Gigs & Festivals

Electric Picnic additions: Star Slinger, Onra, Factory Floor, Shit Robot & Day By Day breakdown

As announced by On The Record last week, the lineup for the Little Big Tent…

Win tickets to Berlin Music Festival 2011

If you’re not festival-bound, hate camping but would still like a taste of a festival…

The Reich Effect remix competition winner is…

As you may know, The Reich Effect ran a remix competition over the last month…

Electric Picnic 2011 additions: Niki & The Dove, M.Ward, Underworld, Foster The People & more

More names announced today. Top pick: Niki & The Dove (if you dig The Knife….)…

Watch Janelle Monae perform ‘Tightrope’ at Glastonbury

You already knew Janelle Monae was a star but last night at Glastonbury, she was…

Enter the The Reich Drumming remix competition

Next month Cork Opera House presents The Reich Effect, a five-day festival honouring Steve Reich…

Body & Soul festival preview, stage times, & ticket giveaway

After last year’s festival fell on the hottest weekend of the year, Body & Soul…

Forbidden Fruit Festival stage times

Forbidden Fruit festival takes place at IMMA in Kilmainham, Dublin this weekend. Here’s the breakdown…

Primavera Sound 2011: report and photos

All photos by Alan Moore. For a change I decided to go to Primavera Sound…

Win tickets, flights and accommodation to Exit Festival in Serbia

Exit Festival takes place in the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad in Serbia from the…

Primavera Sound 2011 mixtape

I’m away to Barcelona for Primavera Sound this week, as I’m sure many of you…

Exit Festival 2011 – tickets, flights and accomodation treasure hunt competition

Exit Festival takes place in the ominous sounding Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad in Serbia…

Electric Picnic additions: Public Enemy, Santigold, Zola Jesus, The Drums, The Family Stone, Yuck & more.

After announcements of Best Coast and the initial lineup in recent weeks, Electric Picnic have…

Odd Future (OFWGKTA) are playing Oxegen

Amongst the new additions to Oxegen this afternoon are Odd Future…. Slash / Odd Future…

SXSW 2011: Baths, Clock Opera, Grimes, The Dodos, Delicate Steve, Prince Rama, Braids & more

Here’s a roundup of all the other bands and artists worth writing about I caught…

SXSW 2011: Jamie XX, Nosaj Thing, Computer Magic, Dirty Beaches & more

Friday at SXSW traditionally starts with the Irish Breakfast, an all-day event where most of…

Video: Odd Future live at SXSW Thrasher Party

The energy around Odd Future’s SXSW shows was insane. The exception was the official Billboard…

SXSW 2011: James Blake, Tune-Yards, Austra, Grouplove, Twin Shadow & more

It’s St. Patrick’s Day (or Patty’s Day as they say here) and the silly hats…

SXSW 2011: Gold Panda, Therapies Son, Summer Camp, Foster The People, Jamie Woon, Toro Y Moi & more

Austin’s annual musical challenge to the brave and eager has rolled around. While film, interactive…

Electric Picnic 2011
Arcade Fire, Beirut, Flying Lotus, PJ Harvey, Lykke Li & more for Electric Picnic 2011 lineup

Picileaks. It’s almost impossible to keep something under wraps when it comes festival lineups these…