AIR have announced that the followup album to Love 2 from 2009 will be called Le Voyage Dans La Lune… and it will be released on February 3rd (6th UK / 7th US).
The album which will be their seventh and which translates to The Voyage to the Moon was inspired Georges Méliès’ 1902 16-minute

As per the news a few days ago of European tour dates, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have confirmed a date in the RDS Dublin on Tuesday 17th July 2012.
Tickets priced €86-€96 plus fees are on sale next Thursday at 9am .
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After recently moving to London and having all their gear stolen, things look to be back on track for The Cast of Cheers who are featured on the latest Kitsuné compilation #12. Their track ‘Goose’ in remastered form (hear below) appears as track three alongside songs from Computer Magic, Housse De Racket, Mark Ronson, Theme…

Monster Truck Gallery and Studios are running a fundraiser at The Workman’s this weekend with sets from Eat me drink me, little xs for eyes, Sleep Thieves, T-Woc and R Mutt’s Kunsthole #2 by Michelle Considine, Joan Healy and Adam Gibney.
Facebook event.…

First Aid Kit head out on a UK and Irish tour in February which so far, includes a date in Dublin’s The Workman’s Club on February 25th. The band’s new album The Lion’s Roar… will be released the previous month.
Tour dates
23 Feb – London, King’s College
24 Feb – Manchester, Academy 3
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Director Mark O’Toole has made a 34 minute documentary on Road Records – One For The Road: A Short Film About Road Records…, the much-loved record store in Dublin city which went out of business last year after 13 years.
The film tells the story of Dave and Julie’s musical emporium on Fade Street

Florence + the Machine has announced a date at Dublin’s The O2 as part of a Irish and UK tour in March. The album Ceremonials… has sold over a million copies since its release two weeks ago and the tour dates with support from
Tickets €39.05 including booking fee will be released on Wednesday 23

Community Of Independents have been working on a documentary on independent Irish music but today they have launched the first episode of their weekly volunteer-led TV show online after it was shown on DCTV last night at 11pm (UPC channel 802).
State’s own Danny Carroll presents and the show features a live performance from Melodica…

Update: Florence has announced 2012 UK and Ireland tour dates.
Directed by Arni and Kinski, the video for No Light, No Light’, from Florence’s second album Ceremonials… is set around an epic-looking church and NY cityscape with Florence playing the siren caller hanging off the side of a building until she takes the plunge, a

Where clichéd rap violence is full of ‘gritty’ urban samples of Uzis and Glocks, the dense soundscapes on Doom Your Cities… are pierced by clashing pirate blades, cannon fire, crashing waves and squawking seagulls overhead. Amid walls of sound reminiscent of Dalek, Cannibal Ox or, closer to home, Legion of Two, the Deathship pillages elements…

Bodytonic Live are delighted to welcome Swedish electro-pop duo Korallreven The Yard, our ever-growing Saturdays, early in The Twisted Pepper. The duo have released ‘An Album By Korallreven’ on Acéphale.
The duo have been celebrating the album’s forthcoming release with a mixtape entitled ‘A Dream Within A Dream’, featuring Britney Spears, Ciara, and more. Download…

Recent support on James Vincent McMorrow’s UK tour, The Staves are a promising sister English folk trio from Watford made up of Emily, Camilla and Jessica. Raised by a Welsh mother with a penchant for male voice choirs, that influence has translated itself onto the self-titled track from their debut EP Mexico….
Glyn and

Perhaps too harshly judged for being a fledgling artist who won the Mercury Prize who didn’t translate that success into sales, it’s good to see Speech Debelle back and armed with a more full-formed sound than her previous album Speech Therapy.
‘Studio Backpack Rap’ is the first single from her second album Freedom Of …

Mariachi El Bronx or the band also known as The Bronx hit The Workman’s Club this Friday night for a night of punk-infused Mexican music. The band have just released their second album of Mariachi music and Ray Suen of the band told us a bit about himself and the band below.
Tickets are €17…