Castlepalooza 2016: An Offaly big adventureFrom day tickets to comedy tents and a DJ set from snooker legend Steve Davis, this year’s festival has great new stuff to go with big names such as Villagers, Jurassic 5 and CaribouFri May 27 2016 - 11:29
Castlepalooza 2016: Poliça step up to the festival platePoliça Singer Channy Leaneagh says the band has found a new confidence on third album ‘United Crushers’Fri May 27 2016 - 00:00
Benjamin Clementine: “It hasn’t been a fairy tale. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone”Ahead of his Dublin gig next week, Benjamin Clementine recounts his journey from busking on the streets of Paris to winning the Mercury PrizeThu May 26 2016 - 10:00
Album of the week: Day of the Dead – famous Deadheads serve up some Cherry GarciaThu May 19 2016 - 13:00
Foy Vance: The Wild Swan album review - one of our most talented singer-songwritersThu May 12 2016 - 21:45
Land Lovers: The Rooks Have Returned album review - a homogeny of breezy jangle-popThu May 12 2016 - 21:15
Travis: ‘Civilisations lose their technology all the time’On their new album, the Scottish band are worried about the impact of humanity’s technology obsession – and are well prepared for the revolutionWed May 04 2016 - 06:00
Hiatus Kaiyote: a future-soul sound endorsed by the starsIf the Melbourne outfit’s slinky, blended sound is good enough for Prince, Questlove and Erykah Badu, it’s good enough for usTue May 03 2016 - 06:00
Into It. Over It. – Standards review: confusing blend of sounds that adds up to some drab indie-rockThu Apr 28 2016 - 21:45
Andrew Bird: ‘The violin? I disrespect the instrument’The four-string showstopper gets up close and personal on his new album. ‘You feel secure for the first time with what you’re doing’Thu Apr 28 2016 - 07:05
Wire – Nocturnal Koreans review: a loud declaration that there’s plenty more to comeWed Apr 27 2016 - 15:40
The Frank and Walters - Songs for the Walking Wounded: another well-crafted collection of janglepopWed Apr 13 2016 - 21:45
Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream: ‘Regrets? Who cares? The band is one long experiment anyway’Primal Scream’s new album, Chaosmosis, finds Bobby Gillespie – a garrulous interviewee – more together than ever. He reflects on the drug years, getting older and his love for young bandsWed Apr 13 2016 - 06:00
September Girls grab their listeners by the lapels of their leather jacketsThe Dublin band’s second album loses the harmonies and focuses a new anger on issues such as sexism, abortion and narcissismMon Apr 11 2016 - 07:00
Bibio-A Mineral Love: From 1960s soul through to ’70s funk, with a touch of progThu Mar 31 2016 - 21:45
Zayn - Mind of Mine album review: promising songs, mostly about sexOn his first solo album the former 1D singer proves a great voice can only get you so farThu Mar 24 2016 - 11:05
Richmond Fontaine: You Can’t Go Back if There’s Nothing to Go Back To: Fine end to well-honed careerThu Mar 17 2016 - 21:45
Lucius emerge from the 1960s to embrace the darknessJust when you thought you had the Brooklyn band pegged as cheerful throwback pop, their second album comes along and takes you by surpriseWed Mar 16 2016 - 06:00
Album of the week: Jeff Buckley – You and I: An eclectic selection of early demos and recordingsThu Mar 10 2016 - 21:51
Nathaniel Rateliff: ‘Do I drink a lot? Tell me how much you drink and I’ll let you know’Rateliff gave up missionary work for trucking, and trucking for music. But he and his band The Night Sweats still have plenty of musical roads left to travelThu Mar 10 2016 - 07:00
The Rising stars of folk: a 1916 concept albumJohn Colbert, one half of Black Bank Folk with Jimmy Sheeran, is a grandnephew of executed leader Con Colbert, but their album focuses on smaller storiesFri Mar 04 2016 - 18:53
Dovecote - Dovecote: dig these dusted down tunes by archaeologist Niall ColferThu Mar 03 2016 - 21:15
The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It: Ironic or sincere?Thu Feb 25 2016 - 21:15
Walk the Moon: how they shut up and danced their way to a global hitThe Detroit popsters might not yet be household names but you have definitely heard themMon Feb 15 2016 - 06:00
The Cult - Hidden City: only for established fans who already know exactly what to expectThu Feb 04 2016 - 21:45
Lucinda Williams: ‘My stuff is so much more than country’Recognition came late for the Americana musician, but when the accolades came they were big ones: Grammys and having a strand of marijuana named after herTue Feb 02 2016 - 06:00
