Fri, 28/10/11 - Red Hot Chili Peppers to play Croke Park next year

Red Hot Chili Peppers have confirmed that they will play a show in Croke Park on Tuesday 26th of June 2012.
The band are set to play Dublin’s The O2 next Friday, November 4th as part of an arena tour in support of their tenth studio album I’m With You…. Tickets for next year’s

Thu, 27/10/11 - Iceland Airwaves 2011 – Around-the-town photos and free album downloads

Here’s a collection of photos from around Reykjavik during the Airwaves weekend including the hangover party at the Blue Lagoon.
FatCat Records had a large amount of artists playing up in Iceland at the festival this year including Mazes, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Maps & Atlases and also artists from their fascinating post-classical imprint 130701…

Thu, 27/10/11 - Squarehead / Patrick Kelleher split 7″, gig and best video ever

Another goodie from the Popical Island label sees the light of day this weekend with the release of a a collaborative double A-side from Squarehead and Patrick Kelleher. The record features two tracks, one each from Kelleher (‘Just A Tragedy) and Roy Duffy (‘Attention To Detail’), with music from the massed ranks of all involved.…

Thu, 27/10/11 - Madeleine Peyroux comes to the National Concert Hall

Revered jazz-folk singer-songwriter Madeleine Peyroux will play the National Concert Hall in Dublin on Tuesday, November 8th.
Peyroux is touring her fifth album Standing on the Rooftop which was released earlier this year, but is perhaps best known for Careless Love… from 2004.
‘Dance Me To The End Of Love’ (Leonard Cohen cover)

Bill Wyman

Wed, 26/10/11 - Halves, Delorentos and Elevens for Unitarian Church shows

It impressed us as a venue for the recent John Vanderslice gig and now the Unitarian Church on Stephen’s Green in Dublin is going to pay host to three more live events.
Elevens kick things off with an EP launch show on November 11th, followed by Delorentos on 25th and Halves (pictured and surely a…

Wed, 26/10/11 - Listen to a previously-unreleased Death In Vegas remix of The Horrors

Death In Vegas‘ Richard Fearless posted this never released Horrors remix of ‘Sea Within A Sea’ on Soundcloud earlier today with the following message:
“This is from the vaults – a lost Horrors mix that never came out. I remember going to see the Horrors play their first album in New York with Matty from…

Wed, 26/10/11 - Adele to release live album CD/DVD & Blu-Ray

2011′s most successful album artist Adele will follow up her smash-hit album 21 (12 million copies sold) with a Live At The Royal Albert Hall… concert film on Friday November 25th released on DVD and Blu-Ray with a live CD of the show through XL Recordings.
For many Adele fans it will be the first

Wed, 26/10/11 - David Kitt to play The Big Romance in The Button Factory

David Kitt will return to his second album in full, the critically-acclaimed The Big Romance which was released in 2001.
The gig takes place in The Button Factory on Friday 9th Dec 2011. Tickets on sale tomorrow morning priced at €20 plus fees.…

Wed, 26/10/11 - Cashier No.9 – ‘Oh Pity’ (video)

The video for Cashier No.9′s third single ‘Oh Pity’ from theirt album To The Death Of Fun… finds Babysweet Sessions‘ Gregg Houston at the helm.
Cashier No. 9 play their The Workman’s Club on Saturday November 5th with support from Cloud Castle Lake. Tickets at €15 plus fees.

Wed, 26/10/11 - Morrissey to sue the NME

A legal judgement today gave Morrissey the go-ahead to sue the NME for libel. The case refers to an interview the singer gave to the magazine in 2007, which he claims wrongly portayed him as having racist views on the subject of immigration. “The NME viciously attacked me and labelled me a racist and a…

Wed, 26/10/11 - EP Premiere…Come On Live Long – Mender

Having caught our eye at the Hard Working Class Heroes, Come On Live Long have established themselves as one of our favourite new Irish bands. With a self-titled EP already under their belts, the five piece are set to return with a new four tracker Mender…. The Icon show on Phantom 105.2 has already

Tue, 25/10/11 - Watch the disturbing and hilarious NSFW video for Duck Sauce’s ‘Big Bad Wolf’

If you want word to describe the new video from Duck Sauce for ‘Big Bad Wolf’, “crotchfaces” might be the most succint signifier. The disturbingly hilarious video is a must-see and probably NSFW. A-Trak and Armand Van Helden told Rolling Stone:
“Big Bad Wolf” “is pretty simple, and it can mean anything, really, so we…

Tue, 25/10/11 - Sacred Animals and Owensie collaborate on ‘Cat & Mouse’

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…

Tue, 25/10/11 - Watch Florence + The Machine’s Hackney Empire gig tonight & win a copy of Ceremonials

Tonight Florence + The Machine will take to the stage of Hackney Empire for a once-off show to launch her second album Ceremonials…. The show sold out in one minute but join us tonight from 9.15pm to watch a live stream of the gig at the Florence + The Machine official website.
Live stream