Let's put down the downloads for just one Record Store DayREVOLVER: There is a generation out there who have never come into close physical proximity with a piece of musicFri Apr 16 2010 - 01:00
Crystal Swing a scoop on DeGeneres showINTERNET SINGING sensations Crystal Swing had their first high- profile US television exposure on Monday night when they appeared…Wed Apr 14 2010 - 01:00
Crystal Swing perform on US showIrish internet singing sensations, Crystal Swing, had their first high-profile US television exposure last night when they appeared…Tue Apr 13 2010 - 01:00
Manager and creator of Sex Pistols diesMalcolm McLaren, who died of cancer aged 64 in Switzerland yesterday, was a flamboyant entrepreneur and impresario who made his…Fri Apr 09 2010 - 01:00
Manager and creator of Sex Pistols Malcolm McLaren diesMALCOLM McLAREN, who died of cancer aged 64 in New York yesterday, was a flamboyant entrepreneur and impresario who made his …Fri Apr 09 2010 - 01:00
Definitive account of the Google revolutionBOOK OF THE DAY: Googled: The End Of The World As We Know It By Ken Auletta, Virgin Books, 400pp, £12.99Thu Apr 08 2010 - 01:00
Duo are the cat's pajamasSlapstick, sketches, stand-up, acrobatics – disconcertingly versatile American duo The Pajama Men will be taking audiences on…Sat Mar 20 2010 - 00:00
Gaga and Beyoncé leave millions hanging on the TelephoneREVOLVER: Lady Gaga’s video for Telephone looks likely to become the most-watched music video of all timeFri Mar 19 2010 - 00:00
Crowley wins Choice Music PrizeGalway singer-songwriter Adrian Crowley has won this year?s Choice Music Prize.Thu Mar 04 2010 - 00:00
A great week for brand Cheryl ColeCheryl Cole’s request for the media to respect her privacy ‘during this difficult time’ is in sharp contrast with the stage-managed…Sat Feb 27 2010 - 00:00
Scottish quartet give one grumpy old critic reason to like music againREVOLVER: You see them sloping around in the early evening, displaced figures who no longer belong, their old haunts boarded…Fri Feb 26 2010 - 00:00
Jack WhitehallRóisín Dubh, Dominick St, Galway Wed 9pm €12.50 091-568340; The Laughter Lounge, Eden Quay, Dublin Thurs 8Fri Feb 19 2010 - 00:00
TindersticksFalling down a mountain 4AD **** Always one of the best bands you’ve never heard of, Tindersticks have been creating quiet moments…Fri Jan 15 2010 - 00:00
TindersticksFalling down a mountain 4AD **** Always one of the best bands you’ve never heard of, Tindersticks have been creating quiet moments…Fri Jan 15 2010 - 00:00
Florence RawlingsA Fool in Love Dramatico *** Signed to Mike Batt’s Dramatico label (home to Katie Melua and Carla Bruni), the 20-year-old Londoner…Fri Jan 08 2010 - 00:00
Florence RawlingsA Fool in Love Dramatico *** Signed to Mike Batt’s Dramatico label (home to Katie Melua and Carla Bruni), the 20-year-old Londoner…Fri Jan 08 2010 - 00:00
X-rated metal beats 'X Factor' star to UK Christmas No 1IN POSSIBLY the biggest chart upset ever, a little-known American punk-metal band have beaten the winner of the X Factor to …Mon Dec 21 2009 - 00:00
A treasure trove of anarchic irreverence . . . from the barking mad to caustic witBOOK OF THE DAY: Am I Alone In Thinking – Unpublished Letters to The Daily Telegraph Aurum, 192pp; £9.99Wed Dec 16 2009 - 00:00
A year and a million gig-goers later, the Point is all but forgottenREVOLVER: Sometime just before Paramore’s gig at the 02 tonight the one millionth punter will pass through the doorsFri Dec 11 2009 - 00:00
Coming soon to a music festival near you: the wristband racketIn years past, a conference dealing with music festivals would attract a small crowd of raddled old promoters, eager-to- cash…Fri Nov 27 2009 - 00:00
Yusuf 'utterly shocked' over abusive reaction at 02 showSINGER YUSUF Islam said yesterday he was "utterly shocked" by the angry reaction of some fans to his concert at the 02 in Dublin…Wed Nov 18 2009 - 00:00
Accessible,accumulated avant-garde‘A GIG of this nature is not a chore. It may be an obligationSat Nov 07 2009 - 00:00
Brand new laughsRussell Brand, The O2, Dublin, Tue 10, The Odyssey, Belfast, Wed 11Fri Nov 06 2009 - 00:00
Tommy Teirnan's World Tour of Tipperary and OffalyThe Brian Boru, Cashel, Co Tipperary Thurs 25 062-63381, touring until Nov 29 www.tommytiernan.comFri Oct 30 2009 - 00:00
CD of the weekSting: If On a Winter's Night Deutsche Grammophon **** When Sting’s record company asked him to do a Christmas record, he turned…Fri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
2a + 2b = top 10 hits for CodesWith their debut album ‘Trees Dream in Algebra’, a perfect and assured amalgam of radio-friendly pop and skewed post-rock, Dublin…Sat Oct 10 2009 - 01:00
Prune powerPROFILE GAVIN FRIDAY: He led an elite group of avant-garde chancers that included Bono and The EdgeSat Oct 03 2009 - 01:00
Repeat offenderCOMEDY: DOUG STANHOPE, The Button Factory, Dublin Fri 8pm €21.50Fri Oct 02 2009 - 01:00
Comedy in the half-empty glassJaneane Garofalo, who brings her stand-up act to Dublin this month, insists she is not a political comedian, but her words have…Sat Sept 05 2009 - 01:00
Baby, you were good. Final salute to a true pioneer of pop‘From the rooftops of an abstract Spanish Harlem, an exquisitely exclusive love affair existing in an ageless time warpFri Sept 04 2009 - 01:00
Godot's gone to the gentsWhen English schoolboy Harry Mitchell tried to stage Beckett’s most famous play in a public toilet during the Edinburgh Fringe…Tue Aug 18 2009 - 01:00
Aboriginal islander puts the otherworld to world musicBeing blind and not having a left-handed guitar did not prevent Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu getting his music to influential …Sat Aug 15 2009 - 01:00
Mercury win will fuel 'Kingdom' sales if and when Doves flyREVOLVER: Goodness, the bookies are already offering odds on who will be on this year’s Mercury Music Prize shortlist for the…Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
Paying dues still the best way to make it in music industryLast year, 13 millions tracks were put up on iTunes. Of those, 10 million failed to find a single buyerFri Jul 10 2009 - 01:00
