Artist: Altern 8Author: Paddy Murphy
Big Dish Go are delighted to welcome back old skool legends Altern"8 to The Underground.
These hardcore ravers from Stafford" England" Altern 8 comprised Mark Archer and Chris Peat" and was an offshoot of their Nexus 21 project. Of the two" Archer was the house music aficionado" while Peat was a former [...]

Artist: Boys NoizeAuthor: Paddy Murphy
BOYS NOIZE ANNOUNCE ACADEMY DATE
Boys Noize return to Dublin for a summer date at The Academy on Sunday 31 May. Tickets priced "26.20 incl. booking fee are on sale now at all usual Ticketmaster outlets.
Under the moniker of Boys Noize" German electro tech producer Alexander Ridha has remixed tracks by Michael [...]

Artist: Bruce SpringsteenAuthor: Robert O"' Connor
Recession or not" it looks like Bruce Springsteen"s tradition of selling out Ireland"s biggest venues isn"t under threat. 40"000 tickets sold out in fifteen minutes this morning for his show on the 11th of July" prompting a second gig on the 12th to be announced.
Last year saw The Boss sell [...]

Artist: Analogue MindfieldAuthor: Paul Murphy
Visions in Sonic Sense is Analogue Mindfield's third instalment in their quest to create auditory sound"scapes of challenging yet accessible music" whilst retaining an inspired socially conscious theme. In the usual Mindfield style the Dublin based trio Gizzy D" Snapper J and Kitty B are joined by a host of special [...]

Artist: Stand"Up GuyAuthor: Conor Mullan
This March will see 4 of the nation"'s most Riff"infested creations get together for 6"date tour of Ireland.
STAND"UP GUY "Belfast"" TRIGGERMAN "Derry"" TWO TALES OF WOE "Dublin" and BAD BOAT "Belfast" will hit the road from Thursday 5 March for two long weekends "5th" 6th" 7th AND 12th" 13th" 14th" will [...]

Artist: Inspiral CarpetsAuthor: Paddy Murphy
The Academy presents the launch night of
FREAKY DANCIN.
Room 1:
Tom Hingley Inspiral Carpets
Trev Radiator Trashed
Room 2:
The Brothers Movement DJ set
NoDisko DJs Rory Fitzgerald and Anto Molloy
Friday 30th January sees the launch of a brand new monthly clubnight at The Academy " FREAKY DANCIN. 2 Floors of Fun [...]

Artist: Super Furry AnimalsAuthor: Paddy Murphy
The best thing ever to come out of Wales" except for Katherine Jenkins" Super Furry Animals will release a new album on March 16 digitally via Superfurry.com" followed by a full physical release on April 21.
In a statement the band said of the album: Musically its based around riffs and [...]

Artist: Chiodos
Author: Mike McGrath Bryan
Post”hardcore has” over the past few years” hit rock bottom in spectacular fashion. Legions of uniformed kids” mouths open” willing to accept the latest spewings of chemical toilets and sell out boys” have taken a genre born of thoughtful objection to conformity and disdain for trends and have ground it into [...]

Artist: Nikolai FraitureAuthor: Paul Murphy
Boredom can be a terrible thing for a musician" particularly one who has
already spent time in the lime light and sold millions of albums. Nikolai
Fraiture" bassist with The Strokes delved deep into his shoebox of memories" as his band's hiatus "due to end in Feb '09" began taking longer than
expected. Finding [...]

In the most shocking development since the installation of a man of colour as the Leader of the Free World TM, those finger-on-the-pulse, heartbeat-of-a-generation, trend-setting luminaries, the organisers of the Oxegen festival, have today announced that the first act on the bill for 2009 will be…