Baxter Dury: ‘I’m not trying to escape Ian, I’m just trying to prove I’m valuable’Dury jnr has reasons to be cheerful: he’s established his own musical identity, released a career-best in ‘Prince of Tears’ – and his son Kosmo is set to carry on the family legacySat Jun 09 2018 - 05:00
Lily Allen: No Shame review – unflinchingly honest snapshot of her lifeThe one-time jaunty pop star is candid about her failings without sliding into self-pityFri Jun 08 2018 - 06:10
Johnny Marr: ‘A lot of people don’t even want to see The Smiths re-form’The former Smiths guitarist on his third album, ‘Call the Comet’ – his most personal yet – and why he's happy to stay soloFri Jun 08 2018 - 05:00
The sun looks like shining on Forbidden FruitBut even if the forecast is wide of the mark, a battery of great acts will keep your spirits upSat Jun 02 2018 - 05:00
Ruban Nielson: ‘I don’t want to be using my life for clickbait’Unknown Mortal Orchestra frontman on eclecticism, oversharing and ‘crazy Americans’Tue May 29 2018 - 05:00
‘Electric Light’ by James Bay review: A solid progressionFans of his debut may miss the surging choruses – for the rest of us, this is a good thingFri May 18 2018 - 05:00
Arctic Monkeys: Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino review – 'It’s got more chords. And space shit'A shift in dynamic and style, but Alex Turner’s lyrics are as sharp as everFri May 11 2018 - 05:35
How do you write a Eurovision hit?Hamlet Sweeney of Dublin songwriting factory The Nucleus is hoping to lift Ireland’s Eurovision curse with a ‘dinger of a pop ballad’Tue May 08 2018 - 05:00
Gaz Coombes: World’s Strongest Man review – from Supergrass to super solo artistFri May 04 2018 - 05:00
Trad folk meets indie pop: Radie Peat and Katie Kim join forcesTwo artists bring their unique sounds together for a one-off musical eveningWed Apr 04 2018 - 05:00
Finbar Furey: When we walked in, people went ‘What in the name of Jaysus is this!’Finbar Furey on growing up in `Ballyer', appearing on Top of the Pops and how the Beatles wanted his uileann pipesThu Mar 29 2018 - 05:00
The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock: Lockout review – Key moment in Irish history set to musicFor this ‘concept album’ about the 1913 Lockout, the Dublin band have gone political and expanded to an 18-piece ‘electric guitar orchestra’. The result is an electrifying musicalFri Mar 16 2018 - 05:00
Kormac: ‘I like to take a big, ridiculous project on’‘Equivalent Exchange’, his new one-off show for St Patrick’s Festival, is the biggest and most ambitious collaboration undertaken by the producer, DJ and Big Band leaderSat Feb 17 2018 - 05:00
Richard Russell: Everything Is Recorded – dragged down by too many star guestsFri Feb 16 2018 - 11:32
‘I feel like I’ve been married to three men for 15 years’After five albums, Wild Beasts mark their break-up with a new record and three ‘farewell’ gigs, including a Dublin concertFri Feb 02 2018 - 05:00
Tommy Tiernan: ‘I love going to Mass. It’s all about the losers’Comedian, chat show host and now actor talks comedy, Christmas and CatholicismTue Dec 05 2017 - 06:00
‘I’m 20 stone. I’ve had six albums out. I’m okay for exposure'Years of thankless touring and ignored albums have worn his patience thin, but Thomas Walsh hopes his new Pugwash album will set the record straightThu Nov 23 2017 - 05:00
And So I Watch You From Afar return with a formidable display of powerThe Endless Shimmering review: The Northern Irish band have moved their sound on while retaining their muscular dynamismFri Oct 20 2017 - 05:00
The Smiths – The Queen is Dead (Deluxe Edition) review: illuminating take on exceptional albumFri Oct 20 2017 - 05:00
David Rawlings takes a step towards Bob Dylan and Neil YoungThe country star is known for his work with Gillian Welch but now he’s happy being out frontFri Sept 15 2017 - 05:00
Angus & Julia Stone - Snow review: blizzard of banalitiesANGUS & JULIA STONESnow **Le Label/PIASThu Sept 14 2017 - 12:39
Dave Grohl: ‘If it wasn't for Ireland, I wouldn’t be walking’The Foo Fighters frontman opens up about life in the biggest rock band in the worldFri Sept 08 2017 - 05:00
A rap-rock supergroup with ambitions to ‘unf**k the world’New supergroup featuring members of Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill have big ambitionsFri Sept 08 2017 - 01:00
