Our extensive team of crack investigators used unusual methods such as ‘google’ and ‘wikipedia’ to track down the elusive Jimi Shields, and here’s what they found. After leaving Rollerskate Skinny in ’94, […]
Trashcan Sinatras Session
I must admit to being quite nerdy about the Trashcan’s,which is a little odd as they are a bands that no one really seems to care about! They’re on tour in the […]
The Universal Sigh
Ok, I take all the negative things I said back, the Universal Sigh (the free newspaper released by Radiohead) sounds like a nice idea. It has artwork, poems and short stories, which […]
Secret Soundz
Fence Records may have passed your conscious due to the consistently pleasing output from James Yorkston over the last number of years (well worth checking out if you haven’t). Anyhow, I’ve been […]
Lost Music – Irish Edition No. 1
Irish music has benefitted, but also suffered greatly at the hands of U2 and the shadow they’ve cast for the last 30 odd years. This series of ‘Lost Music’ (which I sort […]
JDset Update
The sad news is if you didn’t already receive a confirmation email, you didn’t win tickets! They went out on the 22nd, so check your spam filter, just in case. I’ll be […]
Tom Waits Induction
Tom Waits being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Neil Young. It’s 13 minutes long and has lots of things I’d never seen before. Go watch!
Pitchfork to screen final LCD gig
The wonderful Pitchfork (where John gets his musical taste from) are screening the final ever LCD soundsystem gig live! It’s meant to be a three hour long show, with lots of special […]
Bill Callahan – Apocalypse
Yeah, good Smog news: New Album – Apocalypse is out in April New Gig – May 5th Academy Dublin Ireland New Song – ‘Baby’s Breath’ Just listened to the song, and there’s no […]
Another publicity stunt from Radiohead
Very exciting news from Radiohead, they’re giving away a free news paper called ‘The Universal Sigh’ on Monday the 28th of March. They will be given out in most major cities in […]
New Fleet Foxes
The Fleet Foxes are offering us more of the same, but for some reason, I still quite like it. Maybe it’s just because this is their second album and not their fourth […]
In Motion – Hollow Blow
I just had a nostalgic moment and so I did a quick search for In Motion (took me several minutes to remember the band name!). Their album, The Language of Everyday Life, […]
Bands announced for ATP
A few more bands have been announced for the ATP nightmare before Christmas with Battles, Caribou and Les Savy Fav (9th -11th Dec). All seem standard ATP choices, and No Age seem […]
Happy Happy!
Happy Birthday to one of my fellow bloggers, who I was too lazy to send a card to! This is possibly my favorite version of Happy Birthday, which I found on the […]
Minecraft revisited
A while back we did a piece on the music of C418, the artist behind the music of the phenominally successful cult computer game Minecraft. Well it turns out that a documentary […]
Burial, Fourtet and… Thom Yorke
Am I wrong in thinking that Thom Yorke seems like a ‘hanger on’ in this group? I guess he feeds of their street cred and they feed off his MONEY! Not sure […]
Chris Taylor is good people!
Chris Taylor of Grizzly bear has released a song, together with Twin Shadow and Solagne Knowles for the Music for Rain campaign. It is availabe on a ‘donate to download scheme’ which […]
Villagers – Daytrotter
Have to say i was a little annoyed when the Villagers didn’t win the Choice music prize. His new album is the best reviewed Irish album in years, and has done the […]
Kurt Vile
I’m digging the new Kurt Vile album, Smoke Ring For My Halo. Vile seems to be channelling Grant Lee Buffalo, Neil Young, The Velvet Underground… stoner rock for the soul. I like.
And you will know us…
…And You Will Know Know Us By The Trail Of Dead play in Whelans on Wednesday May 25. They’re a band i’ve always thought I’d eventually get into, but so far it hasn’t […]
Foxes vs Bears
Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold has been working with Grizzly Bear’s own Ed Droste. It’s a tasty comibination as both are responsible or at least have had a hand in, some of the better albums […]
Gig Guide – 07-03-11
A busy few months ahead. Must crack open my piggy bank! 14/03/11 Iron and Wine – Olympia – Mon 16/03/11 Raekwon the Chef – Button Factory – Wed 17/03/11 Hercules and Love […]
New sounds from the Dodos
The Dodos new album is being streamed on hypem. Have to say I think the Dodos are a hugely under rated band, and their album Visiter from 2007 is a thing of […]
New gigs
James Blake is the trendiest thing in trend town, everyone in trend town thinks he’s great, and have nothing but good things to say about him. I’m….. not overly convinced about him, […]
ATP – A nightmare before Christmas
This one is a little exciting, as ATP have just announced their second Nightmare before Christmas. It is to be curated by Battles, Les Savy Fav & Caribou, which sounds just about […]
ATP Soundcloud
ATP’s sound cloud site is one worth keeping an eye on, it has tracks and mix tapes with a lot of their bands and those that appear in their festivals. Go have […]
Interpol Tour EP
You can get a free Interpol tour ep here. It is based around their tour, which has support acts Matthew Dear and School of Seven Bells. Tracks: Interpol – Lights Matthew Dear […]
William Basinski
William Basinski is an ambient pioneer who frequently uses tape loops to create dazzling soundscapes. Better known for his Disintegration Loops series where he used old tape loops which had degraded over time. […]
Election special
It’s amazing what politicians will do for votes. It’s also amazing what they think will make us vote for them! Just heard a piece on RTE about campaign songs, and had to […]
No More Workhorse 