Interview

Bloc Party's Louise Bartle: "<i>Alpha Games</i> is definitely an angry record. It's my first album with the band and I wasn't going to drum gently!"
  • Culture
  • 19 Apr 22

Bloc Party's Louise Bartle: "Alpha Games is definitely an angry record. It's my first album with the band and I wasn't going to drum gently!"

Griff: "I do everything... it’s the only way that people are going to turn around and realise that I’m not just a cookie cutter artist"
  • Opinion
  • 19 Apr 22

Griff: "I do everything... it’s the only way that people are going to turn around and realise that I’m not just a cookie cutter artist"

Pauline Scanlon: "Tradition in Ireland is a funny thing. People guard it, and they’re right to. But not all elements of all cultures are worth hanging onto"
  • Music
  • 18 Apr 22

Pauline Scanlon: "Tradition in Ireland is a funny thing. People guard it, and they’re right to. But not all elements of all cultures are worth hanging onto"

Saibh Skelly: "Busking did so much for me. I gained so much confidence"
  • Music
  • 17 Apr 22

Saibh Skelly: "Busking did so much for me. I gained so much confidence"

Live Report: Watch Clodagh's powerful performance for the Y&E Series
  • Culture
  • 14 Apr 22

Live Report: Watch Clodagh's powerful performance for the Y&E Series

Simon Amstell: "There’s still a lot of people in this country who can’t talk about their feelings. That’s a real problem. And the things that would be helpful, like magic mushrooms, are illegal"
  • Music
  • 14 Apr 22

Simon Amstell: "There’s still a lot of people in this country who can’t talk about their feelings. That’s a real problem. And the things that would be helpful, like magic mushrooms, are illegal"

Olwen Fouéré: "I’ve always been interested in people who are deemed ‘other’"
  • Film And TV
  • 13 Apr 22

Olwen Fouéré: "I’ve always been interested in people who are deemed ‘other’"

Fred Cooke: "I might have been a singer-songwriter. Definitely a songwriter"
  • Film And TV
  • 12 Apr 22

Fred Cooke: "I might have been a singer-songwriter. Definitely a songwriter"

On this day in 1983: R.E.M. released their debut album <i>Murmur</i>
  • Music
  • 12 Apr 22

On this day in 1983: R.E.M. released their debut album Murmur

WATCH: Hurray For The Riff Raff kicks off our Rapid Fire Q&A series
  • Music
  • 12 Apr 22

WATCH: Hurray For The Riff Raff kicks off our Rapid Fire Q&A series

Martha Wainwright: "It was always going to be personal, as my songs are. And as I have a tendency to be in any case"
  • Culture
  • 11 Apr 22

Martha Wainwright: "It was always going to be personal, as my songs are. And as I have a tendency to be in any case"

On this day in 1969: The Beatles released 'Get Back'
  • Music
  • 11 Apr 22

On this day in 1969: The Beatles released 'Get Back'

Q&A – Dirty Dreamer on their debut album <i>The Everyday In Bloom</i>
  • Music
  • 08 Apr 22

Q&A – Dirty Dreamer on their debut album The Everyday In Bloom

Franz Ferdinand: "I’d been obsessing over David Bowie all my life, and there he suddenly was in our dressing-room"
  • Culture
  • 06 Apr 22

Franz Ferdinand: "I’d been obsessing over David Bowie all my life, and there he suddenly was in our dressing-room"

Dr John Cooper Clarke: "I love Fontaines D.C. - my daughter's crazy about them. She introduced me to Eminem, and I'm a late convert to Snoop Dogg"
  • Culture
  • 05 Apr 22

Dr John Cooper Clarke: "I love Fontaines D.C. - my daughter's crazy about them. She introduced me to Eminem, and I'm a late convert to Snoop Dogg"

The Clockworks: "Our population is small, but for some reason we have some of the best artists that also succeed on the world stage"
  • Opinion
  • 01 Apr 22

The Clockworks: "Our population is small, but for some reason we have some of the best artists that also succeed on the world stage"

LISTEN: Hot Press launches new Up Close And Personal podcast series – Episode 1 with Gemma Hayes available now
  • Culture
  • 31 Mar 22

LISTEN: Hot Press launches new Up Close And Personal podcast series – Episode 1 with Gemma Hayes available now

"Throughout this album there was a lot of personal growth" - Rob Costello gives us the lowdown on the new Sounds of System Breakdown album
  • Opinion
  • 30 Mar 22

"Throughout this album there was a lot of personal growth" - Rob Costello gives us the lowdown on the new Sounds of System Breakdown album

On this day in 2005: U2 kicked off their worldwide Vertigo Tour
  • Music
  • 28 Mar 22

On this day in 2005: U2 kicked off their worldwide Vertigo Tour

Kae Tempest: "It’s not really the wins that define you. It’s how you recover from the losses. That’s what I’ve learned"
  • Opinion
  • 28 Mar 22

Kae Tempest: "It’s not really the wins that define you. It’s how you recover from the losses. That’s what I’ve learned"

On Our Radar Q&A - Jehnova: "NUXSENSE gave a bunch of young, mischievous, bored kids a higher purpose"
  • Culture
  • 28 Mar 22

On Our Radar Q&A - Jehnova: "NUXSENSE gave a bunch of young, mischievous, bored kids a higher purpose"

Pete Doherty: "Ireland is just so rich culturally, Shane MacGowan and Beckett are amazing but Seán O'Casey is my favourite"
  • Culture
  • 25 Mar 22

Pete Doherty: "Ireland is just so rich culturally, Shane MacGowan and Beckett are amazing but Seán O'Casey is my favourite"

On this day in 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono began their week-long 'Bed-in For Peace' in Amsterdam
  • Culture
  • 25 Mar 22

On this day in 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono began their week-long 'Bed-in For Peace' in Amsterdam

Happy 75th Birthday Elton John: Revisiting – An Audience With The Rocket Man
  • Music
  • 25 Mar 22

Happy 75th Birthday Elton John: Revisiting – An Audience With The Rocket Man

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