‘If we’re going to do a Christmas song it has to move people to tears’Aidan Moffat, formerly of Scottish indie miserablists Arab Strap, insists ‘Ghost Stories for Christmas’ is not depressingTue Dec 11 2018 - 05:00
Spotify: Irish streaming charts for 2018 revealedRap artists Drake, Eminem and Post Malone among the artists Irish Spotify users listen to the mostWed Dec 05 2018 - 16:15
A Brilliant Void: A Selection of Classic Irish Science FictionJack Fennell compiles sci-fi yarns from an Ireland that rejected that imaginative flightSat Dec 01 2018 - 06:00
Charlie Steen of Shame: ‘Touring eventually broke my mind’Wiry frontman of the angry young London punks on Brexit, mental health and sexismMon Nov 19 2018 - 05:00
Bono, Cathy Davey and Conor O’Brien cover ‘Homeward Bound’ for homelessU2 singer records Simon & Garfunkel track with Saint Sister and others for McVerry TrustFri Nov 16 2018 - 13:06
Hozier releases new single with powerful video. Shame about the song‘Movement’ is a comedown after the epic and raw comeback EP ‘Nina Cried Power’Thu Nov 15 2018 - 05:59
U2 at the 3Arena: Is Ireland suffering from U2 fatigue? Not a bit of itReview: Both band and audience were determined this would be a night to remember – so it wasMon Nov 05 2018 - 23:26
PopMart: Were U2 making a joke or was the joke on them?The band's 1997 tour to support their mediocre ‘Pop’ album was an expensive folly, confusing fansTue Oct 30 2018 - 05:00
Meet the Irish author who is reinventing Doctor WhoThe sci-fi series’s labyrinthine mythology is no problem for Irish author Dave RuddenThu Oct 11 2018 - 05:00
The chasm between Graham Norton and the Late Late ShowReview: Ryan Tubridy must compete not only with the hyperactive Graham Norton but also with the Ghost Of Late Lates PastSat Sept 29 2018 - 11:01
‘If you look up a house online, there’ll be 5000 views in an hour’Choice music award winners Ships say rising rents mean they may be left without a roof over their heads when they leave their Dublin accommodation next weekThu Sept 20 2018 - 11:20
The real trouble with Superman? He’s plain boringHenry Cavill has reportedly lost the role, but the hero’s problems run deeper than castingMon Sept 17 2018 - 12:45
‘I looked up to Dolores O’Riordan. She gave off that attitude – she was totally herself’Pale Waves frontwoman Heather Baron-Gracie knows what she wants, and the goth-pop quartet’s fine debut album ‘My Mind Makes Noises’ will give the fans what they wantMon Sept 17 2018 - 05:00
Hozier EP review: After four years, he needed to blow us away. He does‘Nina Cried Power’, Hozier’s new collection, kicks off with a tree-flattening tour de forceThu Sept 06 2018 - 21:50
Snail Mail: ‘A lot of my favourite musicians are from the 1990s’The US teen is one of the best of a wealth of young, female, ’90s-tinged up-and-comersTue Sept 04 2018 - 05:00
Not at Electric Picnic? St Vincent perfectly judges the last-night moodAlso on Sunday: Garbage, Jessie Ware and Fontaines DC, reviewedMon Sept 03 2018 - 06:00
Electric Picnic review: St Vincent – Impressively out thereAnnie Clark swings between euphoria and melancholy in a memorable performanceSun Sept 02 2018 - 23:05
Electric Picnic review: Garbage – 45 glorious minutes from Shirley MansonThey don’t make grunge-pop crossover like they used to. This is what we’ve been missingSun Sept 02 2018 - 20:20
Electric Picnic 2018: Highs and lows of the festivalMost riotous gig, most welcome encore, worst performance, best chat, tastiest foodSun Sept 02 2018 - 20:00
The All-Ireland at Electric Picnic: ‘Where’s the telly, anyway?’Pity the comedians on stage ahead of the festival’s screening of Dublin v TyroneSun Sept 02 2018 - 19:28
Not at Electric Picnic? Massive Attack bring day two to a breathtaking closeAlso on Saturday: Dua Lipa, Mavis Staples, Wolf Alice, Sigrid and Whenyoung, reviewedSun Sept 02 2018 - 08:47
Electric Picnic review: 4am anxiety attack as arena-ready dance musicDecades since they crawled out of Bristol’s DJ scene, theirs is still an extraordinary conceitSun Sept 02 2018 - 02:00
Electric Picnic review: Dua Lipa – Supercharged and preening like a proScorching gig confirms her star wattage – and that pop at the Picnic is a great ideaSat Sept 01 2018 - 22:20
Electric Picnic: Thanks for the sweet nothings, Daddy GMassive Attack’s alarm call, chaps rocking bandannas, and urgent hot-tub sessionsSat Sept 01 2018 - 16:45
Not at Electric Picnic? You missed Kendrick Lamar’s incredible gigAlso on Friday: Chvrches, Paddy Hanna, Ash and The Murder Capital, reviewedSat Sept 01 2018 - 06:00
Electric Picnic review: Kendrick Lamar – A muscular, hyperliterate superstarThe greatest rapper, a speaker of truths in the age of Trump, stands a class apartFri Aug 31 2018 - 23:30
Electric Picnic review: Chvrches – There’s no roof, but they blow it off anywayThe electropop head-hangers conquer the festival’s main stageFri Aug 31 2018 - 21:20
Electric Picnic review: Paddy Hanna – An indie-rock showmanDublin troubadour reaches out and finds an audience ready to take him by the handFri Aug 31 2018 - 19:20
Electric Picnic: Festival-goers warned of roadworks and delaysStradbally set for 50,000 visitors to the three-day music and arts festivalThu Aug 30 2018 - 11:01
Louis CK: an unwelcome return from a short exileComedian returned to stand up just 10 months after sexual misconduct revelationsWed Aug 29 2018 - 10:03
Seatwave closure will not eliminate ticket resellingAnalysis: Industrial-scale touting by professional resellers will continue in the shadowsMon Aug 13 2018 - 13:59
Here be plausible dragons: The appeal of fantasy set to realityThese four novels explore human nature through a fantastical premise to great effectSat Jul 28 2018 - 06:00
Mercury music prize: Another appalling British snub for Irish artistsIt’s three years since an Irish act was nominated for the British-centric awardThu Jul 26 2018 - 14:38
Music industry’s silence in wake of R Kelly’s outburst is damningLack of condemnation of rapper’s ‘I Admit’ reveals culture untouched by #MeToo movementTue Jul 24 2018 - 14:06
Who is America? Sacha Baron Cohen’s new creation has none of the humanity of Ali GBaron Cohen has created four new characters, all extreme parodies and none easy to warm toMon Jul 16 2018 - 11:30
Kraftwerk: rapturous show of androids-have-feelings-too anthemsReview: seeing four elder gents in tight-fitting jumpsuits impersonating robot aloofness was a powerfully human momentThu Jul 12 2018 - 08:30
Billy Joel review: juiced-up hits with a sting in the tailWhile the hits didn’t quite flow at the Aviva Stadium, they did arrive at a dutiful clipSun Jun 24 2018 - 10:05
Pills, thrills and backaches: How to relive your Ibiza daysFrom Jenny Greene to Underworld, the summer is packed with house music nostalgiaTue Jun 19 2018 - 05:00
Beyoncé and Jay-Z: Weird, woozy peek at a superstar marriageThe Carters review: Everything Is Love brings to a close their state-of-the-marital-union trilogyMon Jun 18 2018 - 11:00
Kanye West: ye review: Big-hearted and introspectiveWhile the troubled megastar is tender, warm and devoid of ego, the old Kanye hasn’t completely left usFri Jun 01 2018 - 15:49
Roseanne Barr: A disaster waiting to happenActor’s racist Valerie Jarrett tweet came as little surprise to her social media followersWed May 30 2018 - 09:30
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill: can she recapture the magic as she hits the road?Voice of The Fugees to play the 3Arena in Dublin in November as part of European tourWed May 23 2018 - 14:00
Harry & Meghan, A Royal Romance: I wanted it to be shoddierLifetime channel’s TV movie about the soon-to-wed couple is disappointingly enjoyableMon May 14 2018 - 23:30
Iceage: Something Rotten from the state of DenmarkConfrontational young singer Elias Rønnenfelt on the Danish band’s new album, ‘Beyondless’, and why he won’t tolerate inattentive fans using their mobile phonesat gigsSat May 05 2018 - 05:00
Ed Sheeran: ‘It’s Friday night. I’m so happy to be in Cork’Thousands of voices join the redhead wunderkind in song on first night of his Irish tourFri May 04 2018 - 23:16
Fame, angst and Avicii, EDM’s reluctant global superstarSwede self-identified as an introvert who was uncomfortable with his jet-set lifestyleFri Apr 20 2018 - 21:22
Television has never been so bad . . . and that’s a good thing‘Billions’ and Damian Lewis’s terrible accent lead way in new era of awfully addictive ‘cack cocaine’Sat Apr 14 2018 - 05:00
Arcade Fire play ‘Linger’ in Dolores O’Riordan tribute in DublinBand conjure late lump-in-throat moment with Cranberries cover during 3Arena setMon Apr 09 2018 - 10:24
‘I just want to be an artist. I don’t want to be the queer Christian artist’Her first album chronicled her substance abuse and struggle reconciling her faith and sexuality. Now Julien Baker wants to escape the gay Christian ‘gimmick’Fri Mar 23 2018 - 05:00
Choice Music Prize awards should aim to be more than an industry backslapping sessionA suspicion lingers that Choice opted for a slightly underwhelming candidate in ShipsFri Mar 09 2018 - 07:59
