Jay-Z & Kanye bring Watch The Throne to Dublin

The Watch The Throne tour is coming to Dublin’s O2 on June 8th. Tickets are…

Camden Crawl Dublin: Clock Opera, Le Galaxie, D/R/U/G/S, Becoming Real, Tieranniesaur & more announced

Following the announcement of the London Camden Crawl, the good news after last week’s venue…

Tripod, Crawdaddy and The Lower Deck venues close

(Adebisi Shank in the Lower Deck, 2008) Dublin’s music scene just got a dose. In…

Irish bands announced for SXSW & Canadian Music Week

Music From Ireland have announced the lineup of Irish bands who will be travelling to…

Review: Azealia Banks @ Whelan’s, Dublin

All photos by Michael Rickard (Twitter). There’s no formula for hype but if you wanted…

Red Bull Bedroom Jam is looking for bands & RBMA brings Just Blaze to Dublin & Belfast

The annual Red Bull Music Academy has become one of the best signifiers of new…

Shabazz Palaces are coming to Cork

Authors of one of the most interesting leftfield rap records of 2011 in Black Up,…

Nialler9 vs On The Record @ Camden Crawl, London

Nialler9 and Jim Carroll’s On The Record are segueing blog powers together at Camden Crawl, London which…

Lightbox Fundit campaign: Monto, SertOne, REID, Tenaka, Simon Bird, Feel Good Lost & Bantum on tour

If you read this blog (or indeed a handful of other Irish music blogs) on…

Eurosonic 2012: The 10 best bands I saw

Having never visited Eurosonic before, I assumed it was your usual music industry festival type-deal.…

The Choice Music Prize is announced today….

Ever since I saw Lisa Hannigan perform ‘O Sleep’ with John Smith’s wonderful backing vocals,…

Death In Vegas’ Richard Fearless DJ set for Dublin this month

Death In Vegas’ Richard Fearless will be in town on Saturday January 28th for a…

SBTRKT are playing The Academy in May

The makers of my album of 2011, Aaron Jerome aka SBTRKT and his vocal partner…

Sleigh Bells play Dublin in February

In February of this year, Sleigh Bells came to Dublin and  pulverised  a Whelan’s crowd…

Nina Hynes – ‘Christmas Time Is Here’ – A Charlie Brown cover

Sent out to funders of her upcoming Goldmine project, Nina Hynes (with Fabien Leseure) covers…

Day 3 @ Other Voices 10: Edwyn Collins, Band Of Skulls, Frank Turner & Cherry Ghost

Saturday night and Dingle town is buzzing. It’s the third of the four nights of…

Day 2 @ Other Voices 10: Lisa Hannigan, James Vincent McMorrow, Mick Flannery & Cold Specks

A rain-soaked day and night means that there is scant little else to do than…

Day 1 @ Other Voices 10: St. Vincent, The Frames, Little Green Cars, Triúr…

The opening night of Other Voices’ tenth year was marked by homecomings to the remote…

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St. Vincent added to Other Voices, day by day lineup announced

St. Vincent, Band Of Skulls, Ben Howard, and Rams Pocket Radio have been added to…

Hear a new Solar Bears song with live visuals – ‘Komplex’

Solar Bears dropped the new track ‘Komplex’ in The Pavilion in Cork last weekend which…