Gigs & Festivals

Indiependence
Win tickets to Indiependence Festival 2012

You know it’s all about the small festival this year. Cork’s August bank holiday (3th…

EXIT Festival 2012 review

I have been to eight different music festivals this year so far. Eurosonic, SXSW, Sonar,…

Electric Picnic latest additions: Wild Beasts, Grimes, Villagers, Explosions In The Sky…

The latest round of additions for Electric Picnic were released earlier today to add to…

Berlin festival
Win tickets to Berlin Festival

If you fancy heading to one of the best cities in the world for a…

Body & Soul 2012 review

After two years of missing the festival, I finally made it down to one day…

Sonar Festival 2012 review

Around 1998, when my music tastes were turning towards the wider world, electronic music was…

Body & Soul 2012 stage times

Full lineups for the main stages at Body & Soul: Saturday 23rd June MAIN STAGE…

Interview: Jason Pierce of Spiritualized

After yet another unfortunate bout of illness in which he battled liver disease, Jason Pierce…

Win tickets to Body & Soul Festival 2012

Body & Soul Festival is coming up next weekend in Ballinlough Castle in Westmeath with…

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Forbidden Fruit 2012: The highlights

If there’s anything this weekend reminded me, it’s when it comes to festivals, you don’t…

Forbidden Fruit: 15 bands you should see this weekend

If you happen to be Forbidden Fruiting this weekend in Dublin, then here’s my picks…

Forbidden Fruit 2012 stage times

How d’ya like them apples?

Trinity Orchestra perform Radiohead in St. Michan’s Church and more in Block T’s Smithfield festival

BLOCK T have a festival lined up for the 25th to the 27th of this…

Chairlift, Actress, Cloud Nothings, Holy Fuck, Purity Ring and more added to Forbidden Fruit

Some tasty additions to Forbidden Fruit today: Saturday 2nd June: Holy Fuck, Actress, Republic of…

Castlepalooza 2012 lineup: Ghostpoet, Solar Bears, The Charlatans, Little Green Cars, Young Wonder & more

The Charlatans, Ghostpoet, Solar Bears, Jape, Donal Dineen’s Parish Project, Mmoths,  Little Green Cars, King Charles, Jon Phonics,…

Indiependence announce lineup with 2manyDJs, Scroobius Pip, Jape, The Minutes, Toby Kaar & more

Indiependence Festival has announced the lineup that will play at Deer Farm in Mitchelstown Cork…

SBTRKT, Grandaddy, Squarepusher, Van Dyke Parks, Patti Smith and more added to Electric Picnic bill

Some real nice additions to Electric Picnic were just announced. Squarepusher! Van Dyke Parks! SBTRKT…

Win tickets to EXIT festival

With no Oxegen this year, you may be one of the many looking for an…

The 20 best bands I saw at SXSW 2012

This year was my fourth South By South West and before I left for Austin,…

Watch live sets from the Nialler9 SXSW party feat. Clock Opera, Body Language, Mmoths…

SXSW is like a suspension of normal reality when it comes to gigs, events and…