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Remembering Rick Davies: Supertramp’s Co-Founder Dies at 81

Multi-instrumentalist Rick Davies, co-founder, and vocalist of Supertramp died September 6th, aged 81. He died at home in Long Island “after a long illness”, announced the band in a statement released on Sunday. Back in...

Richard Bodin

1 month ago

5 min read

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See You, Madman… See You on the Other Side

Ozzy Osbourne has passed away, leaving behind a legacy forged in rebellion, resilience, and raw power. From Black Sabbath’s industrial doom to solo triumphs and the creation of Ozzfest, this tribute reflects on a life...

David Moya

3 months ago

5 min read

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Neptune Blood’s Best Laid Plans: A New Chapter from Limerick’s Finest

Neptune Blood are back with Best Laid Plans, a track that hits hard and lingers long. Rising from the legacy of Fox Jaw and The Hip-Neck Blues Collective, this Limerick supergroup are carving out something new.

Richard Bodin

3 months ago

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Zac Farro Drops Heartfelt Single Ahead of Solo Album “Operator”

The drummer and co-founder of Paramore, Zac Farro, has announced his debut solo album. Under his personal project HalfNoise, Farro has already written and released five albums, the most recent being City Talk in 2023...

Arthur

4 months ago

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The Prodigy Are Coming to the UK and Ireland in 2026

You heard me — the world-famous band The Prodigy are coming to the UK and Ireland for their 2026 arena tour. Tickets are available on Ticketmaster.ie, or the official Prodigy website, with prices ranging from €47.35 to...

Arthur

4 months ago

2 min read

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I’m Only F**ing Myself

By Lola Young

Lola Young has been around for a few years already. After relative success in TV talent shows, she signed her first deal right before covid. So she had to stand strong and capitalise on the Internet at first with online...

Richard Bodin

1 week ago

5 min read

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Double Infinity

By Big Thief

Big time for Big Thief It’s been a pretty interesting past few years for Big Thief. Since 2020 lead singer and songwriter, Adrianne Lenker, released a new solo project called songs which has gone on to be incredibly...

Adam Kenny

1 week ago

6 min read

EP and Singles

To Know You Is to Love You

By Joe Bonamassa, Michael McDonald, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks

Intro to Joe and the Others Involved Last month, Joe Bonamassa, along with a group of other artists, announced that they would be compiling a tribute album to BB King. Bonamassa himself had a rich friendship with BB...

Matt Lucey

1 week ago

4 min read

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Live Laugh Love

By Earl Sweatshirt

Earl Sweatshirt returns with his fifth studio album, Live Laugh Love. Three years on from the brilliant Sick! and the equally short Some Rap Songs, Earl is still laying his marker on modern hip-hop. Earl Sweatshirt...

Ronan O'Brien

1 week ago

9 min read

Willoughy Tucker, I'll Always Love you cover art

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Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You

By Ethel Cain

Story of Ethel Cain It wasn’t that long ago when we had from Ethel Cain. Earlier this year Ethel, who’s real name is Hayden Silas Anhedönia. They released their ambient project Perverts, which had taken on an a dreary...

Adam Kenny

1 week ago

7 min read

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The Life of a Showgirl

By Taylor Swift

A Dad’s Take on Taylor Swift’s New Album As a 45-year-old dad of a 12-year-old Taylor Swift superfan, I’ve heard more Taylor in the past few years than I ever imagined I would. From Fearless car singalongs to heated...

Peter Burrows

1 week ago

3 min read

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Gangsta’s Paradise: How Hip-Hop Crossed The Atlantic

Hip-hop was born in New York in the early 1970s and was culturally significant. From humble beginnings to becoming one of the most popular music genres on the planet, the world of hip-hop is the biggest it’s ever...

Ronan O'Brien

1 week ago

6 min read

60th Anniversary

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Otis Blue

By Otis Redding

Sixty years ago — in July 1965, under the sweltering Memphis heat — Otis Redding walked into Stax Studios and, in just twenty-four hours, recorded one of the defining albums of soul music. Otis Blue wasn’t simply made —...

Richard Bodin

1 week ago

7 min read

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Glen Hansard: A Soulful Homecoming at Éigse Michael Hartnett, Newcastle West

I’ve followed Glen Hansard’s journey for decades, but this performance felt different — more personal, more rooted. There’s something special about hearing songs of love, loss, and redemption in a room where poetry...

Peter Burrows

1 week ago

3 min read

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NewDad Launch Altar with a Record Shop Tour

To promote their new album Altar, released on September 19, NewDad took a refreshing approach: a record shop tour. Tickets to these intimate shows weren’t sold but earned—fans had to pre-order the album in-store. In an...

Richard Bodin

3 weeks ago

2 min read

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New Tarantula Era

Tarántula is a rock band from Valencia that started in the 1970s. After many years apart, the group has recently reunited. Want to know more about their story? Check out this article to explore their history. I was...

David Moya

1 month ago

9 min read

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Invite the Moustache into your life: Interview with Deluxe’s Liliboy

From the streets of Aix-en-Provence to their own Super Moustache Festival, French funk collective Deluxe have spent 15 years blending genres, breaking rules, and spreading joy. In this candid conversation, vocalist...

Richard Bodin

2 months ago

17 min read

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Spinal Tap 2: The end continues

By Rob Reiner

After nearly four decades, Spinal Tap returns with a sequel that mixes nostalgia, absurdity, and a few standout laughs. While it delivers charm and memorable moments — including a Beatle cameo singing “Cups and Cakes” —...

Peter Burrows

3 weeks ago

2 min read

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Quadrophenia

By Franc Roddam

It’s 1979, and the Cannes Festival premieres a movie about parkas, scooters, and a working-class young boy in search of his own identity. Quadrophenia, the movie adaptation of The Who’s 1973 rock opera, revisits a piece...

Richard Bodin

6 months ago

7 min read

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Dig It: How Nuggets Mined the Sound of a Generation

In 1972, Nuggets compiled the raw, forgotten garage rock of the '60s—and accidentally mapped out the future. From Lenny Kaye’s crate-digging to its ripple effects on punk, mod revival, and beyond, this is the story of a...

Richard Bodin

3 weeks ago

24 min read

New Releases

The Hives Forever Forever The Hives

By The Hives

Twenty years ago, I walked out of one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. To be honest, I was on the fence about going — until I noticed that Blues Explosion were the support act. But it was The Hives who floored me. I...

Richard Bodin

3 weeks ago

5 min read

Songs and Album Covers

We Can’t Be Stopped: How Geto Boys Scarred a Generation

The nineties in the UK music scene had a single burning question: Oasis or Blur? Across the Atlantic, in the States, the question was different but attracted the same heat of emotion. Here, the hip-hop scene was on the...

Ronan O'Brien

3 weeks ago

7 min read

Essentials

A Tonic for the Troops

By The Boomtown Rats

The 1970’s were tumultuous times in Ireland; with civil rights issues, church-led domineering and political corruption rife. All of these socioeconomic issues had one hell of a soundtrack however, courtesy of Thin...

Ronan O'Brien

3 weeks ago

10 min read

New Releases

Ain’t Done With the Blues

By Buddy Guy

From his early days in Louisiana to sharing the stage with legends like Clapton and Zeppelin, Buddy Guy has shaped the sound of modern blues. Now, at 89, he releases Ain’t Done With the Blues, an album that both honors...

Matt Lucey

3 weeks ago

5 min read

EP and Singles

Strange Brew

By Jeff Russo, Noah Hawley

The Alien Franchise Alien has been counted amongst the best sci-fi horror franchises of all time. Ever since 1979, the movies have been instilling fear in fans. One of the most important aspects of horror movies (and...

Matt Lucey

3 weeks ago

3 min read

New Releases

No Rain, No Flowers

By The Black Keys

The Black Keys have built a career on raw blues-rock riffs, gritty energy, and an unmistakable two-man chemistry. Two decades on from their basement beginnings in Akron, Ohio, the duo return with a new album that shows...

Matt Lucey

3 weeks ago

4 min read

New Releases

The Clearing

By Wolf Alice

UK Indie Darlings Wolf Alice are one of the most beloved indie bands to come out of the 2010 UK music scene. Lead by Ellie Rowsell and Joff Odie, Wolf Alice have gone on to create quite a decent catalogue for themselves...

Adam Kenny

3 weeks ago

8 min read

New Releases

EURO-COUNTRY

By CMAT

CMAT returns with her third studio album, EURO-COUNTRY. A fantastic project invoking every emotion from relationships to the late Celtic Tiger era, our very own “Dunboyne Diana” continues to impress on her...

Ronan O'Brien

3 weeks ago

9 min read

EP and Singles

Assortment

By Sweets

Sweets has quickly become one of the most notorious acts to emerge from Limerick. Formed during the Covid pandemic, the band brings together musicians from across the Treaty City’s scene — with members having played in...

Richard Bodin

3 weeks ago

3 min read

Live Shows

Oasis in Dublin: Rock ‘N’ Roll Stars

The long awaited Oasis reunion has been the highly coveted live show of the decade. Tickets were like gold dust and I was among the lucky few thousand fortunate enough to experience one of the greatest bands of all time...

Ronan O'Brien

1 month ago

12 min read

Songs and Album Covers

Shaking Hands with Fire: The Making of Wish You Were Here’s Artwork

On September 12, 1975, Pink Floyd fans rushed in the stores to get their copies of Wish You Were Here, the band’s new album. They found a mysterious package, wrapped in a black plastic shrink cover, with only a round...

Richard Bodin

1 month ago

9 min read

New Releases

private music

By Deftones

Consistency for a band is difficult to maintain. To create fresh, exciting and decent sounding music over and over again is something all acts and artists strive for. It’s a roller coaster of a process, especially as...

Adam Kenny

1 month ago

6 min read

New Releases

Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party

By Hayley Williams

Ego? Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party is one of the more unique album title’s I’ve heard in a while. It’s also an album nobody knew was coming out. On the 28th of July Hayley Williams released 17 tracks on her website...

Adam Kenny

1 month ago

12 min read

EP and Singles

In Calico

By Neptune Blood

A couple weeks ago, Neptune Blood was asking the question on social media: « Is it too late to release a summer song? ». « In Calico », recording with producer Ben Wanders, was released a few days...

Richard Bodin

1 month ago

2 min read

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Breakthrough

By Joe Bonamassa

Joe Bonamassa is an American guitarist, most famous for his numerous blues and rock albums. A guitar virtuoso: Bonamassa has blues in his veins. A child prodigy: Bonamassa played alongside BB King at the age of 12. At...

Matt Lucey

1 month ago

5 min read

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