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Vampire Weekend, Fleetwood Mac and Angel Haze are just some of the artists in a very eclectic FMF... The world may be a scary, uncertain place this week – I mean, how can anybody relax until Everton appoint their new manager? – but we’ve some quality Free Music Friday tuneage to help you worry just that little bit less about who’s going to ... READ MORE

WINGDING BRINGS festival season indoors...
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EXCLUSIVE! SOUNDS Of System Breakdown album stream...
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GOOD VIBRATIONS picks up Best Screenplay award...
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LITTLE GREEN Cars in at No. 1...
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NEW SINGLE from Miracle Bell...
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LEONARD COHEN returns to Dublin...
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SAINT JOHN The Gambler - album launch...
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OUT AND about at Vantastival...
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CALVIN HARRIS, Alt-J and Noel Gallagher among Ivor Novello winners...
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SHANE MACGOWAN is looking for a dentist...
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FRANZ FERDINAND announce new album...
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RANDOM ACCESS Memories - your thoughts?...
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ONE DIRECTION for Croke Park...
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A LAZARUS Soul for Whelans...
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JAMES MURPHY to spin the decks at Body & Soul...
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BRESSIE, THE Original Rudeboys & Le Galaxie for Fortstock fest...
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FINAL FIVE announced in The Big Break...
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VANN MUSIC announce Dublin date...
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PHILIP CHEVRON: 'This time the cancer is lethal'...
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DERMOT LAMBERT: Mental Health Awareness charity single...
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CARRICKMACROSS VOTES to oppose fluoridation...
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LISTEN! NEW Sounds Of System Breakdown track...
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BATTLE FOR The Bay details revealed...
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US ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency Union opposes fluoridation...
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MANAGING DIRECTOR of RTÉ Radio resigns...
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WATCH: GLEN Hansard doc...
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TENACIOUS D announce new Dublin date...
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GHOSTPOET ADDED to Forbidden Fruit bill...
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WATCH: SOAK plays BBC Introducing…...
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NANU NANU announce album launch...
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THE DUCKWORTH Lewis Method reveal album contributors...
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BIG BREAK vote closes tonight at 8pm!...
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UNDERTONES PLAY to debut in Derry...
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NSX FESTIVAL details...
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LIR FOR Dublin...
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THE XX announce support for O2 gig...
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LEE EVANS for O2...
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MACKLEMORE & Ryan Lewis add Dublin date...
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NEW DAFT Punk record streaming on iTunes...
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BOBBY GILLESPIE speaks on drug addiction...
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WATCH: KENDRICK Lamar tackles Solange track...
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BEARDYMAN & Norman Jay for Sea Sessions...
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STUART STAPLES releases lyric book...
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ASTRONAUT PERFORMS Bowie classic from outer space...
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GERRY LEONARD

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THE HARD GROUND

The Cork band played our latest Storeroom Session...

Kodaline

Our cover stars recently performed an acoustic set at HP Towers...

Villagers

Conor J. O'Brien called in on a cold January morning...


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App Attack and Tech news

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Hot Press meets British Sea Power

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The Time Traveler’s Wife author Audrey Niffenegger

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Hot Press meets Noah & The Whale

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Hot Press meets The Stranglers

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Hot Press meets David Beckham, 1997


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ASIWYFA, live at Whelan's

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Miles Kane: Don’t Forget Who You Are

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Ghostpoet: Some Say I So I Say Light

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McCann: The Power Of Numbers

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Frontlines: The Great Gatsby

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The Message: When Public Policy Goes Wrong

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