Post-hardcore legends At The Drive-In have announced they are to make a come-back in a simple message posted to the band’s website and Twitter account:
¡ATTENTION! To whom it may concern: AT THE DRIVE-IN will be breaking their 11 year silence THIS STATION IS …NOW…OPERATIONAL
The group recorded three albums between 1993 and their disbandment…

Dublin-based acts Sacred Animals and Owensie have teamed up to work on a track entitled ‘Cat & Mouse’, inspired by the story of a family of Russian asylum-seekers who jumped to their deaths from a Glasgow tower block last year. The song is available to download now from Sacred Animals’ Bandcamp page.
The accompanying video was directed…

A lot of water has passed under the bridge in the five years since The Rapture‘s last release; Matt Safer parted ways with the band, who’ve opted to continue as a three-piece, and they’ve returned to the DFA fold after their brief stint with Universal. Inevitably, the musical landscape has changed somewhat in that time,…

Following reports circulated on Twitter earlier today by his labelmates, it has now been confirmed that French electro artist DJ Mehdi has been killed in a tragic accident at his home in Paris. Mehdi had four albums to his name, the most notable possibly being Lucky Boy…, and also collaborated with several well-known figures in the electro

It must be a daunting task for any band to piece together the follow-up to an album as excellent and as critically praised as YACHT’s See Mystery Lights…. There’s definite expectation; standards to be maintained and sonic progression to be explored – listeners demand it. It’s a delicate balance and one that can tip

Headline gigs during a band’s early days can be difficult to fathom. Friends and family inevitably infiltrate the audience so when the conclusion of a song is met with enthusiastic whoops and cheers, it’s hard to know if it’s being done out of a sense of duty or genuine delight at what’s just been witnessed.…

State always brings the trusty old notebook to gigs, ready to scribble down the names of new tracks, cover songs and various minutae that crop up but can sometimes be forgotten in the post-gig comedown. For Blondie, though, it’s expected that it will remain firmly in the back pocket, not just because a set full…

Ladytron have released a video for ’White Elephant’. The tune is featured on their upcoming album Gravity The Seducer…, which is due for release on September 9th. It will be the Liverpudlian quartet’s fifth studio LP.
In contrast to previous recordings, ‘White Elephant’ hints at a move away from reliance on sawtooth synth lines towards

Amy Winehouse has died at the age of 27. The singer’s body was found at her Camden flat at 4pm today by paramedics responding to a call. As yet, no explanation has yet been given for her passing. 
It is well publicised that Amy Winehouse had been battling drink and drug addictions for a number of…

It’s been a long time coming but Rammstein are finally on their way to Ireland. The German industrial-metal superstars will descend on Dublin’s O2 on February 27th, 2012 as part of the tour to promote their retrospective album Made In Germany: 1995 – 2011…. The band are promising a new stage show for their

Canadian songwriter and Arcade Fire collaborator Owen Pallett will arrive in Dublin at short notice tomorrow tonight for a performance in Whelan’s. The gig, which is organised by Harmonic, will start at 8pm and the entrance fee will be a very reasonable €5 at the door, with no ticket pre-sales being made available. Get there early to avoid disappointment.…

Atlanta-based synthpop-type guy Ernest Green, aka Washed Out, will play the Grand Social in Dublin on Saturday, August 13th, as part of the tour to promote his album, Within And Without…. Support comes from Solar Bears.
Tickets are on sale now, priced at €15 and are available from Ticketmaster and usual outlets.

You can forgive a band who set out to create something even just a little bit different and get it horrendously wrong, but it’s tough to have sympathy for a band who shy away from the challenge altogether. Such was the case with AutoKratz on their first album, Animal…, which, apart from a passable

Is it really five years since The Japanese Popstars first appeared on the radar? The Derry trio have come a long way since then; these days their remixing skills are in demand by the A-list, reimagining tracks for everyone from Beyoncé to Gorillaz, while they’ve also firmly cemented their reputation as effective live performers. At…