Songs for Nothing was written upon Olan Monk’s return to the west coast of Ireland. The album is imbued with the influence of ...

Olivia Dean, Amble, Dry Cleaning, Florence Road and Dove Ellis are set to play St. James' Church in the west Kerry town, as ...

Connemara post rock / trad group Trá Pháidín, Dublin-based industrial pop duo 7of9, and experimental dub producer t-woc have ...

Gig Guide Highlights: Blink 182, Girl In Red, Gossip, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Pixies, Phosphorescent, Floorplan, Dixon, Sleepover Club’s 6th ...

The Washington DC-based New York artist has released a number of records that are among the best in modern hip-hop albums, including 2023’s Maps with Kenny Segal, or 2022’s Aethiopes or 2023’s We Buy ...

Taking the wilds of Donegal as inspiration, Connor Dougan aka Deathbed Convert, approached this project with an idea of inverting the norm of field recordings. Instead of imbueing the recorded music ...

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IMRO’s annual Live Venue of the Year Awards took place last night at The Sugar Club and awards were given to the best Irish venues and festivals in the country. The live performances came from ...

In 2024 Open Ear set new standards for itself, traversing across beaches, churches & abbeys alongside our traditional home of Banger Cliff situated on the north shore of Sherkin. 2025 will again bring ...

The Irish alt-pop artist Morgana has released her first single since the Party Killer EP earlier this year. The assertive ‘I’m Not Going Anywhere’ glides with electronic synth-pop textures and a ...

Also returning this year, is the Guinness 17:59 Bar as well THE T0.0UCAN PUB where once-off live experiences take place with more details announced in the coming weeks. Niall Byrne is the founder of ...

GOLLIWOG is billy woods’ first album in two years, preceded by 2023’s Maps, his second collaboration with producer Kenny Segal. That nimble travelogue has little in common with woods’ newest work, ...