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Bands & Albums You Should Listen to in Your 20s

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 …

Could we see a Return to Live Music this Summer?

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 …

The best summer number ones of the 2010s

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 …

The history of the charity single

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 …

How Pop-Punk endured

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 …

Up & Coming: An interview with N I T E F I S H

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 …