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January 2026 releases include The Midnight Ache, Next of Kin, Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge, Rolling on the Inside, Kiss Big

Three decades in, Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro still deliver a thrilling live show

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Including releases by Ethel Cain, Anna Von Hausswolff, Wednesday, Hayley Williams and Cole Pulice

Including releases by Simon Jermyn, Snowpoet, Izumi Kimura, Ronan Guilfoyle and Nils Kavanagh

Including releases by Maighread and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Cormac Begley and Liam O’Connor, and Tara Breen

Irish acts have released more than 300 albums over the past 12 months. These are our favourites

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Rap trio brings its controversy machine to the Dublin venue with a formidable live gig, guest collaborations and plenty of fun

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Scintillating gig shows Ellie Rowsell’s skills as frontwoman and band’s talent for old-school indie pop

The Dublin gig is a reminder of why Sheeran is both a streaming behemoth and a popular punching bag

John Maus’s Dublin gig is half performance art, half exhibitionist freakout

Having conquered an arena, the immediate feeling now is that a stadium awaits her

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At 3Arena, Hollywood’s favourite composer performs some of the most moving scores in cinema history

At 3Arena, hits arrive as warped and rollicking distortions of the originals, wrapped up with a dusky tribute to Shane MacGowan

At My Bloody Valentine's first headline show in Dublin since 1992, this wonderfully strange band remain transcendent