Artist: Pirate Bay" FacebookAuthor: Paddy Murphy
Swedish torrent tracker Pirate Bay has added a "Share on Facebook" link to the download page of every torrent.
If another Facebook user has a BitTorrent client installed" clicking the link launches the download of the song without even visiting the Pirate Bays website.
Drop"d Rating 10/10
Nice one Pirate Bay
Here is [...]

Artist: HumanziAuthor: Paddy Murphy
Humanzi play their first show since Christmas in Dublin.

May 9th" The Button Factory as part of Transmission.
The band will be playing tracks from their new album "yet to be titled".
They have been holed up in Berlin for the last year and a half writing and
recording.
Do not miss this chance to see why [...]

Artist: The Dead FlagsAuthor: Paddy Murphy
Drop"d: Dead Flags" how the hell are ya"
Dead Flags: Tired and Horny. But not necessarily in that order. Thanks. You"
Drop"d: Top of the world…. tell us who you are and what are you getting up to"
DF:We are three" Billy and Kevin "Lowery"who are here right now and another" Dave "Power" [...]

Artist: Animal CollectiveAuthor: Adam Lacey
Greil Marcus: "Rock 'n Roll is a combination of good ideas" dried up by fads" terrible junk" hideous failings in taste and judgment" gullibility and manipulation" moments of unbelievable clarity and invention" pleasure" fun" vulgarity" excess" novelty and utter enervation."
Mark Archer from Altern8: "I will always love my oldskool " but [...]

Ruairi Hickson sings and plays guitar and keys in A Futurist Theatre which began with three other members in 2006 before evolving into clubnight Futurism in 2009. The debut album Caviar To Pigs was released earlier this year, quietly garnering a clutch of positive reviews. Unlike many other musicians working through the Irish rock scene, [...]

Whelans on a Friday at 930 p.m is enough to strike simultaneous joy and dread into the heart of a seasoned gig-goer as weekend shows often pack to the rafters. On the flip side are midweek nights when modest audiences congregate around the dark edges leaving a harsh-lit horseshoe of empty floorboards. On this occasion [...]

Artist: MastodonAuthor: Paul Groome
Some of you reading this really love Mastodon. Some of you have never heard of Mastodon but will soon realise what a sheltered existence you have been living. The remainder of the audience have heard of Mastodon but don’t like them. The Lord still loves you but just a little bit less [...]

Artist: Lady GaGaAuthor: Paddy Murphy
Aiken Promotions presents".
The one" the only" the lady of the moment
Lady Gaga
Live at the Marquee" Cork " 1st July 2009.
Tickets on sale next Thurs 2nd April at 9am.
Tickets will be "39.20 seated " standing on sale from all Ticketmaster outlets nationwide
Booking line no. 0818 719 300 online at Ticketmaster

Lady GaGa Site
Lady [...]

Artist: The RaceAuthor: Paddy Murphy
The Race are a bunch of five wholesome youngster from Reading that have clearly been raised on a strict diet of the best of North American and UK indie and post punk. And we're talking the good stuff here" along the lines of Arcade Fire" Radiohead" Talking Heads" Flaming Lips" Joy [...]

Artist: "lafur Arnalds and Rival ConsolesAuthor: Paul Murphy
Described as "Iceland"s best new export"" "lafur Arnalds has shortened the waiting period for his forthcoming album with the release of 65/Milo a split 12"/Download release with label collegue Rival Consoles.
Teaming up with Bloodgroup mastermind Janus Rasmussen" "lafur has created a new project" Kiasmos" based around the [...]