Music

5 Albums to Listen to in your 20s

N.W.A – Straight Outta Compton The legendary cultural icon that is Straight Outta Compton is an absolute album for anyone in their 20s for a few reasons. The most obvious reason is that it’s album...

Bands & Albums You Should Listen to in Your 20s

Music is a really speculative category. What’s great to some people isn’t always great to others. People have diverse preferences in music that change almost as often as the charts. There are some differenc...

Could we see a Return to Live Music this Summer?

On March 9th, the Department of Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media announced €50 million in funding for a suite of measures aimed at supporting the music industry. These supports include €25 million tow...

The best summer number ones of the 2010s

With July having just kicked off, the summer season is, in theory, in full swing. With the summer blockbuster off the table this year, we at least have one reliable cultural cornerstone to judge the summer by:...

How Billie Eilish is transforming women’s fashion

Billie Eilish is one of the most interesting characters on the music scene right now. If you have ever listened to her lyrics or watched one of her bizarre music videos, you’ll know she is never afraid to be h...

The history of the charity single

Comic Relief is a cornerstone of British culture and this week, Ireland is getting in on the act. The cast of Derry Girls and Normal People will be taking part, comedy will be provided by the likes of The Two ...

How Pop-Punk endured

Have you listened to the radio or the top 40 on Spotify recently? There’s nary a guitar or drum to be found on a track. Yet the biggest cause of concert FOMO this summer appears to be the cancellation of My Ch...

What the world needs now are musical episodes

What do you do when your television series has been picked up by a network for multiple seasons and you’ve cultivated a loyal fanbase, but you want to explore other genres? You could start from scratch and pit...

Up & Coming: An interview with N I T E F I S H

N I T E F I S H is an audio-visual punk project that’s making electronic punk songs from glitched out projections and mangled sounds. I make a lot of music from things that I see around me, everything from vaca...