Gigs & Festivals

For those looking for a cheaper option than Electric Picnic in a foreign European city…

Indiependence is taking place this August Bank Holiday weekend in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork on Saturday…

Two Door Cinema Club Robyn Laura Marling The Antlers The Tallest Man on Earth Cymbals…

It’s quiet time here today as I’m holding the festival fort down over at State…

Whether you are heading to a festival this Friday or not, here are some dancefloor-friendly…

Oxegen.ie have a nice interactive planner on their site with times for this weekend, which…

Some new names today for the Picnic. Wolf Parade – could be amazing or could…

Eoghan Kidney (kickass filmmaker) and Aoife McElwain (voice of the Nialler9 podcast, 2XM DJ, food…

Via a State commenter, we know know that The Golden Filter have been booked to…

Castlepalooza has announced the lineup for their fifth year running and it looks like their…

Awoke from jetlagged sleep to this. Lineup: Roxy Music, Leftfield*, Massive Attack, Gil Scott-Heron, Fever…

The final day of South By saw Perez Hilton party overshadow the official part of…

A mammoth day in which I caught a lot of bands. Here are the highlights…

With the Patrick’s Day madness over, Thursday saw lines outside venues a little bit more…

Modern gangsta funk is an intriguing concept in theory but as Dam Funk’s mammoth 5-LP…

Sometimes….very rarely.. but sometimes, a band surpasses your already high expectations. The Middle East gave…

The gauntlet has been thrown down. South by South West is upon us once again.…

Just a glimpse at some of the madness taking place in Austin, Texas at SXSW…

Fanfarlo – the first band of my CMJ 2009 experience at The Music Slut Party…

Malt liquor and hipster beer empties at the Crystal Antlers show in Williamsburg last night.…