Electric Picnic announced its initial names for its lineup for Friday 31st August to Sunday 2nd September this year in Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois.
The first names are:
Update: Bat For Lashes, Tindersticks and The Killers were added overnight.
The Cure, Sigur Rós, Elbow, Grizzly Bear, Orbital, Christy Moore, The Roots, Hot Chip, Glen …

The Weeknd
M83
LFO
Sleigh Bells
Chromatics
Marianne Faithfull
Dominique A
Jamie xx
Ultramagnetic Mcs
Linda Martini
Cuchillo
No More Lies
Lorena Álvarez Y Su Banda
…
Those are the latest names announced for Primavera Sound in Barcelona in May. It’s shaping up to be a belter.

If you’re a musician, you may have heard about Musicmaker’s forthcoming “Million Euro Sale” this Saturday March 3rd. The shop at 29 Exchequer Street in Dublin is opening its doors at 10am to offer discounts on nearly all their stock (full list here).
People have camped out the night before in the past so if…

The Horrors will head to The Grand Social after their support slot with Florence + The Machine in the O2 for a one-off DJ Set this Friday night from 11.15pm.
It’s €5 in and the band have proved themselves to be worthy remixers in recent years so their tune selection should be more than adept.…

Always good to see more rap acts hitting the country. Bodytonic announced this week they are bringing over Albanian New York rapper Action Bronson to the Twisted Pepper next month on March 23rd.
Support comes from Lethal Dialect & Costello.
Tickets from www.bodytonicmusic.com/store & www.ticketmaster.ie…

The Belsonic Festival in Belfast has announced its lineup to happen in Custom House Square in the city in August. Bands and artists announced are…
Tom Jones, Skrillex Two Door Cinema Club, Madness, James Morrison, David Guetta, Noah & The Whale and The Cast Of Cheers. Support names and other gigs will be announced at…

The new Dark Room Notes single has some odd source material. As the ‘Baby Don’t Hurt Me No More’, the song draws inspiration and sample from Haddaway’s ’90s chart hit ‘What Is Love?’.
It’s the first taste of more dance-oriented new material from the group’s new self-titled album on BBE Records which arrives on April…

Berlin techno musician to play a rare dance set in the Olympia Theatre on Thursday 24 May. Tickets from €23.00 inclusive of booking fee are on sale tomorrow, Wednesday 22 February at 9am from Ticketmaster outlets and online at www.ticketmaster.ie…

Justice Tonight Tour
In Aid of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign…
Featuring
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite)
Pete Wylie (The Mighty Wah)
The Farm
Plus very special guests
The tour is in aid of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign.

The Gloaming is a collective of remarkable individual talents who share a musical aesthetic. The five came together to explore new music at Grouse Lodge Studios is West Meath in early 2011. At once they made music that is at once both ancient and utterly new. New York pianist Bartlett, sean-nos singer Ó Lionaird, Chicago…

Blanchardstown and Dublin’s hottest new rapper and Faces of 2012 member demonstrates what he’s capable of.
Tickets €8 + fees available to buy from WAV Tickets or call the WAV Box Office [Lo-call 1890 200 078]
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lethal-Dialect/186626141358217
http://soundcloud.com/lethal-dialect…

Merrill Garbus aka tUnE-YaRdS returns after her triumph of a gig in Button Factory few weeks ago.
Doors 7pm / show starts 8pm
Tickets on sale Friday February 24th @9am priced €20 (including booking fee) from www.ticketmaster.ie & Ticketmaster outlets nationwide. 0818 719 300 – Republic of Ireland customers 0844 277 4455 – Northern Ireland…

Long standing Dublin electronic collective Alphabet Set will celebrate 10 years in the game next month with an anniversary gig taking place in the same building as some of their early gigs in Molloys which is now the U Bar, 13 High Street near Christchurch. Ah, memories.
Lined up for their first bash over two…

Mia Sparrow is a band name we’ve seen support the likes of The Cast Of Cheers in the past and last week, they crept back up on us with the news that they had released their debut album [mee​-​uh​-​spar​-​o]… on Bandcamp for free through Flaming June Records.
The alt-rock three-piece revel in post-rock type melodies