Linkin Park release first new single in seven year ‘The Emptiness Machine’ hotpress.com/music-news/lin…

Alt rock outfit English Teacher have been announced as the overall winner of the 2024 Mercury Prize for their album This Could Be Texas. hotpress.com/music/english-…

To mark Dolores O'Riordan's birthday, we're revisiting Michael Stipe of R.E.M. HQ's remarkable reflections on the iconic Irish singer and The Cranberries: "I speak on behalf of Peter, Mike and Bill too when I say Dolores and the guys brought us great joy" hotpress.com/music-news/rem…

Album Review: David Gilmour - Luck and Strange "Lead single ‘The Piper’s Call’ is a poignantly loaded title and, yes, we are deep in Floydian country, the solo exquisite, the soundscape marvellous..." hotpress.com/music/album-re…

Album Review: God Is An Astronaut - Embers "...an epic and enthralling opus from one of the best to do it..." writes Edwin McFee hotpress.com/music/album-re…

Ahead of the release of his new album ten days today – which includes a new track with SOAK – Fred again.. played a surprise set at Dick Mack's in Dingle last night hotpress.com/music-news/wat…

Album Review: John Blek - Cheer Up "....last year’s Until The Rivers Run Dry marked a fresh creative turn, moving from pure folk into poppier territory – and that direction is wonderfully expanded-upon here" hotpress.com/music/album-re…

Track of the Day: The Devlins, ‘Slipping Through Your Hands’ hotpress.com/music-news/tra…

Bill to ban dynamic pricing for event tickets in Ireland launched following Oasis controversy hotpress.com/music-news/bil…

FILM OF THE WEEK: Don't Forget To Remember - an emotive and artistic exploration of Alzheimer's, identity and love. "A stunning film," writes Roe McDermott. "Go, watch, call your Mam." Motherland hotpress.com/film-tv/film-o…

Education on consent, pornography and mental health is to become mandatory for secondary level students in Ireland. hotpress.com/culture/educat…

Emmet Kirwan: “As long as there is apartheid within the Irish education system, there will be a class apartheid in our society.” Interview by Dr Kate Smyth, AONTAS Strategic Communications Officer. hotpress.com/culture/emmet-…

Ahead of the release of their new album, Keep On Raving In The First World, Post Punk Podge & The Technohippies have shared the title track – a "song about raving, drugs, privilege and adventure" hotpress.com/music-news/pos…

FILM OF THE WEEK: Don’t Forget To Remember "EMOTIVE AND ARTISTIC EXPLORATION OF ALZHEIMER’S, IDENTITY AND LOVE" - Roe McDermott hotpress.com/film-tv/film-o…

Russell Howard, Deirdre O'Kane, Dylan Moran, and Mario Rosenstock will all be part of a stacked line-up at this year’s Galway Comedy Festival Festival, taking place in the city from 22-28 October. hotpress.com/culture/galway…

Dublin-based Malawian Mona-Lxsa will be playing an Afro jazz session with saxophonist Denis Scully on Sunday, 8 September, at the Workman's Club Vintage Room. hotpress.com/music/mona-lxs…

Katell Keineg has announced a rare Irish gig, her first in Dublin since 2010. She will play the Whelan’s Main Venue on Thursday 19 September. hotpress.com/music/katell-k…