i still see their marks that they left in the stone
the future of our past, fourth best's original sin, a manifesto in reverse, and one of 2025's best albums: Carving The Stone by For Those I Love
a Painful conversation with Alex Gough
talking his debut album, the changing shape of curation, the value of events ranging from Clash at the Quays to Blue Niall's Oisín. "I’m giving it five years: the thing a young person says is their favourite thing will be Irish. Without a doubt, they’ll say their favourite shit is from home."
atn in review: do we just call it a victory lap?
a review of sorts about the All Together Now weekend; nothing new, but everything bigger than before
bás in éirinn
on the search for home in Irish music and the spectre of death behind its shoulder: "dead towns" and "dying cities"; what's next for RÓIS and For Those I Love and my favourite Irish album of the year so far, Ithaca by Lullahush
the rooms I've been in lately
highlights of the year so far featuring Cold Summit, Peter O'Sullivan, Rita Lynn, OUCH™, and the many gigs that I wish I covered sooner
Nialler9 Podcast: "I was duped by an AI Musician" with Fourth Best
A follow-up to my recent exploration of the world of AI generated music
music is what we want for our children – the fourth best view on ai
featuring: chats with AI artist "Kawaii Hoe" and the journalist who felt "duped" by them! north kerry noise! a björk quote! a niche trading card game! indonesian tiktoks! the choice music prize! techbro scum! over 8,000 words! charli xcx! 14% of all recorded music in history! JPEGMAFIA! father ted!
guest post: ‘one thousand one hundred and one’ by Matthew Xavier Corrigan
In the first guest post for the site, Matthew Xavier Corrigan reflects on five entire years of cataloguing the music he listened to, tracing an outline of the life he lived.
jarjarjr's Catch the Dusk is the Fourth Best album of 2024
How far would you go to create a total work of art, when the world wants you to be something else? Catch The Dusk twists the rules of music's zero-sum game – we must not let it be punished as a result.
fuckin’ ‘diddly-diddly-aye’: assorted notes on Irish music at the end of 2024
Getting through some writer's block with a good old-fashioned rant about an interview from 2019... although it's a weirdly optimistic one. With praise for new music by Pippa Molony and RÓIS, among others.
"I'm a silly-wave advocate. There's beauty in the absurd." – a conversation with Ahmed, With Love.
Meeting at the launch of the rapper's mixtape "COMMA, FULLSTOP.", we caught up about pro wrestling, Four Loko, the Irish Hash Mafia, dissing Jamiroquai, Brazillian influences, and more.
avhlive1(Dm104) | Live at River Runs Round
AVH is a new live-focused electronic project by Jack Corrigan and Drew Linehan of Hausu Records. Fourth Best caught their first live set on video at the River Runs Round festival.