I cannot help but ask, with 2010 being the dawn of a new decade, what other firsts did Betty Steeles tick off that metaphorical “To Do” list over the course of 2009?
My first busking in kings road, first solo gig in Copenhagen, first time sleeping in a high bed with a sofa underneath, my first [...]

It’s almost a bit odd to think that Lostprophets have been on the go since 2000, seeing as The Betrayed is only their fourth release. The band has always taken lengthy and somewhat unnecessary gaps between all the albums – predecessor Liberation Transmission stretches back to 2006.

Remembering Jim Capaldi.
There is something about the figure of the rock star which makes them seem invincible, a confidence oozes from them which makes them appear impervious to bodily diseases like cancer which makes their losses all the more poignant. Such was the case with rock drummer/ songwriter/all-round nice guy Jim Capaldi who passed away [...]

Pledge – A Tribute to Kerbdog launches at the Academy 2 on March 6th.

Combining the finest in Roland, Yamaha and Casio technology, a bohran, a rice shaker, several stringed instruments, a 32 track digital recorder and one (1) extremely talented, unconventional and ambitious Irish musician and we have the debut album by Patrick Kelleher.  Such a wide array of sounds and emotions on one album, you are unlikely [...]

It was nice to see the Observer Music Monthly (OMM) bow out in the typical, modest, fashion with which they had ran the magazine for its entire, 76- issue, lifespan. It was a magazine which during its, six and a half years, had chronicled  an explosion of internet tools such as, MySpace and YouTube which [...]

The Beat Poets released their most recent four-track EP The Making on November 30th 2009, ahead of their debut album, which is set for release in 2010. The EP contains four tracks:  The Making, Bloodline, Race and a second version of The Making.

Behold! The Internet provides free music.

Icelandic pop madman and small army of brass to back up Kira Kira at Whelan’s.

Ihsahn. Ask any well seasoned metal fan that name and the response will ring many a positive reverberation. First hitting the radar with the enormously pioneering and influential black metal act Emperor, as their front man and guitarist, Ihsahn sculpted from the start a massively respectable repute for himself.