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Fontaines D.C., Barry Can’t Swim, Kneecap among nominees for AIM Independent Music Awards

The nominees for AIM’s Independent Music Awards have been announced. Jorja Smith, Barry Can’t Swim,…

Kneecap movie review – a smart rap caper of substance and language

Is it an exaggeration to say that Kneecap have inspired a new generation of Irish…

Best of June 2024
The 20 best songs of June

Featuring: Jamie xx, Robyn, Kabin Crew, Mabe Fratti, Burial, Martha Skye Murphy, James Blake, Lil Yachty, King Krule, The PVP, His Father’s Voice, Kneecap, Heartworms, Orla Gartland, Pond, Joey Valance & Brae, Nilüfer Yanya & more

Best irish albums of the year so far.
20 best Irish albums of the year so far

Far from being an exhaustive, solidified list of Irish long form releases at the half way point of the year, what follows is simply 20 albums I have enjoyed from Irish artists in 2024 to date – in no particular order.

The 10 best songs of the week

Featuring Kneecap, James Vincent McMorrow, Heartworms, Ciaran Lavery, Morgana, Hundred Waters, Nilüfer Yanya, The Redneck Manifesto, And So I Watch You From Afar, Martha Skye Murphy, Monjola.

Kneecap announce biggest Belfast show at SSE Arena

On the day that the Belfast trio’s debut album Fine Art is released, they announced…

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Watch the trailer for the Kneecap movie

The film is released in Ireland on August 8th. Ever since the Kneecap film debuted…

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Kneecap are playing three Vicar Street Dublin shows in October

The Belfast rap trio Kneecap will play three Vicar Street shows this October. Kneecap are…

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Kneecap debut ‘Fine Art’ inspired by their controversial mural

The title track from the Irish rap trio Kneecap’s debut album out on Heavenly on…

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Irish artists pull out of SXSW in solidarity with Palestine and protest of festival military sponsorship

Update: See latest article here: All Irish bands have now cancelled their official SXSW performances.…

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Watch Kneecap perform live on US TV on Jimmy Fallon’s show

The Belfast trio made their US TV debut on The Tonight Show presented by Jimmy…

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Kneecap, Lambrini Girls among the 150 acts to play The Great Escape Festival

Brighton new music festival has added 150 names to The Great Escape Festival this year.…

Best of February
The 20 best songs of February

Featuring: Jessica Pratt, John Glacier, Kneecap, Adrianne Lenker, Beth Gibbons, R. Kitt, Yard Act, Fort Romeau, Thee U.F.O, Little Simz, Lime Garden, Kim Gordon, Schoolboy Q, Charli XCX, Idles, Mhaol.

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Kneecap’s debut album Fine Art is out this summer on Heavenly

The Belfast Irish language trio shared also a new single ‘Sick In The Head’. Only…

Kneecap at Sundance. Photo from TG4.
Kneecap at Sundance: the critic reaction to the Irish language rap film

Kneecap’s debut feature film was shown at Sundance Film Festival last night, becoming the first Irish-language film to feature on the festival programme.

Kneecap’s film is the first Irish language feature to premiere at Sundance

The film based on the origins of the Belfast Irish-language-lead rap duo Kneecap is to…

Kneecap, The Mary Wallopers, Shampain, X Club, The Scratch & more for Cork City Hall

Christmas At Cork City Hall sees a host of Irish artists play at Cork City Hall…

10 songs we love this week: Biig Piig, André 3000, New Jackson, Tiger & Woods & more

Featuring André 3000, Biig Piig, Spooklet, Sloucho, Kneecap, Grian Chatten, Nealo, Niina, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, Faux Real, New Jackson, Tiger & Woods, boygenius, Ye Vagabonds.

Kneecap & Fontaines D.C’s Grian Chatten – ‘Better Way To Live’

Belfast Irish-language provocateurs Kneecap have released the first single from their Toddla T-produced debut single…

Iceland Airwaves: 10 acts we loved from the 2023 festival

Lumo Club’s Simon Roche has been going to Reykjavik for Iceland Airwaves every year for…