The Jimmy Cake make a return to Whelan’s in Dublin this Saturday, March 20th, and we have 3 pairs of tickets to give away.
Simply email your name and full contact details to giveaway@state.ie by lunchtime on Friday 19th of March.
Best of luck.
Remember, you’re a Zomble.

Súil Siar is the latest compilation by a group of Irish acts, including Mundy, The Swell Season, The Coronas and Bell X1, and is produced by Seachtain na Gaeilge in aid of Barnardos.
The Irish language album “takes a look back at some of the hugely popular songs and artists that have translated their…

Paloma Faith has announced a special live show at Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens on Thursday July 15th.
Paloma just released her latest single ‘Upside Down’ this week and is set to play a sold out show in Vicar Street this very night.
Tickets for the July show are €29.50 on sale Monday 22nd March @…

It’s hard not to think of Panda Bear as a “them” or “they”. Though widely known to be the solo project of Animal Collective’s Noah Lennox, the multi-vocal layering and abstract pop arrangements of Person Pitch made Panda Bear feel like a mirror of Animal Collective. A softer, more melodic group. However standing centre-stage…

Throat problems have caused R. Kelly to cancel his entire European tour including a scheduled show at the Grand Canal Theatre on April 7th. Full refund are available from the ticket sellers.
His PR explains “R. Kelly regretfully announced that he has been forced to postpone his forthcoming European tour, which was scheduled to…

The National debuted ‘Terrible Love’, the opening track to their new album High Violet, on the Jimmy Fallon show last night.

The legendary Philip Glass has announced a solo piano show in the National Concert Hall on Tuesday, June 22nd.
This is a rare opportunity to experience this influential composer’s work firsthand. Debuting a program that features his most recent Etudes for piano as well as classics in Glass’ repertoire, this concert provides a glimpse…

There’s a new festival coming to the North East of the country this coming May Bank Holiday. Vantastival is a festival aimed at all music fans with special catering for scooter and camper-van entusiasts.
The 3 day event will take place on the Dunany Estate in Co. Louth from Friday April 30th to Sunday…

Bitches With Wolves have announced a three night stint next month at The Academy in Dublin, taking over the venue for three consecutive Saturdays.
The electro-pop outfit have been playing support to the likes of Calvin Harris, Groove Armada and Fatboy Slim since last year’s explosive Oxegen appearance.
As predicted in our Faces of…

When the siblings Dreijur took on a commission by a progressive theatre production company to score an electro-opera based on the life, work and theories of one Charles Darwin barely a brow was raised. It’s not that Tomorrow, In a Year is a natural progression from Karin and Olaf’s monolithic masterpiece, Silent Shout, but…

Bounding on to the scene last year with ‘Lust For Life’, San Franciso’s Girls provided a forever-young and sun-drenched pop-gem. This was followed by the Album which lived up to the hype with fuzzed out lovelorn fables and hazy guitar pop. The group, in particular lead singer Christopher Owens, have a pretty fascinating back…

Following on from yesterday’s Paloma Faith message you can see the video to Shane MacGowan and numerous friends’ cover of Jay Hawkins ‘I Put A Spell On You’ below.
All monies raised by the single go towards Haiti charities. You can pre-order it here for 79p which is about 89 cents.
The video includes…

Here’s Paloma Faith discussing Shane MacGowan’s Haiti charity single which includes contributions from Nick Cave, Bobby Gillespie, Mick Jones and whole lot more. The single is a cover of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ hit ‘I Put A Spell On You’ and is due for release next Monday, March 1st.

IFI Stranger Than Fiction will screen the Irish premiere of The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights on March 11th.
The documentary style film follows The White Stripes as they toured around every province and territory in Canada in the summer of 2007, finishing with their 10th anniversary show in Nova Scotia.
“This…