Video: Mumford & Sons live in New York

With an odds on triumph ahead of them this weekend, enjoy this video footage of Mumford & Sons live at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in May – courtesy of the excellent Baeble Music website. Take a load off for the next 56 minutes….
Watch the full concert at baeblemusic.com…

Oxegen ’10 – 5 acts to avoid

Stereophonics (Main Stage, Friday)…
While there are one or two exceptions in their back catalogue (-Local Boy In The Photograph’ and -Dakota’), for the most part, Stereophonics are the most ordinary of British guitar bands. There’s nothing to truly hate about their
Oasis-lite, inoffensive daytime dad-rock, but there’s certainly nothing to get excited about. Not

Eminem is NOT cancelling T in the Park & Oxegen, Tiesto is not dead

It happens every year: a vicious rumour that one of the headline acts has cancelled. Sometimes, it’s true. Remember The Flaming Lips replaced White Stripes at 2004′s Witnness due to Jack White’s broken hand.
The current rumour circling Twitter and fans is that Eminem has cancelled T in the Park and Oxegen too is NOT…

Oxegen ’10 – Top 5 North American buzz bands

Amidst a line-up with many bigger-name acts, this year’s Oxegen fest features a number of noteworthy blog-hyped up-and-comers as well. Here are our picks for the best buzzy bands from North America. (Pitchfork would approve, too.)

Memoryhouse (Red Bull Academy Stage, Friday)…
By late afternoon on Friday, those smart enough to check out the Red

Oxegen ’10 – 5 new acts to check out

Mayer Hawthorne (Hot Press Academy, Sunday)
On the strength of his astounding debut LP, A Strange Arrangement…, Mayer Hawthorne’s set promises to be the smoothest and certainly most soulful of the weekend. As well as some definite retro Motown grooves, Hawthorne’s music has a J. Dilla edge creating a sound that is both classic

Oxegen ’10 – Our pick of Dance and Electronic acts

Hudson Mohawke (Red Bull Academy, Sunday)
Last year, the fresh-faced (like really fresh-faced) young producer opened the Dance Arena on the Sunday. This year, Glasgow’s Hudmo has experience and fans from last year’s Butter… album and constant touring that may see his headline slot on Sunday in the more suitable surroundings of the Red Bull

Oxegen ’10: Top 5 Irish Acts

With no IMRO Stage this year, Oxegen has a reasonable share of home grown acts – mainly on the Academy stage but also on some of the larger ones. Here’s our pick of the bunch:
1. Villagers (Academy Stage, Friday)
The Irish band of the year so far without a doubt (so far anyway) continue…

Oxegen ’10 – Top 5 Big Sets

The countdown to the first big rock ‘n’ roll weekend of the Irish summer starts here. All week on State, we’ll be bringing you our tips for your three day excursion to Oxegen, plus a few names we think you should give a wide berth. We’ll start though with the five biggies….
1. Arcade Fire…

New mobile apps for Oxegen

Nokia has created three new Oxegen-related mobile applications available through Ovi.com, Nokia’s application store. They are all free, but require registering an account with Nokia.
Nokia Live Link provides news updates, stage times, traffic information, and party details. Nokia Recommends… makes suggestions for upcoming acts to see. (You select one favorite artist, and the app