 12 2015 - 01:00
Constance Hauman - Falling into Now: personal songs that take you from despair to enlightenmentFri Dec 11 2015 - 00:00
Gavin James: ‘There was no plan, let alone a master plan’As the US opens its arms to Dubliner Gavin James, and Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran take him into the fold, he is going from Temple Bar singer-songwriter to superstar-in-waitingWed Dec 09 2015 - 06:00
Nostalgia site gets a book retro-fitWho said looking back was boring? Try telling that to Brand New RetroFri Nov 27 2015 - 11:30
U2 come home with powerful, mesmerising Dublin stage showSocial history, personal memories feature against backdrop of innovative performanceTue Nov 24 2015 - 01:09
From innocence to experience - looking back on 37 years of U2 performancesOver many years, U2 fan Tony Clayton-Lea has watched the band transform from woeful support act to nervous headliners to rock giants. Here's his blow-by-blow accountMon Nov 23 2015 - 11:45
Gavin James: Bitter Pill - Album ReviewJames has enough emotionally depth-charged tunes in his back pocket to take him from here to the top of the charts and back againFri Nov 20 2015 - 14:54
Michael Knight: Physics is Out to Get Me - Album ReviewJigsaw Records, 4 starsFri Nov 20 2015 - 00:00
Tracy Chapman: ‘Being in the public eye is uncomfortable for me’It has been nearly three decades since Chapman shot to fame but she still feels like she’s ‘not the ideal person for the job’Wed Nov 18 2015 - 06:00
Sing a song of suspense: the wild music close to David Lynch’s heartA live tribute to the songs and music of David Lynch brings together an eclectic group of artistsThu Nov 12 2015 - 05:00
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink by Elvis Costello: his aim is trueThe singer has written an acutely self-aware, scathingly honest and passionate autobiographySat Nov 07 2015 - 00:32
All that jazz? Cork festival’s programme divides fansDebate over Guinness Jazz Festival’s definition of the genre becomes an argumentMon Oct 26 2015 - 01:00
It’s Back to the Future day: time for a reality check?From fingerprint technology to flying cars, just how accurate were the trilogy of films' predictions?Mon Oct 19 2015 - 08:00
