Choice Music Prize 2025: CMAT and Amble among shortlisted nominees for Irish Album of the Year
The RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2025 winner is set to be announced in March
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Vinyl sales jump 20% in ‘exceptional year’ for Irish acts, music industry group says
Taylor Swift tops the charts as Irish Recorded Music Association said sales rose in all segments - streaming, CD, vinyl and music cassette
Best music in 2025: Irish Times critics choose the albums and acts of the year
From CMAT to Chappell Roan, and Maria Somerville to Rosalía, women have ruled the industry this year
‘For fans of’ music: 2025 has been a phenomenal year for Irish artists
Tony Clayton-Lea reflects on a phenomenal year in the annals of Irish music
‘Spotify levy’ could fund next generation of CMATs and Fontaines DCs, says trade body
AIM Ireland believes Government tax incentives to develop indigenous music industry should be explored
Why are British social media influencers in dark snugs seeking perfect pints of Guinness?
Is Guinness, especially in an Anglo-Irish context, a more palatable brand of Irishness for the wax-jacket set?
Electric Picnic 2026 line-up: Fontaines DC, Gorillaz and CMAT among acts revealed
This year’s festival in Stradbally, Co Laois, is sold out, with 80,000 expected to attend
Katie Ball of Just Mustard: ‘I don’t know if being the centre of attention comes naturally. I keep doing it anyway’
Despite signing to the ultra-hip Brooklyn-based label Partisan, the introverted band have decided against leaving their hometown of Dundalk
Fine Gael denies ‘Trumpian’ tactics against Connolly in election
Minister reacts to Fontaines DC bassist’s ‘mind colonised by Britain’ comment on Humphreys
Sam Fender wins Mercury Prize as CMAT and Fontaines DC miss out
No Irish artist has won the prize in more than 30 years of history
Luke Combs: Who is Slane Castle’s next headliner?
A beer-chugging, jeans-wearing all-American, Combs’s music is propped up on escapism, heartbreak and nostalgia
Today I will discuss House of Beamish. I think I remember the plot from history class, but we were all quite drunk
Much like Downton Abbey, House of Guinness is best treated as a delightful hallucinatory cheese dream
Sprints: All That Is Over review – Irish postpunks go thermonuclear in songs of unfiltered fury
Karla Chubb and co follow up the spectacular Letter to Self with an irresistible wrecking ball of a sequel
NewDad: Altar review – Irish rock’s godfathers of glum reign supreme on brilliant second album
Julie Dawson’s dolorous voice is the magic ingredient, as it was on Madra, the Galway band’s debut long-player
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