Five years on from The Outsider, a record which was divisive as it was eclectic, DJ Shadow follows it up with a curious beast of a release.
After 15 years of making explorative instrumental electronic and hip-hop music, Josh Davis now seems unsure of himself. The Less You Know The Better… makes for a

The first round of acts at the Primavera Sound festival taking place from May 30th to June 3rd in Barcelona and its new sister festival Optimus Primavera Sound in Porto from the 7th to the 10th June 2012 have been announced and include:
Bjork, Jeff Mangum, Yo La Tengo, Codeine, Neon Indian and Other Lives…

Our inaugural Under The Influence mixtape finds Galway’s The Kanyu Tree sharing tracks from their collective Walkman, from Cass McCombs to People Under The Stairs, Flying Lotus, Neil Young, Mocky, Beach House and finishing with the Laser Tom And The Blast Crew remix it’s a diverse listen yet a constantly pleasing one.
The Kanyu Tree…

All Tomorrow’s Parties have announced I’ll Be Your Mirror for May 25th to 27th in Alexandra Palace in London. Mogwai will be curating again and have already lined up a headline set from themselves, Slayer performing Reign In Blood…, Guided By Voices, Mudhoney, Codeine, Melvins, Sleep and Yuck with more to be confirmed.
Tickets

Call in the cash cow, The Presidents of The United States of America are back!
In a astute move, the band will perform their self-titled 1995 debut album in full (at just 38 minutes we hope there’s an encore). Featuring the songs ‘Peaches’. ‘Lump’, ‘Dune Buggy’ and ‘Back Porch’, the night is sure to be…

The Minutes‘ successful year rolls on. Currently on tour with Flogging Molly in Europe and with a 11-date German tour coming up, the band have been picking up word of mouth plaudits since we debuted their debut album Marcata… here back in May.
With that in mind, the band just released a short film entitled

“All the Pieces Matter” is a night of The Wire-themed talk and entertainment taking place in Block-T, Smithfield with Dublin Intellectual at the helm on Friday November 25th.
Lined up on the night are talks from:
Francis Halsall, NCAD: “Social Systems in the Wire”
Barry Shanahan, UCD: “Authenticity & Representation in the Wire”
Daniel Fitzpatrick,…

Our latest mix comes from French producer Baxter Beez who specialises in electro and tropical-house and has found himself in Dublin for the next month so is available for gigs until December. Beez takes influence from the likes of Sinden, Hervé, Diplo, Foamo and labels like Trouble & Bass, MAN recordings and Wearhouse records.
His…

U:mack are bringing Battles with fellow Warp Records signing Babe Rainbow as support to Dublin this month.
There’s some tickets still available on www.tickets.ie/umack, and in sound cellar

Babe Rainbow:

Babe Rainbow – It’s All Happening from Atomized on Vimeo.…

MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE (MCDE, Germany)
xxxy (All City, UK)
FRANKIE BINGO
ALL CITY DJs
JOMA
RO FLYNN (Subject) BUTTERPOP
& more
Adm: €14.00/€12.00 (Members/Students)…

Onra launches his Chinoiseries 2 album with support.
POGO
COSMIN TRG (50 Weapons, RO)
FRANKIE BINGO
ALL CITY DJs
ROB DE LUX
& more…

JOY ORBISON (Doldrums, UK)
FLOATING POINTS [3hr Set] (EgLO, UK)
TR-ONE (live)
BARRY REDSETTAZ
THE VERTICAL RHYTHM JOINT
(Swing & Jazz Dancing, 1930s Speakeasy Costume & Decor)
QUARTER INCH COLLECTIVE
& more
http://www.bodytonicmusic.com/event/week46/…

Last Friday saw Other Voices move from its normally intimate surroundings of the town of Dingle to the big bad city of NYC for special celebrations in Le Poisson Rouge over two days.
Joining Other Voices… creators Philip King and Glen Hansard at the 10th birthday celebrations were Aaron & Bryce Dessner from The National,

It’s been a long time coming but today it was confirmed that Van Morrison will play his first Dublin and Belfast concerts in over a decade at The Odyssey, Belfast February 3rd and The O2 Arena, Dublin February 4th 2012.
Tickets limited to 4 per person on sale Thursday 10th November at 8am.
Tickets for…