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Sunday, June 1st Backwards @ Pharmacia (€5/€10, 2pm) All day lane party with Frawl and Paul. Club 30+ @ Dolan’s Warehouse (Sold out) Evening of clubbing for over-30s. Sunday Sessions @ Record Room ...

Over the decades, Os Mutantes’ impact has echoed far beyond Brazil. Beck paid homage with his track Tropicália on the 1998 album Mutations. The Bees covered their classic A Minha Menina, and Flea of ...

The Irish producer Rory Sweeney has released a new song that features contributions from Dublin singer-songwriter Saoirse Miller, the Choice-Prize nominated artist RÓIS and Ristéard ÓhAodha of ...

Smerz – Big city life Norwegian electronic duo’s second album is rooted firmly on an arch art-pop vibe, with woozy tracks drawing from electro, R&B, synth-pop, DIY pop, minimal, trance and casually ...

Hardware is about creating a shared moment between artist and audience. It’s a live process, unfolding in real time, and the energy in the room directly influences the direction of the music. It’s ...

With the Lovely Days Saturday gig sold out, CMAT is also playing a last-minute solo set. Tickets rolled up on Dice there, with the description “Join CMAT and Guinness for a secret solo gig in a ...

The Swedish alt-pop singer and producer released a surprise album Lifetime on her own label Independent Jeep Music, that explores early 90s R&B sounds and trip-hop in a glossy vocal fashion. It’s a ...

Press Play: Grace Jones ‘Nightclubbing’ @ The Big Romance Shrem returns with a full album play through of the iconic Grace Jones Nightclubbing. Still House Plants @ Bello Bar London alternative rock ...

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish ...

The Washington DC-based New York artist has released a number of records that are among the best in modern hip-hop albums, including 2023’s Maps with Kenny Segal, or 2022’s Aethiopes or 2023’s We Buy ...

Night and Day Festival in Roscommon has announced its dance stage and lineup Lough Key Forest Park this June. The 150ft high Moylurg Tower stage will host DJs performing up high on a perch on site ...