Artist: Amusement Parks on FireAuthor: Paul Murphy
Shoegaze" post rock Club AC30 delivered another fantastic night of mind blowing sound as Amusement Parks on Fire showcased their Iceland inspired walls of sound at Whelan"s on Sunday.
Support came from a hungover Le Galaxie" who are opening this year's Electric Picnic" they do a solid job building [...]

Artist: EPAuthor: Jason Golden
Just one day away folks" Here is the latest update on the weather from Met Eireann
Friday night: Very mild" humid and mostly cloudy. Dry apart from patchy rain and drizzle" mainly in Atlantic coastal counties. Mist and fog forming in places but clearing again towards morning as southerly winds freshen.
Saturday: Mainly dry [...]

Artist: Electric PicnicAuthor: Liam Tyrrell
Finally" the Gods of uncertainty have relented. With just 24 little hours to go until the madness ensues" the official line up/running order for the Electric Picnic has arrived. Get busy planning or get busy preparing to miss everything you have paid your hard earned for.
MAIN STAGE
FRIDAY AUGUST 29th [...]

Artist: dEUSAuthor: Jason Golden
" Tickets on sale next Wednesday " September 3rd " 9am "
Acclaimed Belgian rockers dEUS returned this spring with "Vantage Point"" their boldest " and perhaps finest " album to date" featuring guest vocal appearances from Karin Dreijer Andersson from The Knife and Guy Garvey of Elbow.
POD Concerts presents [...]

Artist: KiptoAuthor: Kipto
Back with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer" covered in horseshit.
Welcome Back"
I"m sure regular readers of this column "both of them" and I include myself in that"" have been wondering how come it"s been so long between rants. Well" for the last four months I"ve been on call 24 hrs a day for [...]

Artist: Ra Ra RiotAuthor: Paddy Murphy
Ra Ra Riot

The Rhumb Line

In navigational terms" a rhumb line is a line crossing all meridians "lines of longitude" at the same angle. Even though Ra Ra Riot's history is brief it has been tainted with grief and hardship so it is only fitting that they should name their [...]

Artist: Micah P HinsonAuthor: Jason Golden
" Tickets on sale at 9am on Wednesday September 3rd "
The stunning Micah P Hinson is back with a new collection of sparse" yet beautiful country songs" delivered in his inexplicably timeworn burr. Supporting Micah is the Retribution Gospel Choir which features Alan Sparhawk from Low. They released [...]

Artist: DENGUE FEVERAuthor: Jason Golden
DENGUE FEVER
Saturday 15 November
The Sugar Club" Dublin
Tickets: "13.50 inclusive of booking fee
Dengue Fever have announced a headline date this November at Dublins Sugar Club. The Cambodian six"piece will play on Saturday 15 November at the Leeson St. venue. Tickets priced "13.50 incl. booking fee are on sale from tomorrow" Wednesday [...]

Artist: Ponytail
Author: Adam Lacey
Hailing from the hive of creativity that is Baltimore” Maryland” Ponytail are a four person”strong collective of art school heads and Wham City veterans. Band members” Dustin Wong “guitar”” Jeremy Hyman “drums”” Ken Seeno “guitar” and Molly Siegel “vocals” released their critically acclaimed second album” Ice Cream Spiritual” a few months [...]

Artist: Electric Picnic 08Author: Robert O Connor
With the majority of your money spent" beer drank" cloths destroyed and tent modified to resemble the main stage so the party never stops" Sunday will become more of a survival seminar than a festival finale at this years Electric Picnic. Whether it"s pissed rain or shone from the [...]