Barretstown has announced the lineup for its 4th annual Inspirations gig on Friday MArch 30th in the Olympia.
Lined up on the night are: Sinead O’Connor, An Emotional Fish, Something Happens, The 4 of Us, Republic of Loose, Engine Alley, Lir and Ham Sandwich with more to be announced. The performers will play a mix…

Aussie band The Jezabels are lined up to play The Button Factory in Dublin on May 19th. Last year, the band impressed at Electric Picnic and are returning as part of their current European tour which kicks off tonight in London and heads to the US, Canada and back here in May. The Jezabels debut…

Silence… is a new film premiering at The Lighthouse Cinema during the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival at 8.45pm on Thursday 23rd February.
Centering on a sound recordist who returns to Ireland for the first time in 15 years on a job to record landscapes free from man-made sound. He visits remote towns and villages

Her debut album was just released this month but the Scottish-born singer Emeli Sandé has spent most of her 23 years preparing for the moment. There’s been a lot of behind the scenes action while she bided her time, waiting for the spotlight to turn on her. She co-wrote songs for Leona Lewis, Cheryl Cole…

Snow Patrol and Florence + The Machine are lined up for an outdoor gig at Phoenix Park on Sunday July 8th this year.
Tickets are €59.50 plus fees on sale next Friday 24th of February at 8am from usual ticket outlets: Ticketmaster, 24 hour hotlines (ROI) 0818 719 300 (NI) 0844 847 24 55, (International)…

An unlikely pairing Usher and Dipo may once have been but Usher, Diplo AND new-classical composer Nico Muhly? ON THE SAME TRACK?
It’s happened. Usher’s new song ‘Climax’ is the combined work of all three. Muhly offers extra orchestration to Diplo’s somewhat muted production (by his usual standards) while Usher croons over the top. Diplo…

More details of the lineup for Optimus Primavera Sound which takes place in Porto, the week after Primavera in Barcelona from June 7th until the 10th.
The Flaming Lips, The Rapture, Yann Tiersen and Rufus Wainright have been added to the bill which already includes Björk,
Jeff Tweedy, Wilco, Death Cab For Cutie, Explosions In…

After their incredibly catchy first single ‘I Won’t Worry’ and their appearance in State’s Faces Of 2012 list, This Club return with a second single that isn’t far behind in the catchy stakes.
The video directed by Hugh O’Conor who went for a “flicking-through-crazy-music-channels vibe.”
The single is out on March 9th.…

The band responsible for one of the best songs of the last six months in ‘Hold On’ are coming to these shores for a gig on Saturday May 5th at The Academy 2. Tickets are €13 plus fees from usual outlets on sale this Friday.
Their debut album Boys & Girls… comes out on April

One that has eluded Ireland for a while, Brooklyn’s Sharon Van Etten is lined up to play Whelan’s on Friday May 18th tickets priced at €16.50 plus fees. whelanslive.com, tickets.ie, ticketmaster.ie & Ticketmaster outlets nationwide.
Van Etten’s new and third album Tramp… (and first on label Jagjaguwar) is out now and features production by The

After an impressive set in the Sugar Club last weekend, Michael Kiwanuka has announced he will return to Dublin in May as part of his UK & Irish tour.
Kiwanuka’s debut album Home Again comes out on MArch 12th and he’ll play dates at SXSW this year. Here are the tour dates for the calendar.…

Sargent House are the label in charge for bringing And So I Watch You From Afar and Adebisi Shank to North America and for their first podcast, Ireland’s Niamh Hegarty is at the helm to return the favour by introducing some of Sargent’s roster in return.
The focus is on Sargent’s SXSW showcase next month…

De La Soul’s Plug One and Plug Two, aka Deen Whitter and Jacob ‘Pop Life’ Barrow have a side-project entitled First Serve where they are indulging their goofy pop side. ‘Must B The Music’ is the debut single from it out on March 23rd with the album First Serve out the following week.
The pair…

Madonna has a pretty high opinion of herself these days. Last week she was asked about her ticket prices for the world tour which was revealed this morning…
“Start saving your pennies now,” she said. “People spend $300 on crazy things all the time, things like handbags. So work all year, scrape the money together,…