The Music Quiz: ‘January’s always bitter but, Lord, this one beats all’ sings Garth Brooks on...?

To usher in 2022, a holiday hungover quiz devoted to the ‘Monday of months’

The Christmas Music Quiz: What is the title of a wintry song by Lisa Hannigan?

Plus: Christmas with the Devil is an ode to a Satanic season by which metalheads?

Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth – Utopian Ashes: Much pain, much gain

Primal Scream and Savages join forces on a compelling country-soul duets album

Jacknife Lee: ‘If I’m not making noise, I get very grumpy’

The LA-based Dublin producer who worked with U2, REM and Snow Patrol has his own album out

Hal Blaine, drummer who dominated midcentury pop, dies aged 90

Drummer on hits by Sinatra, Presley and Beach Boys ‘greatest ever’, says Brian Wilson

James Mercer of The Shins, and the sound of the summer of ’85

The Shins founder and sole trader might have made a summery musical gem, but he says it was a painful process: 'My wife doesn’t look back on this last year as the easiest of times'

Count Vaseline - Yo No Soy Marinero album review: fizzes with energy and heart

Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream: ‘Regrets? Who cares? The band is one long experiment anyway’

Primal Scream’s new album, Chaosmosis, finds Bobby Gillespie – a garrulous interviewee – more together than ever. He reflects on the drug years, getting older and his love for young bands

Whipping Boy: the once-future kings of Irish rock’n’roll remember 'Heartworm'

‘Heartworm’ is one of Irish music’s most acclaimed albums but it brought Whipping Boy little success. Twenty years on, the former band members reflect on its complex legacy

Good Night and Good Riddance review: a DJ who always spun to the beat of his own drum

The late John Peel’s BBC ‘sessions’ over 37 years are pored over in this exhaustive, thrilling and humorous analysis of an uncompromising tastemaker

Jesssica Paré: Mad, rad and very useful to know

The Mad Men star on singing with The Jesus and Mary Chain, her new Irish movie Standby, and being constantly badgered for spoilers about the hit TV series

Newfound Sounds for May

Aoife Barry's shines a light on new Irish music - its new artists, new releases and new endeavours

Primal Scream: More Light

Low Sea: Remote Viewing