Win tickets to Sam Amidon & David Kitt gigs in Newbridge

Especially for all my hometown Kildare friends, I have a pairs of tickets to giveaway…

Wu Tang Clan Legends show lined up for Button Factory this month

Wu Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Masta Killa and Gza are lined up for a…

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…

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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…

RAAP and RTÉ Radio announce music performance competition with €24,500 prize fund

RAAP and RTÉ Radio have announced details for this year’s Breakthrough Bursary, a music performance…

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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Watch The Throne: Jay-Z & Kanye in Dublin review

It can be very hard to separate the subjective from the objective when it comes…

Clock Opera return to Ireland in October

After impressing at Camden Crawl Dublin, Clock Opera return later in the year for a…

Body & Soul Festival late additions: Jacques Greene, Vondelpark, Lee Fields, SertOne & more

The last additions are: Lee Fields & The Expressions, Jacques Greene, Vondelpark, WhoMadeWho, Patrick Pulsinger,…

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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…

Le Galaxie Point Break
Why are Le Galaxie dressed like the dudes from Point Break?

Because internet, this happens tonight.

A !Kaboogie Korker for Cork this weekend

!Kaboogie are indeed hitting Cork City this Saturday in the Triskel Theatre for a night…

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…

Strange Passion – A compilation of Irish post-punk, DIY and Electronic music 1980-83

Curated by former Maximum Joy and current B-music DJ Darren McCreeesh, Strange Passion is a…