Fontaines DC at 3Arena: Masterly, compelling display as ‘the gall of Fine Gael and the fail of Fianna Fáil’ fills the air
How good can Fontaines DC get? At first of two Dublin concerts they answer that question with aplomb
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Fontaines DC pick up two Grammy nominations as Beyoncé leads the way
Beyoncé out in front with 11 Grammy nominations for Cowboy Carter while Kendrick Lamar, Charli xcx, Post Malone and Billie Eilish follow
Grian Chatten of Fontaines DC: ‘We were speeding off the edge of a cliff’
The band ended a tour in Japan unsure what to do next. The resulting album was ‘f**king mad’ to make
Starburster: Fontaines DC’s thrillingly sinister new single is a dystopian belter
Grian Chatten and his bandmates also announce a new album, Romance, due for release in August
Choice Music Prize: Grian Chatten and CMAT among shortlisted nominees for Irish album of the year
Kojaque’s Phantom of the Afters and Lankum’s latest album, False Lankum, also feature
Kneecap: ‘I was in the toilet, throwing up creme de menthe, and I look up and see Michael Fassbender’
It has been a memorable year for the Belfast punk-rap trio. With an album and film on the way, 2024 could see them climb even higher
The 10 best Irish albums of 2023 so far
Stellar efforts from The Murder Capital, Lankum, Lisa O’Neill and Grian Chatten and others have made it a strong first half of the year
Grian Chatten: Chaos for the Fly – A curveball worth catching from Fontaines DC frontman
The stark nature of the songs in this first solo outing highlight Chatten’s worldview of separating the good from the bad
Grian Chatten of Fontaines DC: ‘I only started to realise over the last couple years that I was quite weird in school’
The Fontaines DC frontman meets Annie Mac to talk about childhood, London life, songwriting and finding light in the dark
Leftfield: This Is What We Do – A terrific late career landmark
Grian Chatten from Fontaines DC stars on dance titans’ riveting fourth album
Liam Gallagher: C’mon You Know – No unexpected surprises
Another bog-standard but curiously comforting offering from Oasis man
Fontaines DC – Skinty Fia: We’re not in Dublin any more
What might be seen as the concluding part of a trilogy reveals a band maturing nicely
Kae Tempest: ‘I’m not a star, am I?’
Multi-talented playwright, poet and novelist on latest album The Line is a Curve
Fontaines D.C. get political, slamming ‘the gall of Fine Gael and the fail of Fianna Fáil’
I Love You, the band’s ‘devastating’ angst-rock new song, lambastes the Government’s record
Fontaines DC are reborn as punk-funk disconauts, and the results are cracking
Belgian DJs Soulwax have released a glittering remix of Fontaines DC’s A Hero’s Death
Mary McAleese and Fontaines D.C. among beneficiaries of artists’ tax exemption
Scheme allows artists to earn up to € 50,000 a year on creative work free of tax
Fontaines DC’s Grian Chatten: ‘I’m in an emotional flux’
Sold For Parts documentary about the Dublin band addresses the downsides of even modest success
Mercury Prize 2019: Can Fontaines DC win in a year of protest music?
The Dublin band could be first Irish act to win the Mercury
Dublin band Fontaines DC: The New York Times is raving about them
The band want to show an Ireland ‘that neither accepts cliches nor rejects the past’
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