Artist: BattlesAuthor: Hubert McIntyre
One of the most blogged about releases of the year" the universal approval of Battles" debut album" Mirrored" is a reassuring sign of the times. Who would have guessed in 2006 that the warmest reception this year would be saved for an experimental progressive album with math"rock time signatures and no [...]

Artist: Miss MotifAuthor: Mark McCarthy
I feel like using the old adage of "If you haven"t heard of this person yet then you should"" and in this case it certainly can be applied. DJ Mandy Darcy aka Miss Motif has certainly worked hard at building a reputation for herself while also travelling and playing to [...]

Artist: Kate NashAuthor: Drop"d
KATE NASH
plus special guests
AMBASSADOR THEATRE
Saturday 17 November 2007
Doors 7pm
Tickets "21.00 incl. booking fee
Balcony: over 18s only "alcohol served"
Ground floor: Over 14s "no alcohol will be served"
"She"s a unique talent… the sweet yet savvy new troubadour of teenage street"life" like Mike Skinner busking in a mini skirt. " NME
Kate Nash has announced a [...]

Artist: DIYAuthor: Seth Lutnick
I will be honest. I am addicted to music recording. I love moving faders" adjusting levels" panning" reverberating" sequencing" you name it. I especially love all that software" and the colourful ways that they show the music as a waveform. It is just cool. And I'm not the only one. My [...]

Artist: The Low"DownAuthor: Liam Tyrell
Electric Picnic " Stradbally" Co. Laois" 31 Aug" 1"2 Sept
Again regular readers will know that the last picnic I was at" in 2005" was something of a classic. In 2006 I gave it a wide berth" mainly because the line"up was a crock of shit. This year" I"ve bitten [...]

Artist: SUNDAY AFTERNOONAuthor: Scott and Nicola
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Way back when" the Irish landscape was rocking to Thin Lizzy"s "Boys Are Back In Town". Day one of Oxegen 2007 saw the Pet Sounds tent resound to a slightly lower"key Rumblestrips version of the same song and only twenty four hours later the festival site was besieged by [...]

Artist: SATURDAY AFTERNOONAuthor: Scott and Nicola
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
After what seems like half a lifetime on board a Dublin Bus crawling down to the Punchestown festival site we arrive amidst a hazy aroma of body odour" cheap cider and tangible excitement over the array of next big things who are set to grace the Oxegen stages [...]

Artist: The NationalAuthor: Drop"d
One of the finest acts to surface in recent years has to be The National. Their major label debut Alligator was album of the year for many in 2005 and this year saw the release of the sublime follow up Boxer. The band recently announced a show at the Olympia" which [...]