Featuring Smerz, Kean Kavanagh, Laura Duff, Romance, Saoirse Miller.

The best new Irish songs this week feature emerging tracks we’ve selected from artists from the island of Ireland, with more playlist additions below the main list. Explore the best new Irish songs ...

The return of Canadian rock’s best motley crew. When your band is made up different members of various bands from your hometown, then it can take a while to get everyone together, and so the return of ...

With plays for their music on Jazz FM, Craig Charles on BBC Radio 6 Music, Projective are an interesting new neo-soul, jazz and hip-hop seven piece. The band’s third single ‘Motions’ – a confident ...

You can sign up to the list at https://www.forthosei.love, where the site has a countdown to 5pm Irish Time on Tuesday May 20th. Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site ...

After ‘I’m Cooked, I’m Done’, and ‘fin’, the lead singles from the Kildare duo’s final album, comes ‘Ireland Is Full’. The Kildare duo of Max Zanga and Matt O’Baoill address the increasing accceptance ...

The Irish post-punk band based in Dublin, Belfast, and London release their second album on Merge Records. The title naturally belies the now-trio’s (Constance Keane (she/her), Jamie Hyland (she/her), ...

North London quartet Wolf Alice first emerged in 2013 with the bruised euphoria of their debut album My Love Is Cool, which featured the Grammy-nominated ‘Moaning Lisa Smile’. 2018’s follow up Visions ...

See the end of the post for the Weekly Playlist featuring all the tracks I loved this week. I’ve always had a soft spot for Baxter Dury’s lounge lizard music, but have often found his more upbeat work ...

The avant-electronic and experimental Irish music festival Open Ear returns to Sherkin Island on the June Bank Holiday weekend. Open Ear is known for its preoccupation with illuminating music ...

Baltimore musician Marcus Brown’s alternative project is going on tour in Europe later in the Autumn. Nourished By Time draws on shoegaze, electronica and R&B in his music. The new tour takes in ...

Forbidden Fruit Champions Emerging Irish Artists: This year, Forbidden Fruit continued its commitment to championing homegrown talent by launching a nationwide open call, offering emerging artists the ...