This is the first release from Stand Up Guy I’ve had the pleasure of hearing. And so I don’t have the benefit of a previous release as a point of comparison. This is not a bad thing. I think Avenue Unawares is well able to stand up on its own too feet. It’s clear [...]

Artist: Nathan FakeAuthor: Finbarr Watterson

It"s a rare occasion that Nathan Fake DJs and an even rarer an occasion when he plays in Ireland. The bedroom producer was first brought into the limelight when James Holden remixed his monster track The Sky Was Pink when Fake was only 21. Since then he has been recognised for [...]

Artist: Efterklang and SlarafenlandAuthor: Paddy Murphy
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Artist: Junior BoysAuthor: Paddy Murphy

Electro pop duo" Junior Boys" have announced an Irish stop"off on their upcoming European Tour at Dublin s Academy on Saturday 14th March. Tickets priced "17.50 incl. booking fee are on sale now at all usual Ticketmaster outlets.

Junior Boys last record" 2006 s So This Is Goodbye" was shortlisted for the [...]

Artist: Deadmau5Author: Paul Murphy

Canada's DJ/producer extraordinaire Deadmau5 " pronounced Dead Mouse " has gone back to his roots with Deadmau5 at Play" 10 scintillating unreleased electro"tinged gems from his freshman label" Play Records" Canada's foremost label for electro house and an internationally recognised purveyor of new" fresh and bangin' vibes for the dancefloor.

Debuting at "11 [...]

Artist: Sultans of PingAuthor: Paddy Murphy

It s competition time once again
We re got 2 tickets for the Sultans of Ping
Can you name the band s drummer"
Answers to Paddy"drop"d.ie

The Sultans of Ping
With special guests The Pale
Saturday 20th December
The Academy" Middle Abbey St" D1
Doors 7.30pm
Tickets "22.50 including booking fee.
www.sultansofping.com
www.myspace.com/thepaleie

Artist: PortisheadAuthor: Paddy Murphy

The fantastic Portishead have announced that they have been getting together and started writing for the follow up the this years Third.

Geoff Barrow told BBC 6music that the band had finalised the initial direction of the album" and were now looking at recording plans and tour dates.

We ve sat down and we [...]

Artist: Guns N RosesAuthor: Robert O Connor
20 years ago" Guns N Roses were one of the most exciting bands in the world. Although they originated in the midst of the hair/glam rock scene in L.A." the band seemed to possess a quality that bands like Poison" Motley Crue and RATT..etc just didn t have. Within [...]

Artist: VariousAuthor: Paddy Murphy

An Indicater Christmas comes to us courtesy of those jolly folk at Indiecater and much like the series of Alternative Christmas' records a few years ago" which featured bands like Sonic Youth" Smashing Pumpkins etc" it promises to give the listener a different take on the festivities. And unlike many many other [...]

Artist: Green LightsAuthor: James Holland

Green Lights" second EP Time to Tell the Parents comes with high expectations following the housemate trios recent activities supporting such power house Irish luminaries as Fight Like Apes and Adebisi Shank. With a hybrid sound drawn from influences from the likes of multi"instrumentalist Londoner Tom Vek to American indie [...]