Dour, charmless and intermittently tuneful: Yes, it’s Morrissey, pop’s tarnished ‘greatest lyricist’
By Ed Power
Raye in Dublin: The singer’s vocal power and range are a joy in this intimate, playful five-star show
The star seems to shrink 3Arena in a chatty and cathartic night showcasing her genre-hopping talent
Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally review: Harry Styles’ new album is a retro letdown
By Ed Power
Kneecap: Fenian – Never mind the outrage, here’s the brilliantly catchy, five-star album
By Ed Power
Gorillaz: The Mountain – beautifully tender record with a sad smile plastered to its face
By Ed Power
Franz Ferdinand in Dublin: A band determined to keep the party going with silky maturity
Franz Ferdinand may be arty, and a little arch, but Alex Kapranos and co are certainly not aloof
Stereolab at NCH review: Eloquent Anglo-French favourites rise to the occasion
Laconic frontwoman Laetitia Sadier and her bandmates put on a clever and wondrous Dublin show with danceable grooves and art-rock jams
By Ed Power
Mumford & Sons: Prizefighter – song with Hozier is one of the few rousing moments
By Ed Power
U2 Days of Ash review: You may loathe the politically broad tone, but the band sounds reinvigorated
There is a strain of energy throughout this work that has an almost surprising urgency. It doesn’t all work, but there is power and tenderness
By Una Mullally
Deftones in Dublin: Sweat-drenched night by band at peak of their powers
Sacramento band attracts mix of seasoned metal-heads and Gen Z moshers 38 years after forming
By Niamh Browne
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: Rosie Carney, Cypress, Mine!, Keeley, Pilgrims and Thumper
February 2026 releases include Doomsday..., Pulling All the Clouds Apart, Girl on the Edge of the World, Wintering and Sleeping with the Light On
Has It Come To This? A five-star review for The Streets in Dublin
Stellar performance walks the line between confidence and vulnerability, dismay and wonder
By Siobhán Kane
Hot Press’s 50th anniversary gig: Bob Geldof, Van Morrison, Imelda May and The Frames wish the magazine a happy birthday
Musicians, comedians and writers come together at 3Arena in Dublin to celebrate half a century of the music magazine
By Niamh Browne
Cardinals: Masquerade review – New ideas aren’t necessarily all they’re cracked up to be
By Ed Power
Ye Vagabonds: All Tied Together – Five stars for this powerfully raw modern trad
By Ed Power
On Megadeth’s farewell album, Dave Mustaine signs off with a final act of bloody-mindedness
By Ed Power
Hothouse Flowers at Tradfest 2026: Powerful night of music from a band with real soul
Hothouse Flowers are joined by several special guests, from Susan O’Neill to Steve Wall and more
By Pat Carty
Emmylou Harris at 3Arena review: Spellbinding Irish sign-off from one of the greats
The country star Emmylou Harris brings all her wisdom and flinty wit to bear on this quietly breathtaking evening
By Ed Power
Louis Tomlinson: How Did I Get Here? review – Thumpingly okayish blend of Oasis guitars and Ed Sheeran-style saccharine bangers
By Ed Power
Britpop is Robbie Williams at his best, an irreverent, splurging Valentine to 1990s guitar rock
By Ed Power
Jenny on Holiday: Quicksand Heart review – Brilliantly bittersweet walk on pop’s melancholy side
By Ed Power
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: John Blek, Dani Larkin, Van Morrison, Noelle O’Sullivan, Ailbhe Reddy
January 2026 releases include The Midnight Ache, Next of Kin, Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge, Rolling on the Inside, Kiss Big
Biffy Clyro at 3Arena Dublin review: Scottish rockers show why they’re one of the world’s best live bands
Three decades in, Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro still deliver a thrilling live show
The Cribs: Selling a Vibe review – First-rank indie underdogs make an attention-grabbing return
By Ed Power
2025 in music: The five best international albums of the year
Including releases by Ethel Cain, Anna Von Hausswolff, Wednesday, Hayley Williams and Cole Pulice
By Ed Power
2025 in music: The five best Irish jazz albums of the year
Including releases by Simon Jermyn, Snowpoet, Izumi Kimura, Ronan Guilfoyle and Nils Kavanagh
2025 in music: The five best trad albums of the year
Including releases by Maighread and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Cormac Begley and Liam O’Connor, and Tara Breen
By Siobhán Long
2025 in music: The five best Irish albums of the year
Irish acts have released more than 300 albums over the past 12 months. These are our favourites
Dove Ellis: Blizzard review – Thank heavens for awkward outsiders, and for this luminescent Irish album
By Ed Power
Kneecap at 3Arena: A rambunctious and humorous set with heartfelt moments
Rap trio brings its controversy machine to the Dublin venue with a formidable live gig, guest collaborations and plenty of fun
By Ed Power
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here 50 review – Brilliantly bleak masterpiece comes with its own mythology
By Ed Power
Wolf Alice at 3Arena review: An ultimately superb – if underattended – show
Scintillating gig shows Ellie Rowsell’s skills as frontwoman and band’s talent for old-school indie pop
By Ed Power
Ed Sheeran at 3Arena review: Pop’s everyman superstar serves up Christmas bangers and beige ballads
The Dublin gig is a reminder of why Sheeran is both a streaming behemoth and a popular punching bag
By Ed Power
John Maus at Button Factory review: In a haze of dry ice, the former philosophy lecturer slams like a human jackhammer
John Maus’s Dublin gig is half performance art, half exhibitionist freakout
By Ed Power
CMAT at 3Arena review: One of the best gigs of 2025 by an artist at the peak of her powers
Having conquered an arena, the immediate feeling now is that a stadium awaits her
By Una Mullally
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live God review – A stunning double album. One of the greats
By Ed Power
The Return of the Durutti Column review: Forever a sliver of wonder brought into a world not yet ready for it
By Ed Power
‘You have a traffic problem,’ Hans Zimmer tells Dublin before a mesmerising evening with the movie maestro
At 3Arena, Hollywood’s favourite composer performs some of the most moving scores in cinema history
By Ed Power
Bob Dylan in Dublin: It’s gripping, baffling and something to behold
At 3Arena, hits arrive as warped and rollicking distortions of the originals, wrapped up with a dusky tribute to Shane MacGowan
By Ed Power
My Bloody Valentine at 3Arena: Driving drums, warped guitars, trippy vocals and a restless beauty
At My Bloody Valentine's first headline show in Dublin since 1992, this wonderfully strange band remain transcendent
By Siobhán Kane
Lorde still has greatness within grasp. But at the RDS in Dublin, cool restraint settles into flat chill
Lorde at her best is magnetic, brooding, a touch menacing. She shouldn’t try to be too relatable
Keaton Henson: Parader review – An escape hatch from the tumult of everyday life
By Ed Power
Bob Dylan in Belfast review: This voice of a generation is startling and clear
Bob Dylan, now 84, holds the absolute attention of his audience on the first of his five nights in Ireland
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: The Altered Hours, Anamoe Drive, Niyl, The Wicc and Hilary Woods
November 2025 album releases include The Altered Hours, Thank God It’s Friday, Parish Is Burning, Lycanthropy and Night Criú
If only Black and Blue had been the first Rolling Stones album to feature Rory Gallagher
By Ed Power
At Vicar Street, Kae Tempest unpicks the snarl of emotions that soundtrack his life
Review: At his Dublin gig this often matchless rhymer makes art from alienation – and finds his joy in doing it
The Offspring at 3Arena review: Kiss cams, beach balls, a gorilla-suited hype man – and depth, too
The US pop-punks may amount to a period piece, but, as their Dublin gig shows, they remain a beloved one
Lux, Rosalía’s new album, is a breathtaking odyssey into music’s further reaches
By Ed Power
Florence + the Machine: Everybody Scream review – A fantastically eerie album informed by personal trauma
By Ed Power
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