Future Islands - The Far Field album review: trademark meloncholy and a throbbing backbeatTue Apr 04 2017 - 11:22
Melanie C: A Spice Girls reunion? Not without all fiveAt first, the Spice Girls ‘just wanted to be pop stars’, but the sexism they encountered in the music industry lit the fuse on girl power and inspired a generationFri Mar 31 2017 - 05:44
Clang Sayne - The Round Soul of the World album review: Hypnotic in its nonconformityThu Mar 23 2017 - 14:25
James Mercer of The Shins, and the sound of the summer of ’85The Shins founder and sole trader might have made a summery musical gem, but he says it was a painful process: 'My wife doesn’t look back on this last year as the easiest of times'Fri Mar 17 2017 - 05:27
Marlene Enright: Placemats and Second Cuts – accomplished debut with hints of Cathy DaveyThu Mar 16 2017 - 16:22
Depeche Mode - Spirit album review: the flesh is still willing, but the spirit is bleakThe band’s bleak worldview is let loose here, but Dave Gahan’s calls to arms are ineffectiveThu Mar 16 2017 - 14:25
Choice Music Prize: Rusangano Family win album of the year for ‘Let the Dead Bury the Dead’Picture This win the Song of the Year prize for their tune Take My HandThu Mar 09 2017 - 23:28
Sleaford Mods - English Tapas album review: from Brexit to Dale Winton, still plenty to sayThu Mar 02 2017 - 16:22
Patrick O’Laoghaire: the fine line between hurling and musicThe Dubliner behind I Have a Tribe is a deep thinker and reckons there's little difference between making music and the world's fastest field sportWed Mar 01 2017 - 05:00
Joe Chester - The Easter Vigil album review: He’s gotta have faithJOE CHESTERThe Easter Vigil *** Bohemia RecordsThu Feb 23 2017 - 16:22
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Tourist album review: Hands all aflutterCLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAHThe Tourist ***CHYSY IncThu Feb 23 2017 - 14:25
Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now album review: Alone again, most naturallyJESCA HOOPMemories Are Now ****Sub PopThu Feb 09 2017 - 16:22
The Irish music services hoping to transform the industryNucleus, Yangaroo and Subwoofr are the latest Irish generation of tools and services for musicians that hope to shake up the music industryThu Feb 09 2017 - 05:00
Una Healy - The Waiting Game album review: a folksy turn from the Saturdays galTue Feb 07 2017 - 06:25
Cloud Nothings – Life Without Sound album review: Rise of Dylan Baldi and co continuesThu Jan 26 2017 - 16:22
Jack Lukeman – Magic Days album review: Great voice shines across daring tracksThu Jan 26 2017 - 14:25
Elbow's Guy Garvey: 'You love the person with all their warts and bellybutton fluff'Elbow take an egalitarian approach - but that didn’t stop drummer from Richard Jupp departing. Frontman Guy Garvey talks about rebuilding the bandThu Jan 26 2017 - 05:00
Sarah Jarosz: ‘I was the only 11-year-old going to the bluegrass jam with my mom’At just 25, the singer already has Grammy nominations and praise from the likes of Elton John powering her careerWed Jan 25 2017 - 14:00
Menace Beach - Lemon Memory album review: The rough and the looseMENACE BEACH Lemon Memory *** Memphis IndustriesThu Jan 19 2017 - 16:22
Album of the Week: The xx walk the line between groove and silence on I See YouThu Jan 12 2017 - 06:25
Gone is Gone - Echolocation album review: occasionally impressive, mostly inconsistentThu Jan 05 2017 - 16:22
You Me at Six - Night People album review: drab MOR with no punch, kick or biteThu Dec 29 2016 - 16:22
Jack Savoretti – Sleep No More album review: A mixed bag of smouldering pop-rockThu Dec 29 2016 - 14:25
Mick Pyro lets loose on music, life and going solo with BifurhatedThe former Republic of Loose frontman has morphed from booze-guzzling showman to reveal a more thoughtful, serious side as he prepares to launch his debut solo albumMon Dec 19 2016 - 05:00
Have a merry veggie ChristmasStuff your turkey, ban the ham, roll away the lard-laden roastiesSun Dec 18 2016 - 00:00
Dear Santa: ‘Give as many of our homeless as you can safe and secure homes’Actor Cathy Belton wants Santa to lay his sacks of magic on the hearths of the Simon Community and the Fr Peter McVerry TrustSun Dec 18 2016 - 00:00
Dear Santa: ‘You never brought the Sylvanian Family Mansion that I asked for every single year’Sailor and Olympic silver medallist Annalise Murphy is looking forward to enjoying Christmas dinner after years on a strict dietMon Dec 12 2016 - 00:00
Enemies - Valuables album review: Hasta la vista, EnemiesENEMIESValuables ****Topshelf RecordsThu Dec 08 2016 - 16:22
Raf Rundell - The Adventures of Selfie Boy Pt 1 album review: The Bear’s necessitiesRAF RUNDELLThe Adventures of Selfie Boy Pt 1 ****1965 RecordsThu Dec 08 2016 - 14:25
Dear Santa: ‘This year I’m grand for presents’Musician Wallis Bird would like her present to go to someone who has nothingWed Dec 07 2016 - 00:00
Dear Santa: ‘Remember that Chelsea jersey’Today FM presenter Ian Dempsey would like a bike . . . if it wasn’t for the lycraTue Dec 06 2016 - 00:00
Public Service Broadcasting - Live at Brixton album review: Sample sound effectsPUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTINGLive at Brixton ***Test Card RecordingsThu Dec 01 2016 - 16:22
Avenged Sevenfold - The Best of 2005-2013 album review: Hellishly good headbangingAvenged SevenfoldThe Best of 2005-2013 *** WarnerThu Dec 01 2016 - 14:25
Walpurgis Family - Live Your Life Around It album review: less melancholy, more merrimentWALPURGIS FAMILYLive Your Life Around It ****Popical IslandThu Nov 24 2016 - 14:25
Dear Santa: Can I ask for the AIBA to just wise up and show fair play?Boxer Paddy Barnes wants an end to cheating in the sport, and if there are any bikes going spare . . .Thu Nov 24 2016 - 00:00
