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The best Irish albums of 2023 — ranked
Music Reviews
This Life by Take That: A bunch of middle-aged millionaires with very little to say
Music Reviews
David Holmes’ vital new album is worth the 15-year wait, while John Francis Flynn’s second album likely to get Choice nod
Music Reviews
Dolly Parton’s singular voice takes centre stage with rock’s big names in her new album Rockstar
Albums of the week: Mountain Goats invent a dizzy world in Texan rock opera, and DJ Shadow’s nostalgic return
Fri 03 Nov 2023 at 03:30
The Beatles’ ‘Now and Then’ review – last ever single is a song that sounds like it has always existed
Thu 02 Nov 2023 at 18:16
Corrine Bailey Rae takes Guinness Jazz Festival audience on pulsating journey back to roots of racism
Mon 30 Oct 2023 at 13:24
Albums of the week: Sampha’s dazzling return and Glen Hansard shows off his songcraft
Sat 28 Oct 2023 at 03:30
Barry Egan: Picture This deliver awesome display of brooding emotion that leaves the crowd on its feet
Fri 27 Oct 2023 at 13:22
Rolling Stones get their mojo back in thrilling fashion on Hackney Diamonds
Fri 20 Oct 2023 at 03:30
Album of the week: CMAT keeps it country but sets her sights on the mainstream
Fri 13 Oct 2023 at 11:00
Sufjan Stevens revisits his low-key early style in intimate collection while Ed Sheeran delivers more schmaltz
Mon 09 Oct 2023 at 07:42
Barry Egan: It was weird without Larry Mullen Jnr, the dome was even weirder – but it certainly wasn’t U2 going to the Las Vegas desert to die
Sun 01 Oct 2023 at 12:05
U2, Sphere review: this spectacular concert will change live entertainment forever
Sat 30 Sep 2023 at 12:46
Kylie’s new album Tension finds the singer in a feelgood mood before Vegas residency
Fri 29 Sep 2023 at 03:30
Album of the week: The National’s ‘sad dad’ songs on Laugh Track warm the heart
Sat 23 Sep 2023 at 03:30
Shania Twain at the 3Arena review: Rhinestone sunglasses, fluffy pink boots and leopard skin pants steal the show
Wed 20 Sep 2023 at 13:03
Albums of the week: Nation of Language’s retro fascination continues and The Pretenders show they still have swagger
Fri 15 Sep 2023 at 20:13
Barry Egan: Elvis Costello leaves Dublin crowd gasping for breath after mesmerising two-hour show
Fri 08 Sep 2023 at 15:44
Barry Egan: I’ve been to every Electric Picnic since 2004 and haven’t seen a headliner as powerful as Billie Eilish
Sat 02 Sep 2023 at 10:00
Albums of the week: The Hives and Franz Ferdinand herald the return of boys with guitars
Fri 01 Sep 2023 at 03:30
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds review: Musical tribute to Sinéad O’Connor echoes into eternity at Kilmainham gig
Mon 28 Aug 2023 at 13:49
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds take to the stage in Dublin
Mon 28 Aug 2023 at 12:05
Albums of the week: Birdy finds her wings with 1980s pop inspiration, while Slowdive keep shoegaze flame burning
Fri 25 Aug 2023 at 03:30
Hozier hints at a break-up, with help from the Divine Comedy – Dante’s, that is
Fri 18 Aug 2023 at 14:00
Mick Flannery: ‘I don’t have the answer to save the nation’
Sun 13 Aug 2023 at 03:30
If anger is an energy, John Lydon’s seems depleted
Fri 11 Aug 2023 at 03:30
The Joni Mitchell gig we thought we would never hear
Sat 05 Aug 2023 at 03:30
Album of the week: Julie Byrne paints raw portrait of love and loss
Sat 15 Jul 2023 at 03:30
Gig review: Motley Crue at Marlay Park – Eighties hellraisers put on a thrilling, noisy throwback to a bygone era
Wed 05 Jul 2023 at 17:20
Album of the week: Fontaines frontman spins eclectic parts into an enchanting whole with Chaos for the Fly
Sat 01 Jul 2023 at 03:30
Dermot Kennedy at Marlay Park: ‘He could out-sing Bono with one hand tied behind his back – and that’s not a criticism of Bono’
Sat 24 Jun 2023 at 19:32
Album of the week: Ask AI to make a Sigur Rós album and it would sound a lot like this
Fri 23 Jun 2023 at 19:30
Albums of the week: Christy Dignam’s glory days remembered, and death, loss and time tackled with a playful touch by Christine and the Queens
Fri 16 Jun 2023 at 07:30
Depeche Mode at Malahide Castle review: fans just can’t get enough... just can’t get enough...
New albums: Noel Gallagher on form, a Joycean tribute by Hibsen and Dave Grohl’s stadium-sized grief
Album review: Niall Horan’s ‘The Show’ secures four stars as he comes up with all the right answers
Royal Blood’s onstage strop was pure entitlement – good audiences need to be earned
New albums by Lorraine Nash and Stephen Shannon: Echoes of Laurel Canyon and sounds with a widescreen scope
John Fogerty, the American son who is ‘100pc Irish’, delights Dublin with his greatest hits
Coronation concert review: Katy Perry is a golden Quality Street in this bizarre musical confection
Bruce Springsteen RDS: The week started with divisive Donald Trump but ended with ‘the Boss’ uniting 35,000
New albums from Cian Nugent and Beach House: Languid and laidback music that celebrates the nuances of life
That! Feels Good! review: Jessie Ware follows her heart to give us best album of her career
First Two Pages of Frankenstein review: The National offer a gentle reprisal of midlife melancholy
Multitudes album review: Feist returns with her most personal album yet
The seven best albums released in March
Revenge of the nerd: the top ten moments from Ed Sheeran’s sold-out 3Arena show in Dublin last night
Bruce Springsteen review: The Boss might stop one day. But for now, it’s no surrender
Gig review: Ronan Keating brings the house down at London’s Royal Albert Hall, with the help of a very special guest
The seven best albums released in February
The seven best albums released in January
The 1975 deliver superlative show, from the baffling to the wildly entertaining
Westlife were never cool and they are no longer a ‘boyband’ but their grown up fans love the dad dancing
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