Body & Soul 2012 lineup: M83, St. Vincent, Villagers, Little Dragon, John Talabot, Shangaan Electro, Gold Panda…

Body & Soul Festival is back in Ballinlough Castle, Co Westmeath for three days from…

Watch the Nialler9 Hype Hotel party on livestream today

A special Patrick’s Day event, live from Austin – Nialler9 SXSW day party kicks off…

Camden Crawl Dublin
Camden Crawl Dublin add Ghostpoet, Iceage, Dam Mantle, ASIWYFA, Jape, We Are Scientists & more

Last week curators got together and picked the lineups for each of their venues over…

SBTRKT, Modeselektor, Friendly Fires, TEED, Sigur Ros, Little Dragon, Major Lazer & more for Berlin Music Festival 2012

Last year’s Berlin Music Festival was one of the best city festival experiences I’ve had…

Jape wins Choice Music Prize…again

Congratulations to Richie Egan aka Jape for once again taking home the Choice Music Prize…

I Only Have Eyes For You

I’m not one to talk about my personal life too often but I got engaged…

Electric Picnic lineup: Grizzly Bear, The Cure, Elbow, Sigur Rós, Azealia Banks, The Roots, Hot Chip, The xx & more

Electric Picnic announced its initial lineup for 2012 today for Friday 31st August to Sunday…

Camden Crawl announce initial London lineup

While Camden Crawl Dublin’s first lineup was announced a couple of weeks ago, the original…

Nialler9 / The Hype Machine Day Party in Austin during SXSW

I’m ecstatic to announce that I will be hosting my first international party in Austin…

New Order, Mazzy Star, The Rapture, Leftfield, Beirut, Modeselektor, Austra & more for Forbidden Fruit 2012 lineup

Forbidden Fruit Festival has revealed its initial lineup which takes place at the Grounds of…

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.…