Since releasing the rather great You Have The Right To Remain Retarded… album, Gaz Le Rock aka Retarded Cop hasn’t really let up on new songs with one going up on his Youtube channel nearly every week. ‘Loratadine’ is his latest and it’s more of the same for sure but would you have him any

Stepping up to a three day event this year on 2nd – 4th June, the first names for the 2012 Forbidden Fruit festival at The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham have just been announced:
Leftfield
New Order
Wilco
Bloody Beetroots
DJ Set
Death Cab For Cutie
James Vincent Mc Morrow
Booka Shade
The Rapture
Beirut
The Field…

Now here’s a bit of good news for a Tuesday morning. Having toured extensively in the US, Jay-Z and Kanye West are finally bringing their Watch The Throne tour to this side of the Atlantic – including a show at the O2 in Dublin on June 8th. Tickets go on sale 9am on Friday 24th…

Middle Abbey Street isn’t always the natural home for the Dublin music scene (that location lies across town somewhere along Wexford Street), but tonight most gig goers seemed to have decamped to the northside. They’re joined by a number of touts who can sniff some potential business as the two Irish acts have sold out…

Tonight sees the latest in our State vs… gigs, with the marvelous Loud Mouth Collective helping us provide the sounds at the Mercantile on Dame St. The main event of the evening is the launch of Mick’s Tape… by headliners Mick E Rawrk, a free release that adds yet another name to the increasingly impressive

We’re constantly amazed by the lack of real Irish rock bands these days, especially given the country’s legacy in that department, so the arrival of Wizards Of Firetop Mountain has been something to celebrate. Playing a blend of 70s classic rock mixed with stoner rock outs and 80s metal, they picked up the Best Irish…

Long one of the major fixtures on the UK festival calendar, the Camden Crawl has established itself as the key event for new live music across the water. Now that experience is coming to Ireland, with the first sister event launching here in May. The Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin will take place on 11th and…

Once of this parish as well as an in demand musician with the likes of Ann Scott, The Tycho Brahe and Nina Hynes, Kim V Porcelli has released her own, very unique, version of Chic’s ‘I Want Your Love’. Inspired by the song’s use in the film Shame, Porcelli has produced a pretty abstract, looped…

Dublin has seemingly lost two of its major venues with news emerging over the weekend that the POD complex, including Crawdaddy and Tripod, has shut down. No official statement has been made as to the future of the venue, the reason for closure or what will happen to scheduled gigs over the coming weeks (indeed…

Having taken a small break in January, State returns to live action this week with the latest in our series of Vs… shows. Joining us on Friday Feb 17th are the Loud Mouth collective, a bunch of like minded musicians, producers, DJ’s, vocalists, artists, designers, photographers and film makers. Musically LM crosses several genres including…

We love a bank holiday weekend here at State, offering as it does the chance to cram in a large number of gigs into a few days. This May’s long weekend is already shaping up nicely with the news that our favourite rock ‘n’ roll sibling trio Kitty, Daisy & Lewis will be playing Whelan’s…

After a long battle with addiction, Whitney Houston has been found dead in a LA hotel room on the eve of the annual Grammy awards. The singer was discovered unconscious in the Beverly Hills Hilton hours before attending Clive Davis’ pre-show party. No cause of death has yet been confirmed. Hosuton was 48 years old.…

UK electronic trio We Have Band are out on tour this month in support of their second album Ternion. They play the Academy 2 in Dublin on Saturday 18th. Here’s what makes them tick.
Who are you and where are you from?…
We are Thomas W-P and Darren Bancroft from London. Dede W-P from

Recent Face of 2012 SertOne has drawn inspiration from the late J Dilla for his latest release Quesadillas. The four track EP comes ahead of his appearance at a special tribute night to the hip-hop producer to be held in Liverpool tonight and is available for donation here. All proceeds go to the J Dilla…