A list of personally recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30pm/8pm unless stated. Feel free to leave your picks in the comments. Top 3 gigs this week: Sat 18th Sept: State vs … Read More…
A new song from Congratulations, ‘Flash Delirium’ available now from WhoisMGMT.com or via this link. It’s got a flute solo, a psychedelic soul and I’ve a feeling it won’t help them win any new fans. Tickets for their Academy show … Read More…
‘Pursuit of Happiness’ is a great three-way collaborative effort due to appear on Kid Cudi’s forthcoming album Man on the Moon: The End of Day. It’s got Ratatat’s trademark backwards guitar sound while MGMT provide chorus backing vocals. [via Stereogum] … Read More…
Tomorrow I’m splitting from dull overcast Dublin for the weekend in favour of the three-day Rock en Seine festival near Paris. The lineup includes Vampire Weekend, Bill Callahan (really looking forward to this), Oasis, Faith No More, Passion Pit, School … Read More…
It’s been a really annoying few days on the blog with phishing and spamming IP addresses rampant on my server. I’m preparing a nice big meaty post for this week but in the meantime, here is a playlist of songs … Read More…
I love reading those pieces in magazines where artists are asked what’s on their stereo / iPod etc. I remember Buck 65 recommending John Fahey for example. So with that in mind, here’s a list of recommendations from artists I’ve … Read More…
By the skin of our teeth, we finally got the March Podcast done. A couple remixes here from Boards of Canada and XXXChange, a MGMT/Lil Kim mashup, new tunes from Outkast, Chemical Brothers featuring Spank Rock, El Guincho, Crystal Castles … Read More…
It’s been some week around these parts. State Magazine finally hit the shelves from Thursday so do please pick up a copy and let us know what you think. Friday, I popped along to the Angel She’s a Killer launch … Read More…
