Julian Cope has many strings to his bow: post-punk legend, archaeology expert, author...and, as you might’ve suspected, he’s a rattling good interview.

28 Oct 2014 - Interview

A "mesmerising" set from the Brighton duo. Check out Emma Synnott's photo gallery here

28 Oct 2014 - News

The most successful dynasty in Irish acting, the Gleeson family are set to star together for the first time in Enda Walsh’s upcoming play, The Walworth Farce

22 Oct 2014 - Reports

They divided indie-dom down the middle with an expletive-packed online screed. But Eagulls are keen to leave the controversy behind and focus on their songs and on famous friends such as Bill Murray and Macca.

17 Oct 2014 - Interview

The former Smiths guitarist has had a fresh lease of life following the release last year of his first solo album. Now he’s back for seconds with a cracking follow-up. He discusses growing old with dignity, playing music with his sons and why he sees himself as an 'actor' who doesn’t like to be typecast.

15 Oct 2014 - Interview

Strangler JJ Burnel was shocked at his friend Robin Williams committing suicide.

06 Oct 2014 - Interview

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS AGING ROCK ICON

22 Sep 2014 - REVIEW

The legendary Bad Seed wouldn’t be caught dead starring in a conventional documentary. 20,000 Days on Earth is something else entirely...

19 Sep 2014 - Main Event

One of our top new labels is celebrating its third annivesary in style.

12 Aug 2014 - News

As the brother of Sinead O’Connor, it’s no surprise that Joseph O’Connor knows a few things about the music industry. But in his latest novel, The Thrill Of It All, the award winning writer demonstrates a depth of knowledge to match his enduring passion for music.

06 Aug 2014 - Interview

One of our favourite festivals is almost here. Yes, it’s time to head down south to Indiependence, where the selection of Irish talent is absolutely stellar

30 Jul 2014 - News

Third instalment of collected material from Band singer/drummer’s celebrated shindigs.

28 Jul 2014 - REVIEW

Fed up hearing about the death of music The Mighty Stef’s Stefan Murphy is aiming to prove the doubters wrong by setting up a new record label

14 Jul 2014 - News

The iconic frontman and sole remaining original member of the band talks about spending time with David Bowie and Leonard Cohen, why he has no plans to release another Sisters album or return to the UK, his memories of playing in Ireland and much, much more…

16 Jun 2014 - News

Plenty of summer loving as the gigs, festivals and launches keep on coming...

16 Jun 2014 - Report

Some of your favourite Irish acts come together to campaign on behalf of mental health awareness this fortnight

30 May 2014 - Report

They blazed a trail of leather-jacketed angst through Dublin indie-dom with their astonishing debut. Now The Minutes are back – old and wiser, yes, but more determined to rock your world than ever before.

20 May 2014 - Interview

What's that coming over the hill? It's a múinteoir! Two of them, in fact. Teachers by day, angsty rockers by night. Choice nominated We Cut Corners discuss their second album

01 May 2014 - Interview

Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos on his Twitter dust-up with Pharrell, ten years in the business and suprise at the popularity of the group's latest LP

29 Apr 2014 - Interview

25 Apr 2014 - Book

Feelgood legend's trip down memory lane with Who frontman

23 Apr 2014 - REVIEW

Crowed House leader Neil Finn on his highly experimental new solo record, his debt to the Hobbit and Game Of Thrones and why he fears the interent is turning him into a recluse

23 Apr 2014 - Interview

Electro-indie troupe Codes swoop back with a cracking new long-player

17 Apr 2014 - Report

Snow Patrol guitarist unveils sublime qotsa-esque side-project

16 Apr 2014 - REVIEW

Another up-and-coming Cork talent will ensure the People's Republic stays on the musical map

03 Apr 2014 - Report

A top Northern tunesmith has released the best record of his career. Gary Lightbody will be thrilled - so should you.

24 Mar 2014 - Report

With a new album on the way Raglans have given us a taste of what to expect...

18 Mar 2014 - Report

18 Mar 2014 - Book

For two up-and-coming acts, a second album represents a chance to try new things and meaningfully progress their sound

03 Mar 2014 - Report

A new independent imprint, Tramp Press, is planning to shake the often complacent Irish publishing industry up in 2014.

03 Mar 2014 - Frontlines

Veteran tunesmith adds new colours to his palette

17 Feb 2014 - REVIEW

Our favourite indie wallflowers return with a cracking new tune. Roisin Dwyer investigates...

13 Feb 2014 - Report

Just because Christmas is over doesn’t mean we have to feel all down and dreary. For Irish music fans, especially, there’s lots to be cheerful about.

03 Feb 2014 - Report

The latter-day incarnation of Thin Lizzy recently released a cracking collection of originals under the Black Star Riders moniker. Here, band leader Scott Gorham shares memories of the punk wars, reflects on the success of the new project, and explains his awe of professional golfers

20 Dec 2013 - Interview

With their long-awaited reunion almost upon us Paul Cleary of Dublin punk legends The Blades recalls run-ins with U2, legendary manager Andrew Loog Oldham, and The Smiths

12 Dec 2013 - Interview

Your favourite provocative pranksters are back – with an EP and a long-player to follow. But first, a new tour

11 Dec 2013 - News

A taster for We Cut Corners’ eagerly anticipated new album is on the way.

27 Nov 2013 - Report

It’s a tall order: how do you graduate from metal drummer and MTV host to acclaimed stand-up? Steve Hughes shares the secrets of his unlikely route to the comedy summit...

25 Nov 2013 - Reports

Propulsive drums, that familiar riff... BANG! The explosive ‘You Think I Ain’t Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire’ signals the Queens’ arrival.

25 Nov 2013 - REVIEW

We’re not even all the way through 2013 yet and already 2014 is looking like a bumper year thanks to indie collective Popical Island

15 Nov 2013 - Interview

Rory Gallagher’s noir-themed tracks inspire posthumous collaboration

15 Nov 2013 - REVIEW

For his latest album, Cut Throat Lane, troubadour Barry McCormack delves deep into the mythology of old Dublin. He’s at a point in his career, he says, where he feels free to follow wherever his artistic impulses may lead

13 Nov 2013 - Interview

Dirty old Dublin is inspiring a fresh generation of artists

04 Nov 2013 - Interview

A mere 27 years since Self-Aid, the Rats are back.

29 Oct 2013 - REVIEW

He’s been a musician, a journalist and a poet. Now Eamon Carr is venturing into uncharted waters with a moving new play, Deirdre Unforgiven: A Journal Of Sorrows

22 Oct 2013 - Frontlines

NEW INSTALMENT FROM MUSICAL CHRONICLER OF DUBLIN

22 Oct 2013 - REVIEW

All hail the very welcome return of Limerick's finest with a cracking new album...

18 Oct 2013 - Interview

They’ve lost a lead singer but gained a new frontman. As they prepare for the most unlikely of comebacks, Midlake talk about encounters with Bjork, Radiohead and the creative genius behind Apple.

14 Oct 2013 - Interview

A highlight of the domestic music calendar, Hard Working Class Heroes is back!

04 Oct 2013 - Interview

For fans of Irish music this year’s Electric Picnic offered many reasons to be cheerful

18 Sep 2013 - Interview

Kilkenny’s Neon Wolf opened a weekend of fun and frolics in the Hot Press Chatroom on Friday evening swiftly followed by the ever-dapper chappy Miles Kane.

13 Sep 2013 - REVIEW

Little Matador may be fronted by the guitarist from Snow Patrol but don’t call them a side-project. They’re determined to stand on their own feet and be judged by the quality of their music.

12 Sep 2013 - Interview

11 Sep 2013 - REVIEW

The Smiths legend used to be synonymous with indie miserabalism. With his debut solo album proving a slow-burn hit and a slew of interesting collaborations in the pipeline nowadays Johnny Marr couldn’t be happier.

10 Sep 2013 - Interview

A Thrilling Dip Into The Dylan Archives

10 Sep 2013 - REVIEW

Elvis Costello Goes Hip Hop And Delivers A Cracker

05 Sep 2013 - REVIEW

Good news for fans of jangly magnificence. The debut album from Galway indie crew Dott will be arriving later this year...

29 Aug 2013 - Interview

Good news festival-goers! This year’s Electric Picnic is full of Irish talent...

21 Aug 2013 - Interview

He has achieved fame by channelling his inner Irish Mammy on Twitter. Now Colm O’Regan faces a different challenge: the Irish summer festival crowd. He’s confident he can pull it off...

01 Aug 2013 - Interview

On a whistle-stop visit to Dublin with latest outfit Walking Papers, Duff McKagan talks new music, forthcoming documentary It’s So Easy, the G N’ R Hall of Fame induction and his Irish roots...

26 Jul 2013 - Interview

In a wrenching new collection Aleksandar Hemon revisits a life that saw him swap conflict riven Bosnia for the bright lights of Chicago. He talks about his long, strange trip and, yes really, his admiration for Alex Ferguson...

25 Jul 2013 - Interview

The wonderful Come On Live Long have charged out of the blocks with a fantastic, summer-tinged new album...

24 Jul 2013 - Interview

Second time out, cricket duo Duckworth Lewis Method have raised the star power of their starting selection, with Daniel Radcliffe, Stephen Fry and Crowded House’s Neil Finn all popping up. They explain how the globe-hopping odyssey was put together...

17 Jul 2013 - Interview

By day they go as Thin Lizzy. For their new album, however, Ricky Warwick and Scott Gorham have embraced a new moniker - whilst staying loyal to Lizzy’s rollicking sound...

13 Jun 2013 - Interview

Written by Mark O’Rowe, Howie The Rookie is a powerful piece of modern Irish, urban theatre. Played by one man... words Roisin Dwyer...

11 Jun 2013 - Frontlines

With summer upon us, Fotbidden Fruit promises a zesty infusion of Irish talent...

05 Jun 2013 - Report

Debut by members of current Thin Lizzy strikes familiar chord...

27 May 2013 - REVIEW

After five years off the radar, the mighty Dudley Corporation have returned...

13 May 2013 - Interview

Droll comic Sean Lock discusses the unconventional title of his new tour, developing a split personality on the road and the unlikely life he lead prior to catching the comedy bug....

29 Apr 2013 - Interview

Forgot Bono. When the Bishop of Limerick decided to quote some rock lyrics recently, he could have done worse than reference some of the talent in his backyard...

29 Apr 2013 - Interview

As they prepare to release an album of new material under the moniker Black Star Riders, Thin Lizzy men Scott Gorham and Ricky Warwick talk to Hot Press about the impending collection, plans to return to Ireland and the future of Thin Lizzy...

23 Apr 2013 - Interview

In advance of their Olympia show, mercurial Dexys leader Kevin Rowland talks about getting to the truth in his art, his love for Geno and Van, and having his picture taken with The Dubliners...

18 Apr 2013 - Interview

Bloody Marr-vellous...

11 Apr 2013 - REVIEW

In an exclusive interview guitar god Slash assesses Guns n’ Roses’ legacy, talks about BFF Charlie Sheen and his love for Irish axe ledge Rory Gallagher...

08 Apr 2013 - Interview

A chip off one of the most important blocks in post-war American literature Peter Leonard talks about father Elmore, hanging with the murder squad and how a chilling visit to Dachau inspired his latest novel...

04 Apr 2013 - Interview

A stellar solo show from the former Smiths man, says Roisin Dwyer...

28 Mar 2013 - News

One of our most intriguing female singer-songwriters is back with a cracking new record...

22 Mar 2013 - Interview

Who better to welcome Mr. Bowie back and critique his new album than Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, a lifelong fan who was never the same after hearing Ziggy Stardust?

21 Mar 2013 - Frontlines

They’re the cult metallers with a fine appreciation for everything Irish. Mastodon talk Thin Lizzy, hanging with The Cure and collaborating with Feist...

14 Mar 2013 - Interview

Nina Hynes explains how motherhood and a move to Berlin influenced her new album – and why she decided to turn to her fanbase to fund the project.

13 Feb 2013 - Interview

As with all Bad Seeds shows, the night comes as close to a religious experience any atheist will encounter…

12 Feb 2013 - REVIEW

Roisin Dwyer caught the band in Her Majesty's Theatre and had a night that "comes as close to a religious experience any atheist will encounter…"

12 Feb 2013 - News

Laconic funnyman Sean Hughes explains how the death of his father inspired his new show and why, the older he gets, the more he enjoys art galleries rather than rock gigs or sessions in the pub

05 Feb 2013 - Interview

Smiths legend delivers on first solo outing

28 Jan 2013 - REVIEW

Garlanded in five-star reviews, the new album from Tame Impala looks set to put the Australian psychedelic outfit on the map. Frontman Kevin Parker talks about his friendship with comedian Noel Fielding and his ambition to one day write with Kylie.

18 Dec 2012 - Interview

Thin Lizzy – as we know them today – took to Dublin's Olympia last night for a rip-roaring farewell show, and Hot Press were there to witness all the action...

14 Dec 2012 - News

03 Dec 2012 - REVIEW

There’s a real international tinge to the new record from Limerick’s Windings with the bulk of the recording undertaken in Canada with post-rock icon Efrim Menuck...

05 Nov 2012 - Interview

Raconteurs-man Brendan Benson on his foray back into solo artistry, his adopted home of Nashville and why it might not be the end of the worlad for the Jack White supergroup...

02 Nov 2012 - Interview

From hanging out at a UFO convention with Robbie Williams to working with movie star Michael Fassbender Jon Ronson has seen it all. His latest collection chronicles several of his more lurid escapades.

25 Oct 2012 - Interview

22 Oct 2012 - REVIEW

18 Oct 2012 - REVIEW

For his new play Declan Hughes tried to imaging what his adolesence in seventies Ireland might have been like had he been a Rush fan.

02 Oct 2012 - Frontlines

The O2, Dublin

10 Sep 2012 - REVIEW

The O2, Dublin

10 Sep 2012 - REVIEW

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