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Fontaines DC top the 2024 Ticket critics’ choice lists, with Kneecap hot on their heels, but right across Irish music the profusion of excellence shows zero signs of stopping
A stacked line-up including members of Fontaines DC, Lankum and The Mary Wallopers delivers a brilliantly infectious performance
Plus: Michael H Burke not sweating it over Ailesbury Road house price, Politico takes aim at ‘Europa Experience’ centres, and Fontaines DC are doing just nicely
How good can Fontaines DC get? At first of two Dublin concerts they answer that question with aplomb
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Irish acts Fontaines DC and CMAT will headline the three-day festival in Waterford’s Curraghmore Estate
The Irish postpunk band talk about playing Jools Holland, how Glastonbury lost out to Armagh and why Ireland’s music scene is working so well
Beyoncé out in front with 11 Grammy nominations for Cowboy Carter while Kendrick Lamar, Charli xcx, Post Malone and Billie Eilish follow
Radio: Ciara Kelly hears differing takes on Trump victory while Kieran Cuddihy meets jubilant Maga fans in New York
Drummer David Lovering recalls Pixies Boston roots as the punk-pop pioneers to whom Nirvana, Fontaines DC and even Olivia Rodrigo owe a debt surf a wave of renewed success
Yellow Door Music Studios is Ireland’s largest rehearsal studio for musicians – and it’s a resource that is badly needed, say its founders
What’s Next For?: Lynch on photographing teenage girls on nights out, Fontaines DC and Irish dancing
The changes are more systemic than stylistic, pulled off with a confidence and assurance that can only come from being comfortable in your skin
The band ended a tour in Japan unsure what to do next. The resulting album was ‘f**king mad’ to make
It’s summer festival time again. As we retrieve our wellies and thermal sleeping bags, what better moment to rank great Irish highlights of the past?
Grian Chatten and his bandmates also announce a new album, Romance, due for release in August
After a decade of blistering success, the Wicked Little Letters star has had a year off. Next up for the newlywed? Chloé Zhao, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Penélope Cruz
The young Galway alt-rockers have come a long way since they got together to avoid having to perform solo for their Leaving Cert music exams
Leaving his hometown has brought Kevin Smith’s musical lens into sharper focus on his new album, Phantom of the Afters
It was a jaw-dropping moment that makes you wonder about the cultural diet of our political leaders. Never mind: here are some recommendations to get them back on track
Stradbally has welcomed thousands of acts since 2004. As this year’s festival approaches, here are 15 moments that stick in our minds
The stark nature of the songs in this first solo outing highlight Chatten’s worldview of separating the good from the bad
The Fontaines DC frontman meets Annie Mac to talk about childhood, London life, songwriting and finding light in the dark
‘Fontaines DC are a big inspiration... I’ve always been inspired by people who approach the world from the outside’
‘The word genius gets thrown around a lot of these these, but I think this finally proves I am one’
Plus: When did Bing Cosby get his kicks? And what is Jason Derulo’s book called?
Fresh from Grammys triumph, the star towered over the British music industry’s annual bash, where 60% of winners were male
Grian Chatten from Fontaines DC stars on dance titans’ riveting fourth album
Which band won Best Irish Album? Which music act won Best Irish Song? Will Fontaines D.C. claim victory over Kendrick Lamar? Our critics have made their choices
The band drew a huge crowd for a passionate Friday night performance
What might be seen as the concluding part of a trilogy reveals a band maturing nicely
The Dubliners on identity, anti-Irish sentiment and ‘the gall of Fine Gael and the fail of Fianna Fáil’
Festival returns after two year Covid-19 hiatus with Dermot Kennedy, Arctic Monkeys, Tame Impala
With 70,000 expected attendees, this year’s festival is set to be its largest on record
I Love You, the band’s ‘devastating’ angst-rock new song, lambastes the Government’s record
Denise Chaila, Fontaines DC, Pillow Queens, Dermot Kennedy and Gavin James among the nominees
Belgian DJs Soulwax have released a glittering remix of Fontaines DC’s A Hero’s Death
The band on lockdown life, their second album and Aidan Gillen doing a video for a pint
Review: Dublin’s gentrification is inspiring a generation of musicians, led by Fontaines D.C.
The Dublin band could be first Irish act to win the Mercury
My list of all the things I love about being back in Ireland has resonated around the world
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
