Good news everybody, BATS, Dublin’s disco-metal deviants, have announced that their debut album, Red in Tooth and Claw, will be released on August 31st on the Richter Collective label. 

Here follows an account of the AC/DC concert, with support from The Answer and The Blizzards. I will only concentrate on the music. It didn’t matter that the ques for beer were long, although if you boxed clever and went to the right bar the que was never longer than 20 minutes. The rain didn’t matter. [...]

I don’t know about you but when someone says prog metal the first band I immediately think of is Dream Theater. Nearly 25 years of audaciousness and perhaps impertinence Dream Theater are still somewhat outcasts in the grand world of metal. Not everyone gets them, but that number is always rising and when DT do [...]

Taking a look at the big bright yellow lettering of DJ Hype’s non-too subtle Essentials compilation, I can’t help but be reminded of the flood of €3.99 UK garage compilations that flooded bargain bins in years past. Where that oft-woed genre has morphed into something altogether more interesting today (grime, dubstep), dnb has largely stalled.

Regardez, Ecoutez et Repetez is the new offering from MJ Hibbett and The Validators. MJ (Mark John) is an English singer songwriter who first came to fame in 2000 with the release of Hey Hey 16k, a tribute to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and other home computing systems of the 1980’s. The song reached internet [...]

Club Ac30 gave the public yet another unforgettable night on Friday with a thunderous performance from the most innovative electronic outfit in Ireland Alias Empire.
Le Galaxie warmed up the crowd but seemed to forget the Alias Empire had a new name by telling the crowd to look forward to Dry County. The grid vs guitar [...]

Kildare’s Super Extra Bonus Party have confirmed a headline show at The Academy, Dublin on November 13th. Since winning the coveted Choice Music Prize, the band have toured the UK and Europe before recording their new album Night Horses which has been receiving excellent reviews. Tickets at €17.50 including booking fee on sale now through [...]

The world’s Most Successful Entertainer of All Time Michael Jackson died yesterday afternoon according to celebrity website TMZ. Aged 50, Michael was apparently found without a pulse or breath rate at home on his Neverland Ranch in the early afternoon of 25 June. He was taken to hospital where medical staff failed to revive the [...]

Formed in 2004 by Phil Collen (Def Leppard), Paul Cook (The Sex Pistols) and Simon Laffy (Girl), Man-Raze have become much more than a time passing side project. Despite lead singer and guitarist Phil’s extensive touring commitments with Def Leppard, Man-Raze have managed to record and release a debut album along with several tracks for [...]

Holy Jaysus Batman, apparently Wacko Jacko has just snuffed it.
Rumours (still unconfirmed at time of posting) are that he died from exhaustion after having too much sex with children.
He probably faked it though, needed the cash,  after robbing all those innocent UK citizens of their hard earned cash for his string of gig that were [...]