Interview | Music

Fontaines D.C.: "You can take this romance with you wherever you go, and it can be a way to view the world"
  • Music
  • 08 Jan 25
Fontaines D.C.: "You can take this romance with you wherever you go, and it can be a way to view the world"
Anna Rice on winning the Camille Award: "When my name was announced, my Apple watch went up to 133 beats-per-minute heart rate, and it asked me, ‘Are you out for a run?’"
  • Music
  • 07 Jan 25
Anna Rice on winning the Camille Award: "When my name was announced, my Apple watch went up to 133 beats-per-minute heart rate, and it asked me, ‘Are you out for a run?’"
BIIRD: "We’re all looking inward at our culture and the very rich heritage of storytelling in music"
  • Music
  • 07 Jan 25
BIIRD: "We’re all looking inward at our culture and the very rich heritage of storytelling in music"
First Fortnight CEO Maria Fleming: “We try to platform artworks and artists that positively show the actual lived experience, and highlight the fact that recovery is possible”
  • Culture
  • 06 Jan 25
First Fortnight CEO Maria Fleming: “We try to platform artworks and artists that positively show the actual lived experience, and highlight the fact that recovery is possible”
Irish Artists For Palestine: "In times of crisis, like-minded people can achieve things together"
  • Opinion
  • 06 Jan 25
Irish Artists For Palestine: "In times of crisis, like-minded people can achieve things together"
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: KNEECAP - "We respect anyone who’s unapologetically themselves and open about it. It’s the sneaky ones you’ve got to worry about"
  • Music
  • 05 Jan 25
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: KNEECAP - "We respect anyone who’s unapologetically themselves and open about it. It’s the sneaky ones you’ve got to worry about"
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Fontaines D.C. - "I'm a bit more secure and proud of what we’re doing. I don’t need everyone to love me anymore"
  • Music
  • 04 Jan 25
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Fontaines D.C. - "I'm a bit more secure and proud of what we’re doing. I don’t need everyone to love me anymore"
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Girl In Red - "We really like leprechauns. We’re obsessed with Aer Lingus..."
  • Music
  • 03 Jan 25
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Girl In Red - "We really like leprechauns. We’re obsessed with Aer Lingus..."
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: SPRINTS - “Some people go to therapy, I shout it on stage to a couple of hundred people”
  • Music
  • 02 Jan 25
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: SPRINTS - “Some people go to therapy, I shout it on stage to a couple of hundred people”
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Bambie Thug - "Irish crowds want to have as much craic as they can"
  • Music
  • 01 Jan 25
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Bambie Thug - "Irish crowds want to have as much craic as they can"
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Snow Patrol - "Any time there’s violence and rioting – for whatever reason or, at the moment, <i>lack</i> of reason – it’s disturbing and agonising and horrifying"
  • Music
  • 31 Dec 24
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Snow Patrol - "Any time there’s violence and rioting – for whatever reason or, at the moment, lack of reason – it’s disturbing and agonising and horrifying"
KNEECAP: "People from my area don't get this opportunity. I've been reminding myself this constantly"
  • Music
  • 30 Dec 24
KNEECAP: "People from my area don't get this opportunity. I've been reminding myself this constantly"
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: The Script - "We’re still in the middle of trying to figure out what’s right to do. Some days are great. Some days aren’t"
  • Music
  • 30 Dec 24
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: The Script - "We’re still in the middle of trying to figure out what’s right to do. Some days are great. Some days aren’t"
My 2024: Tracy Clifford, "Cillian Murphy can convey so much emotion without saying anything"
  • Music
  • 29 Dec 24
My 2024: Tracy Clifford, "Cillian Murphy can convey so much emotion without saying anything"
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: LYRA - "I don’t want to just pretend to be this girl that’s like, ‘I’m such a powerhouse! I’m so confident!’ Because I’m not"
  • Music
  • 28 Dec 24
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: LYRA - "I don’t want to just pretend to be this girl that’s like, ‘I’m such a powerhouse! I’m so confident!’ Because I’m not"
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Leon Bridges - ""Van Morrison is one of my favourite musicians"
  • Music
  • 27 Dec 24
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Leon Bridges - ""Van Morrison is one of my favourite musicians"
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: NewDad - "I liked the idea of people thinking, 'If those Galway kids can play with Paolo, we can do it too'"
  • Music
  • 26 Dec 24
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: NewDad - "I liked the idea of people thinking, 'If those Galway kids can play with Paolo, we can do it too'"
Hot Press Christmas Summit: Lyra, The Mary Wallopers, Curtisy, Gurriers and hotgirl reflect on 2024
  • Music
  • 24 Dec 24
Hot Press Christmas Summit: Lyra, The Mary Wallopers, Curtisy, Gurriers and hotgirl reflect on 2024
Joshua Bassett: "We live in an industry and society where your identity is based on how you look, and very little on who you are"
  • Music
  • 23 Dec 24
Joshua Bassett: "We live in an industry and society where your identity is based on how you look, and very little on who you are"
Jazzy on the Irish dance scene's success: "It's all grown from what Belters Only started"
  • Music
  • 20 Dec 24
Jazzy on the Irish dance scene's success: "It's all grown from what Belters Only started"
Glenn Shekleton: "When you're surrounded by spaces, without things to clutter up your mind, that should be good for the creative process
  • Music
  • 20 Dec 24
Glenn Shekleton: "When you're surrounded by spaces, without things to clutter up your mind, that should be good for the creative process
KNEECAP's Mo Chara on legal victory over UK government: "There’s massive injustices happening up here, constantly – it just flies under the radar"
  • Music
  • 19 Dec 24
KNEECAP's Mo Chara on legal victory over UK government: "There’s massive injustices happening up here, constantly – it just flies under the radar"
Reverse The Trend with Bold Love: "That’s the beauty of charity shopping. Everything’s unique. You won’t bump into somebody wearing the same thing"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 18 Dec 24
Reverse The Trend with Bold Love: "That’s the beauty of charity shopping. Everything’s unique. You won’t bump into somebody wearing the same thing"
Reverse The Trend with SexyTadhg: "Sustainability, to me, is taking what you have and working with that"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 18 Dec 24
Reverse The Trend with SexyTadhg: "Sustainability, to me, is taking what you have and working with that"
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