Anna Calvi’s second first impressionIn 2011, Anna Calvi wowed fans and critics alike with her debut; two years on, and with the buzz about her follow-up at fever pitch, she’s ready to get excited all over againFri Sept 27 2013 - 10:40
Neko Case: The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love YouAlbum review: Neko Case has made a record of stunning honestyTue Sept 17 2013 - 14:33
Tantrums, tiaras and tunes: a lifetime of Elton JohnIt seems to us, he’s lived his life like a candle in the wind . . . As Elton John releases his 30th solo album and the first in seven years, we look back at his colourful careerFri Sept 13 2013 - 00:00
Polite punk with a dash of pop: welcome to the middle of the roadNo amour lost for ParamoreThu Sept 05 2013 - 16:40
Keep it real but keep it solvent: a handy survival guide for indie labelsDo it for the music and don’t overstretch yourself. Irish labels offer their tipsSat Aug 31 2013 - 01:00
EMI’s former man in Ireland sets the record straightThe label’s Irish arm has shut some 25 years after Willie Kavanagh rescued it. Despite the industry’s woes, he feels the war against piracy can still be wonMon Aug 26 2013 - 01:00
Tired Pony, a supergroup? ‘We’re like insurance salesmen’REM’s Peter Buck, Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody and others have come together to record a second album as Tired Pony, where, Buck says, record sales aren’t a priorityFri Aug 23 2013 - 01:00
Electric Picnic - the LowdownThe Stradbally bash has packed a bumper hamper for its 10th birthday celebrations. Here are 10 acts not to be missedFri Aug 23 2013 - 00:00
Bad Bob? Another listen to Dylan’s most derided era‘Self Portrait’, Dylan’s first album of the 1970s, was his attempt to besmirch his image as a cultural icon. It worked. Will the most recent trawl of the archives change any minds?Tue Aug 20 2013 - 01:00
Eminem in commanding form – and still very, very angryAn Irish hip hop act on the support bill wouldn’t have hurt, but the main man’s delivery is still flawlessMon Aug 19 2013 - 12:00
Eminem delivers to the marshalled massesHundreds of gardaí, body searches and booze bans - all in a day’s work for SlaneSun Aug 18 2013 - 08:10
Hammer head – how Trent Reznor nailed the new Nine Inch Nails albumAs they get ready for their Belsonic headliner in Belfast, Nine Inch Nails frontman and former hellraiser Trent Reznor tells the story of how a greatest hits project spawned NIN's new album, ‘Hesitation Marks’Fri Aug 16 2013 - 00:00
Welcome to Drogheda: the artist will see you nowThis week artist Fergal McCarthy will camp inside a Drogheda gallery, to explore the town and its people and to chat to whoever drops byMon Aug 12 2013 - 01:00
Tune in, drop out: Jake Bugg's graduation to pop's big leaguesSince he heard Don McLean singing ‘Vincent’ at 12, making music was all Jake Bugg dreamed about. Now, at 19, he says he’s happy to keep learning from the older guysFri Aug 09 2013 - 00:00
As I went down in the river to playThe festival of Abhainn Rí is as much about reinventing the market town of Callan, a market town in Co Kilkenny, as it is about celebrating the artsSat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
A multitude of Roger Doyles but only one composerThe 62-year-old pioneered Irish electronic music, and it returned the favour by saving his lifeMon Jul 29 2013 - 01:00
Your five a day for LongitudeLongitude, a three-day event in leafy Marlay Park in Dublin, has one of the most intriguing line-ups of the summer. Tony Clayton-Lea casts his eye over the bill and picks out the acts you really don’t want to missFri Jul 12 2013 - 00:00
