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Music is a really speculative category. What’s great to some people isn’t always great to others. People have diverse preferences in music that change almost as often as the charts. There are some differences between an album and a mixtape. An album typically has a short interlude or pause between …
On March 9th, the Department of Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media announced €50 million in funding for a suite of measures aimed at supporting the music industry. These supports include €25 million towards a Live Performance Support Scheme for events taking place up until September 30th 2021. €14 million …
With July having just kicked off, the summer season is, in theory, in full swing. With the summer blockbuster off the table this year, we at least have one reliable cultural cornerstone to judge the summer by: the summer chart hit. Here’s our picks for the best summer number ones …
Billie Eilish is one of the most interesting characters on the music scene right now. If you have ever listened to her lyrics or watched one of her bizarre music videos, you’ll know she is never afraid to be her authentic self. She dresses like every day is a casual …
Comic Relief is a cornerstone of British culture and this week, Ireland is getting in on the act. The cast of Derry Girls and Normal People will be taking part, comedy will be provided by the likes of The Two Johnnies and Dara O’Briain, and superstars like Hozier and Andrew …
Have you listened to the radio or the top 40 on Spotify recently? There’s nary a guitar or drum to be found on a track. Yet the biggest cause of concert FOMO this summer appears to be the cancellation of My Chemical Romance’s headlining gig in Dublin, along with the …
What do you do when your television series has been picked up by a network for multiple seasons and you’ve cultivated a loyal fanbase, but you want to explore other genres? You could start from scratch and pitch a new series, or you could employ the highly divisive but potentially …
N I T E F I S H is an audio-visual punk project that’s making electronic punk songs from glitched out projections and mangled sounds. I make a lot of music from things that I see around me, everything from vacation commercials to pinball machines, and I make that into …
Niall O’Leary is the lead guitarist of Alta Cura, a five-piece progressive alt-rock band from Bray. Niall, Dan Phelan, and Martin Kileen have been working together since the summer of 2015, bringing on their current bassist Ambrose Bourke and releasing an album and an EP as Buckshot Amber. When they …