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As genres blend and flocks of new talent emerge from the lockdown era, it looks like being an exciting year ahead for Irish music

From stark poetry to rugged hip-hop and more... Irish identity is up for grabs. St Patricks Day emphasises the islands global reach, the manner in which the diaspora has survived and thrives in corners around the world. Yet Irishness has become increasingly hard to define, with new generations, political developments, and increased immigration causing the country to take a step back, and look at itself once more. The process has been mirrored and enhanced in the countrys c...

Credit: Paula Trojner In the space of two gripping neo-noir singles, Kynsy has brewed up the perfect storm of youthful unease. Exploring topics of a long term relationship coming to an end with ‘Happiness Isn’t A Fixed State’ right through to disturbing characters met on nights out with ‘Cold Blue Light’. It’s been a masterclass of channelling angst into disarming indie for a new generation. Like everyone else with plans flipped upside-down around the pandemic, he...

Patrick Clarke , January 29th, 2021 12:00 The new year brings a continuation of old miseries, but a resurgence of extraordinarily good music. Heres our guide to the best albums and tracks of a particularly strong month Im not sure why, but in a year so far as disastrous as the last, in which musicians fortunes continue to plummet to the point that total collapse looms as a real possibility, the art theyve been releasing sounds stronger than ever. From Sleaford Mods blistering career-best new a...