Chrissie Hynde: Standing in the Doorway – A pleasing and frustrating Dylan tributePretenders frontwoman’s album of Bob Dylan covers is a charming mixed bagFri May 21 2021 - 05:00
Fears: Oíche review – Haunted electropop for the still of the nightThe spectre of trauma hangs over Constance Keane’s debut albumFri May 07 2021 - 05:00
Birdy: Young Heart – London singer leaves her heart in Laurel CanyonIt’s too long and too in thrall to Blue-era Joni Mitchell, but there’s much to like hereFri Apr 30 2021 - 05:00
Teenage Fanclub: ‘We’ll keep playing as long as we’re enjoying it’Norman Blake on the band’s 10th album, made without bassist and founding member Gerard LoveSat Apr 24 2021 - 05:00
Dinosaur Jr: Sweep it into Space – Expect the expectedLou Barlow’s two tracks are the standouts as J Mascis and co continue in their usual veinFri Apr 23 2021 - 05:00
Field Music: ‘Quite a lot of the record is about our mam’Flat White Moon is undoubtedly one of the best in the band’s eclectic back catalogueThu Apr 22 2021 - 05:00
London Grammar: Californian Soil reviewReid hasn’t addressed many micro-aggressions women in music industry regularly have to contend with – until nowFri Apr 16 2021 - 05:00
Did you hear the one about the Cranberry and the Commitment?Noel Hogan and Bronagh Gallagher have made a new single together – completely remotelyFri Apr 16 2021 - 05:00
Leagues O’Toole: ‘We need to give artists a sense of self-worth’MusicTown is online-only for a second year, filling a creative void caused by the pandemicTue Apr 13 2021 - 05:00
Imelda May: 11 Past the Hour – Her time has comeMay sounds completely at ease with the musician and the woman she has becomeFri Apr 09 2021 - 05:00
Declan O’Rourke: Arrivals – Impressive record that spotlights the journeys takenSongwriter’s eighth album is a low-key affair that does not need to shout to be heardFri Apr 02 2021 - 05:00
Basciville: Hymns to the Air review – Wexford brothers show promiseCillian and Lorcan Byrne’s debut album shapes their influences into something newFri Mar 26 2021 - 05:00
For Those I Love – Stark reflection of grief and pain in wake of suicideDavid Balfe throws himself into these songs wholeheartedly, he runs the gamut of anger, pain, nostalgia and sadnessFri Mar 26 2021 - 05:00
From Bell X1 to Berlin, and a treehouse in Co WicklowAfter almost three decades in the music industry, Brian Crosby has just released his solo debutTue Mar 23 2021 - 05:00
[Indistinct Chatter]: My Mother’s Star – Childhood memories on an ambient loopFilm-maker Myles O’Reilly’s hypnotic compositions are made to soothe the soulFri Mar 19 2021 - 05:00
Still nervous: Those Nervous Animals release a debut album after 40 years togetherThe Mission Sessions is the first full-length album from Those Nervous AnimalsSat Mar 13 2021 - 05:00
Megan O’Neill: Getting Comfortable with Uncertainty review – Finely crafted songs of defianceYou wouldn’t bet against the Kildare singer finding a bigger international audienceFri Mar 12 2021 - 05:00
Edel Meade – Brigids and Patricias album review: Distinctive and highly originalA moving second album that draws on everything from misogyny, #MeToo and the cervical cancer scandalFri Mar 05 2021 - 06:00
Wyvern Lingo: Awake You Lie – A beacon for all of us feeling lost at seaThe Bray trio’s second album goes further down the rabbit-hole of soul-pop and r’n’bFri Feb 19 2021 - 14:04
Christian Cohle: Holy Trouble – Don’t judge a book by its first three chaptersThe Dublin electro-popper’s debut starts unremarkably, but soon shows promiseFri Feb 12 2021 - 05:00
Django Django’s antidote to endless lockdownsThe fourth album from the London-based band is aptly titled Glowing in the DarkSat Feb 06 2021 - 05:00
The Weather Station: Ignorance – Canadian band get into their ’80s grooveFifth album from Tamara Lindeman and her band is both upbeat and personalFri Feb 05 2021 - 05:00
Foo Fighters at 25: ‘For us to break up would be like your grandparents divorcing’Dave Grohl on YouTube drum battles with a 10-year-old, and the band’s Mariah Carey fanSat Jan 30 2021 - 05:00
Arlo Parks: Collapsed in Sunbeams review – fizzing with r’n’b flavourA refreshing collection of songs and one of the first great albums of the yearFri Jan 22 2021 - 06:00
Pom Poko: Cheater review – Wacky, joyful and crammed with creativityYou never quite know which way any of these songs are going to swingFri Jan 15 2021 - 05:00
Aaron Frazer: Introducing review – Heartache-infused 1970s soulBaltimore singer’s tender falsetto is leavened by a moderate grittinessFri Jan 08 2021 - 05:05
Paul McCartney – McCartney III album review: Comforting in its familiarityThis unexpected release is as wholesome and solid a pop-rock album as you’re likely to hear in 2020Fri Dec 18 2020 - 05:00
My first Christmas as . . . a homeownerMake-up artist and influencer Tara Anderson finally has her dream space to call her ownMon Dec 14 2020 - 00:00
All I Want for Christmas: Ruth-Anne CunninghamSinger on her favourite memories and the best and worst presents she has receivedSat Dec 12 2020 - 00:00
Belle and Sebastian: What to Look for in Summer review: A magical mystery cruiseThese live recordings from the band’s Boaty Weekender gigs are a ray of needed sunshineFri Dec 11 2020 - 05:00
Insta-ideas: An influencer’s guide to Christmas interior decoratingFestive design tips from Paul Kinsella, Lynn Ferrari, Karen Coleman and Yvonne PurcellWed Dec 09 2020 - 06:03
My first Christmas as . . . a motherAuthor and podcaster Caroline Foran is looking forward to enjoying the small thingsWed Dec 09 2020 - 05:00
Friends, gin and a bit of drama: Christmas with CMATAll I want: Dublin singer Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson on G&Ts with ‘notions’Mon Dec 07 2020 - 00:00
‘I’m gonna have to get rid of the lockdown belly, it’s gonna be extra big this year’Dublin rapper Nealo on New Year’s resolutions and who’s on his naughty list this ChristmasSun Dec 06 2020 - 00:00
Lottie Ryan: My first Christmas as a dog ownerRadio presenter is excited to make her adorable puppy an official member of the familySat Dec 05 2020 - 00:00
Hazel Chu: ‘It’s going to be a hard Christmas for so many people’Dublin’s Lord Mayor says the Covid-19 pandemic has emphasised the importance of familyFri Dec 04 2020 - 06:00
Yungblud – Weird! review: Hits the pop-indie-rock bullseye, but that's the problemSuch wild disdain for conformity can often be enthralling but it doesn’t quite work hereFri Dec 04 2020 - 05:30
Bernard O’Shea’s nice list: ‘It’s between my wife and Marty Morrissey’Comedian recalls his favourite Christmas memory – buying his wife a vacuum cleanerWed Dec 02 2020 - 00:00
Chef Adrian: I attempted my first Christmas dinner at 13Adrian Martin on opening his own restaurant, loss and how to make tasty sproutsMon Nov 30 2020 - 06:00
Ane Brun: How Beauty Holds the Hand of Sorrow review – words and songs to live byNorwegian musician has managed to wrest something very beautiful from depths of her griefFri Nov 27 2020 - 05:00
JyellowL: 2020 D|Vision review – Clever wordplay and precocious wisdom on thought-provoking debutAccidental spokesman for the Irish Black Lives Matter movement lays out his blueprint for global domination on his debut albumFri Nov 20 2020 - 06:00
Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Songs from the Kitchen Disco review - Spirit-lifting renaissanceGreatest hits collection reborn from pandemic gigs recorded in her kitchenFri Nov 13 2020 - 05:45
Bitch Falcon: Staring at Clocks review – Big, ballsy rock recordDebut album from Dublin trio wears its 1990s grunge influences with prideFri Nov 06 2020 - 05:30
U2: All That You Can’t Leave Behind (20th Anniversary Edition) review – A timely reminder of their firepowerArguably the band’s last great album, the reissue sees them at their consistent bestThu Oct 29 2020 - 07:37
Eve Belle: In Between Moments review – An Irish pop star in the making?A voice for the millennial generation is overdue. We could have a contenderFri Oct 23 2020 - 12:11
Pearse McGloughlin & Nocturnes: The Rest review – held back by a sense of hesitancySligo-based musician’s softly embellished folk is reminiscent of Mercury RevFri Oct 16 2020 - 05:10
Paddy Hanna: 'You have to exorcise things like guilt and regret'The musician admits there was a low period before he began making his third albumSat Oct 10 2020 - 06:00
Revelino review – How has Dublin indie darlings’ eponymous 1994 debut aged?Arguably not too well, though there’s plenty to stir the spirit on reissued vinylFri Oct 09 2020 - 05:15
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