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ICA: The Show videos

The Battles video I posted last week was from the ICA: The Show series of…

Warp – New Squarepusher

There’s a good chance you will have heard something from this already but if not…

Low Frequency Oscillation: A beginners guide

Sometime contributer Mike here. Hailing from a Leeds scene that included Nightmares on Wax and…

Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid live

The Spiegeltent is a great venue for the kind of collaboration offered by Kieran Hebden…

Electric Picnic review: Highs, Lows and Videos

Normality is a hard thing to grasp after such an ecstatic weekend at Electric Picnic.…

nialler9’s guide to Electric Picnic 06

OK, so it seems it’s Electric Picnic week on the blog, so I thought I…

Electric Picnic Stage Times

FRIDAY MAIN STAGE 23:30-01:00 Massive Attack 21:15-22:15 Antony & the Johnsons 19:30-20:30 Devendra Banhart 18:15-19:00…

I’m Splurring my sleech

It’s been a bit quiet around here the last week due to excessive gigging /…

Mantua Lives Festival

Next weekend sees the Mantua Lives Festival take place in Ballinagare, Roscommon. It’s a small…

Cameras ready, prepare to flash

Through the myriad libraries of Chicago, Detroit and New York house and techno, for me…

Battles video from Whelans

In case you missed the Battles gig in Whelans (as I did), an upstanding citizen…

Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players touring Ireland

 

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Battles

I try not to pigeonhole bands into genres too much but in Battles case, I’ll…

Super Extra Bonus News / Adult Swim EP

You may or may not care, that in real life I am a web designer…

Foggy Notions Stage @ Electric Picnic

First 8 acts announced for the Foggy Notions stage at Electric Picnic this year –…

Radiohead/Beck tickets on sale again..

In case you missed the boat the first time, tickets for the Radiohead / Beck…

Gigs worth shouting about – June

Here’s a list of some small (mostly independent) gigs you may not have heard about…

DJ Q-bert live

If you’re a fan of turntablists and creative DJs get yourself down to the Temple…

Bloc Party Irish gigs & Cornelius

As you may or may not know, Bloc Party are currently recording their second album…