‘Are these guys the future of British hardcore music in the UK? If they aren’t they bloody well should be.’ Drowned in Sound
http://www.myspace.com/pulledapartbyhorses…

Nouvelle Vague, the French band that conquered the world with bossa nova covers of punk and new wave classics, return in time for summer with their third album “3”.
http://www.myspace.com/nouvellevague…

Indie rock with a side of calisthenics.
Doors: 9pm:: Tickets: €10…

Dan Le Sac v Scroobius Pip
Doors: 8.30pm:: Tickets €17.50…

Richard O’Flynn is an Irish songwriter and performer based in Liverpool, UK. This exciting artist draws upon indie, alternative and pop influences using contemporary recording techniques to support his classic songwriting. His soaring voice, catchy melodies and emotive lyrics are at the center of his uplifting performances.
http://www.myspace.com/richardoflynnband…

+ The Gandhis
Whelan’s, 25 Wexford St, D2
Friday 12th November, 8pm
Tickets €15 + booking fees available from WAV Tickets [lo call 1890 200 078 from 1pm], Ticketmaster Outlets Nationwide & Tickets.ie
1969 Productions is delighted to announce the return of Martin Stephenson and The Daintees for one special night at Whelan’s on Friday…

COMMUNION PRESENTS
NOV 28TH AT WHELANS
CLOUD CASTLE LAKE
I DRAW SLOW
BONA FIDE FEDERATION
CRY MONSTER CRY
WYVERN LINGO
MARK FLYNN (Blood Red Mountain Band)
DJ Set by:
INTERMITTENT KITTEN…

Hard working Dublin pop songwriter IVAN ST JOHN launches his debut album at THE WORKMAN’S CLUB, Dublin on Saturday December 4th.
The talented singer’s long awaited debut LP “Up To Snuff” is out in Ireland on November 12th on Nestegg Records. Lead single “There You Stand” comes out November 5th.
Performing as a three-piece, Ivan…

Four full-size piano-keyboards on futuristic chrome pedestals balance on the stage, each with a set of ’80s-tastic drum pads. Unsurprisingly, the set up for Mark Ronson and The Business Intl. in The Academy is impressive.The opening number, a full-bodied proggy instrumental, further infers the promise of something celestial – sadly this turns out not be…

The clocks go back this weekend and we plan to fill that extra hour with timely Autumnal tunes, latest releases and some smooth grooves for those cosy nights in.
On the mix we have Lykke Li, Generationals, Reading Rainbow, Kurt Vile, Coma Cinema, Halves, Banjo or Freakout, Evan Voytas, Hooray For Earth, Twin Shadow, Star…

Update: First date sold out. Second announced for Sunday 19 June 2011. Ticketmaster.ie.
Take That have announced their Progress Live… stadium tour next summer including a date in Dublin on Saturday, June 18th 2011.
Gary, Howard, Jason, Mark and Robbie confirmed that they will hit the road next year for a monumental 14-date summer stadium

On the surface Sun Airway’s Nocturne of an Exploded Chandelier… is a shimmering collection of sun-drenched, noise-infused blissful pop, and in once sense this is wholly true – it’s an instantly gratifying and joyful record.
The first 60 seconds of Philadelphia pair’s debut LP lays out the stem of the album; swirling synth tones wash

“Is not a kiss the very autograph of love?” – Henry Finck…
Kisses are an L.A. couple making sweet, sweet music together; the side project of Princeton frontman Jesse Kivel and his girlfriend Zinzi Edmundson – well, with a name like Kisses they were hardly going to be a Welsh rap-metal group – they fittingly

It’s not uncommon, in fact it’s becoming a standard career path, for established or successful (maybe even unsuccessful) rock artists to lend their hand to classical compositions by way of film score: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis (The Bad Seeds), Clint Mansell (PWEI), Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) and Johnny Marr (The Smiths, Modest Mouse, The Cribs) to…