Music

It is time again to pack up your tent, wet wipes and novelty shades - Castlepalooza 2017 is here! The age-old saying, "good things come in small packages" is apt for the Tullamore carnival as this small scale festival packs a mighty punch.…

Arcade Fire Everything Now  As we are embroiled in the digital age, an increasing number of artists are ruminating about the consequences of this phenomenon. Father John Misty offered a jocular yet persuasive commentary of it on Pure…

New Music Weekly is here! Welcome to your one stop shop for new releases in the world of music each and every week. From the best of the best, to some of the rest, Mark Conroy is here to give you the low down on what you might have missed.…

‘You can’t miss someone you’ve never known.’ Perhaps. In music, we have heroes in head-spaces we can’t comprehend. We were recently rattled by the loss of Chris Cornell, and now, suddenly and just as tragically, the loss of Chester…

"AMPLIFY CHAOS." "TERMINATE EVENT." "SIMULATION ON." "SATISFACTION." "DEVIATION." "ADD VIOLENCE." These are just some of things found on the mysterious and clue-laden cover art for Nine Inch Nails' new EP Add Violence, an image of an analog…

Sounds Like Now takes a look at the current soundscape that shapes our modern sound. What will this year sound like in the future? Ruth Cronin  takes a look at Norwegian pop sensation Sigrid... There is a formula that the up-and-coming…

New Music Weekly is your one stop shop for new releases in the world of music each and every week. From the best of the best, to some of the rest, Mark Conroy is here to give you the low down on what you might have missed. This week; The…

Retrospect is a series which takes a look at some of the most important albums of all time. This week, Barra Ó Súilleabháin examines the influence of Guns N' Roses' Appetite For Destruction. A rented house in L.A on the same estate that…

At 2pm one Thursday afternoon Chris Kabs walked out of his job as a financial accountant and told his boss “Yo, I gotta go follow my dreams”. Since then he’s been spending every day writing, mixing and recording music in his studio in…

Something’s Changing, the third record from British singer songwriter Lucy Rose, was recorded on the back of a rather romantic story. Chronicling the singer-songwriter’s travels across South America, Rose reached out to her fans on twitter…