Surgeon General

Allo, Mike here. In light of the outstanding remixes of Thom Yorke’s “The Clock” and…

2007 album previews

Right, now that 2006 has been put to bed, let’s look forward to some releases…

Big Ups

The Alphabet Set Christmas party was banging last night, the Voodoo Lounge was packed and…

Juana Molina live

Something about the revered anticipation that greeted Juana Molina as she took the stage in…

Aaargh, how did I not know this?

Annuals, the band that have released one of my favourite albums of this year are…

Live review: Metric in Spirit, Dublin, 2006

And so, another member of the musical juggernaut known as Broken Social Scene came to…

CSS Suxxx!!

CSS rocked the stage in the Village last night and wouldn’t let go until the…

LFO Live

Some photos and videos of last night’s LFO show, his first ever in Ireland. The…

Calexico, Beirut and a Hawk and a Hacksaw live

I was present at the above show in the Olympia on Thursday night thanks to…

The best of the blogosphere

Over the last few months, a barrage of posts on music blogs that I frequent…

Bonde do Role!

I had such a good time last night in Crawdaddy. Brazil’s Bonde do Role mix…

Bud Rising free gig lineup

Yeooow! More info on that free Bus Riding gig (Spoonerism!) in the Guinness Storehouse. I…

Hard Working Class Heroes – Sunday

Sunday @ Hard Working Class Heroes ended in a whimper rather than a bang for…

Hard Working Class Heroes – Saturday

I had a great night last night although I’m very hungover at the moment. We…

Hard Working Class Heroes – Friday

First off, I have to say I was (and still am) totally skeptical about the…

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.…