Hot for 2020 Irish Acts: TPM

Packing punchlines in one bar and socially-conscious commentary in the next, Dundalk hip-hop brothers Charles and Andrew Hendy, backed by their resident DJ, Snakey Bastard, were among the unexpected highlights of 2019’s festival season. Whether proclaiming their love for curry sauce or dissing the national broadcaster (who have since blocked them on Twitter), TPM’s anthems for “all the boys on the FÁS course” consistently prove to be as liberating as they are gas. For an act that’s worlds away musically, but equally enrapturing, take a listen to the Hendy brothers’ folk offshoot, The Mary Wallopers.

Hear: ‘Fuck RTÉ’.