Music
# music - Sunday 17 March, 2013
Headphones read your brainwaves and pick music to suit your mood
Prototype shown at tech conference determine your mood – and play songs to match.
# music - Sunday 10 March, 2013
Open thread: Heading out for a jog this morning? What’s your favourite running tune?
A dance track to get the heartrate going? An audio-book? The theme tune to Grandstand? Let us know.
# music - Friday 8 March, 2013
On this night in 1995 you were listening to… Ini Kamoze
A Friday Flashback to get your weekend started…
Meet the band who made the best album in Ireland last year
According to the judges of the Choice Music Prize.
# music - Friday 1 March, 2013
On this night in 1997 you were listening to… No Doubt
A musical flashback to get your weekend started…
Open thread: what would your entrance music be if you were a boxer?
Jump Around is banned.
# music - Thursday 28 February, 2013
What music is Rory McIlroy listening to on his pricey new Bose headphones?
Another day, another endorsement deal. Do you need a hand counting the cash, Rory?
Longitude: New summer music festival unveiled for Dublin
Kraftwerk will headline the new festival in Marlay Park.
# music - Sunday 24 February, 2013
18 albums every Irish household has owned
From Oasis to A Woman’s Heart.
# music - Friday 22 February, 2013
On this night in 1994 you were listening to… Ace of Base
A Friday flashback to get your weekend started…
# music - Thursday 21 February, 2013
12 presents to make up for forgetting Rihanna’s birthday
It was yesterday. We forgot too.
# music - Friday 15 February, 2013
On this night in 1996 you were listening to… Babylon Zoo
A Friday flashback to get your weekend started…
VIDEO: The best kids’ talent show of all time, ever, ever
Are you ready for the Zach Attack?
# music - Wednesday 13 February, 2013
Cork towns and homes asked to host… marching bands
Towns and districts of Cork are being asked to host one marching band in their locality during Rebel Week.
# music - Friday 8 February, 2013
On this night in 1993 you were listening to… 2 Unlimited
A musical flashback to get your weekend started…
# music - Thursday 7 February, 2013
‘Buttocks’, ‘breasts’, ‘thong costumes’ – stars told to cover up at Grammys
Talk about a strict dress code.
# music - Monday 4 February, 2013
27 people who have mixed feelings about the return of Oxegen
We don’t think you’re ready for this wellie…
17 insane moments of Beyoncé at the Super Bowl
We are speechless.
# music - Friday 1 February, 2013
On this night in 1995 you were listening to… MN8
A musical flashback to get your weekend started…
Pussy Riot member taken to hospital
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has been transferred to hospital for a diagnostic examination.
# music - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
Carla Bruni’s back with new music… about the Rolling Stones
The former French first lady is back in music, and is telling all about her time spent hanging around Keith Richards’ house.
# music - Saturday 26 January, 2013
‘Late Late’ launches new initiative to showcase Irish musical talent
RTÉ’s flagship show is opening its floor to bands who do not have managers, publicists or record deals.
# music - Saturday 19 January, 2013
Sit-ins at HMV stores in Tallaght and Cork
There are now sit-ins taking place at four HMV stores across the country as staff demand to be paid wages they say they are owed from the troubled music retailer.
# music - Thursday 17 January, 2013
Radiohead will “sue the sh*t” out of David Cameron if he uses their music
David Cameron also likes Lana Del Ray and The Smiths.
# music - Tuesday 15 January, 2013
Christy Moore cancels concerts because of illness
The gigs have been rescheduled for February.
Around 300 Irish jobs at risk as HMV expected to enter administration
Administrators from Deloitte in the UK are expected to keep the music retailer’s stores open but its future is uncertain.
# music - Saturday 12 January, 2013
17 reasons why Now! That’s What I Call Music was awesome
A TV ad from every year until the end of the 1990s.
# music - Friday 11 January, 2013
LISTEN: The Gathering’s theme song* has arrived
No comment. (*Unofficial)
# music - Tuesday 8 January, 2013
Second inquest rules Amy Winehouse killed by accidental alcohol poisoning
The same verdict was given at a re-hearing of the inquest – which was ordered after it emerged that the first was heard by a coroner who did not have the correct qualifications.
# music - Thursday 3 January, 2013
Here are the best misheard song lyrics of 2012
Open Condom Style! (Some language NSFW)
# music - Sunday 23 December, 2012
12 tracks of Christmas: your alternative festive playlist
Not a Mariah Carey or Slade song in sight…
# music - Sunday 16 December, 2012
How much money will PSY make from ‘Gangnam Style’?
An investigation reveals he could make significantly more money from YouTube than he ever might from music sales.
# music - Thursday 6 December, 2012
11 worst bits from John Travolta’s Christmas video
It’s a song with Olivia Newton-John. He may be trying to take Christmas away from us.
# music - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
Chris Brown wore the wrong hat for a Dublin gig
We’re guessing he thinks it means something different. Here are the pics of last night’s gig…
# music - Monday 3 December, 2012
VIDEO: 50 songs of 2012 in one mash-up
Well done, that man.
# music - Monday 26 November, 2012
Danish theatre cancels Amy Winehouse play
The late singer’s family blocked the use of her music and photos in the play, which was scheduled to open in January.
# music - Sunday 25 November, 2012
Hey, sexy lady: ‘Gangnam Style’ becomes most-watched YouTube video
The South Korean smackdown of Seoul’s affluent Gangnam district surpasses Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby’ with 812 million views.
# music - Thursday 22 November, 2012
Lawsuit against Madonna dismissed in Russia
The lawsuit had sought millions of dollars in damages from the signer ‘traumatising’ minors by speaking up for gay rights during a concert in St Petersburg.
# music - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
Green Day pays tribute to Irish fan Kaelem
The band were made aware of the teen’s tragic death following a Twitter campaign.
# music - Tuesday 20 November, 2012
HMV to create 210 Christmas jobs
Most of the positions will last until January 2013 but there are possibilities for longer-term employment.






















































