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• Plug The Ticket
• July 30, 2010, 09:29

Band Of Horses: we talk to Ben Bridwell about the Band Of Horses’ take on DIY funding, Willie Nelson and beards. LoneLady: ahead of her Castlepalooza appearance this weekend, the Manchester musician talks electronic pop with Sinead Gleeson Cathal Coughlan: …

• Now Playing
• July 30, 2010, 09:18

This week’s essential tunes on the OTR jukebox. Please feel free to add your own selections below. Melvin Bliss “Synthetic Substitution” (Contempo) Remembering the man behind one of the most sampled tunes in hip-hop history, who passed away this week. …

• Festivals Live music
• July 30, 2010, 09:05

Italia Wave is the festival that has everything: football, politics, comics, films, a triathlon and, yes, music. Held last weekend in Livorno in Tuscany, its third home after stints in Arezzo and Florence, Italia Wave’s strength lies in the width …

• New music
• July 29, 2010, 14:09

The latest New Music selections from the On The Record column in The Ticket. All tips for future New Music picks welcome below. Il Genio One of the standout Italian acts to catch our attention at last week’s Italia Wave …

• New releases
• July 29, 2010, 12:07

Yes, we know that many of you have already, er, acquired the album from elsewhere, but if you want to hear the third album from Arcade Fire in full before it’s released next week, check out this stream. Thanks to …

• Uncategorized
• July 29, 2010, 10:07

Over the last few weeks, regular chuckles have been provided by reviews of the new album from Richard Ashcroft & The United Nations of Sound. With one or two exceptions (Brian Boyd in our place, for instance), the album has …

• Competition
• July 28, 2010, 12:02

Tomorrow evening (Thursday), Today FM’s Paul McLoone Show will be coming live from Galway’s Roisin Dubh and will feature performances from O Emperor, The Ambience Affair and The Minutes. Thanks to Gugai at the Roisin, we have FIVE pairs of …

• The Far Side
• July 28, 2010, 10:29

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday July 27, 10pm-midnight DJ-ing plug: I’ll be DJ-ing at Glider at the Odessa Club (Dame Court, Dublin 2) on Friday night. Doors open at 10pm, admission is free and the Glider …

• Oddities
• July 27, 2010, 14:16

As most OTR readers will know by now, everyone’s favourite inexplicably popular faux-authentic rockers Kings Of Leon ran into a spot of bother at a gig at the weekend. Headlining the (wouldn’t you know?) Live Nation-owned Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in …

• Music business
• July 27, 2010, 10:05

We can exclusively reveal this morning that On The Record has signed a €1 million record deal with Sony Music. The deal, which will cover recordings of OTR reading new and old blog posts very fast over a variety of …

• Live music Music business
• July 26, 2010, 11:50

A few weeks ago, at the Future of Music in A Digital World conference in Dublin, one of the speakers, Andrew Dubber, made a great quip about the live business industry. The best way to ensure a successful live career …

• Oddities Politics
• July 26, 2010, 08:20

Here’s a grand sight and sound for a Monday morning in late July. While his peers headed for the MacGill Summer School, ex-government minister for parsnips Trevor Sargent, last in the limelight when he resigned his post In February, reached …

• Music business
• July 23, 2010, 09:58

The bigger they are, the harder they fall. As the music business story of the summer Stateside continues to be about cancelled shows and underperforming gigs, industry big cheeses Live Nation have found themselves experiencing a huge stock market siump. …

• Now Playing
• July 23, 2010, 09:05

This week’s essential tunes on the OTR jukebox. Please feel free to add your own selections below. Bernard “Pretty” Purdie “Soul Drums” (Date) Hear the funkiest drummer in the business get wicked. Title track of an album loaded with primetime …

• Plug The Ticket
• July 23, 2010, 08:21

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: ahead of his Irish tour, Will Oldham talks about his one-new-album-a-year recording schedule and his man-love for Merle Haggard, Leonary Cohen and, yes, R. Kelly The Magic Numbers: Lauren Murphy does the math with the two sets …

• New music
• July 22, 2010, 14:56

The latest New Music selections from the On The Record column in The Ticket. All tips for future New Music picks welcome below. Meljoann Dublin-based producer Meljoann Ryan’s “Tour Guide EP” for Boy Scout Audio is a fine introduction to …

• Banter
• July 22, 2010, 13:21

Last Saturday, Banter hit the Earagail Arts Festival for “Outstanding In Their Own Fields – Where The Irish Music Festival Goes From Here”. The discussion featured Paul McLoone (Today FM, The Undertones), Una Mullally (Sunday Tribune, TG4′s Ceol Ar An …

• Festivals Music business
• July 22, 2010, 09:50

Saluti from Livorno in Tuscany where OTR is now in situ for the annual Italia Wave festival. We were at this one in 2006 (when it was in Arezzo) and 2007 (when it was in Florence) and now, we’re back …

• Electric Picnic
• July 21, 2010, 10:28

The latest batch of bands for Electric Picnic 2010 in Stradbally, Co Laois from September 3 to 5 are as follows: Two Door Cinema Club Laura Marling Robyn The Tallest Man on Earth The Antlers Cymbals Eat Guitars Chew Lips …

• The Far Side
• July 21, 2010, 09:48

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday July 20, 10pm-midnight Rai Knight “New New” (FrontStreet) Wavves “King of the Beach” (Bella Union) Tweak Bird “A Sun/Ahh Ahh” (Souterrain Transmissions) Discodeine “Singular” (Dirty) Matthew Dear “Soil to Seed” (Ghostly …

• Music business
• July 20, 2010, 09:33

It’s that day of the year again. Sometime before noon, the Mercury Music Prize folks will announce this year’s shortlist and all hell will break loose as people argue the toss about the albums which made the cut and the …

• Economics Retail Society
• July 19, 2010, 16:11

Last week’s news that Dublin’s Road Records would be closing for good caused a predictable wave of sadness and regret. Another record store bites the dust. Another essential component of the Dublin music community disappears. Another small independently-owned and operated …

• Randomiser
• July 19, 2010, 10:00

The weekend was spent in the wild west and the even wilder north-west. Big thanks to Gugai and all at Galway’s Roisin Dubh for the invite to play some tunes at Strange Brew the other night. As always, a cracking …

• RIP
• July 16, 2010, 10:10

Promoter, booker and manager Derek Nally died yesterday. Long associated with Whelan’s and The Village in Dublin as venue booker, Derek also managed Irish acts Juliet Turner and Ham Sandwich and promoted many, many gigs over the years (recent or …

• Live music Music business
• July 16, 2010, 10:03

You can’t argue with the cash register. Those in the music business who still think the live side of the house is going to save us all may have to do a bit of a rethink on the back of …

• Now Playing
• July 16, 2010, 09:43

This week’s essential tunes on the OTR jukebox. Please feel free to add your own selections below. Jay-Z “99 Problems” (Roc-A-Fella) One of many smash hits from Jigga’s exceptional performance at Punchestown Racecourse last week. Brokenchord “Blue Star EP” (Black …

• Plug The Ticket
• July 16, 2010, 08:12

Kristin Hersh: the Throwing Muse talks about the tangibility and aesthetics of her Crooked project with Sinéad Gleeson Tired Pony: Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol tells Tony Clayton-Lea about Tired Pony, his latest side project with help from Richard Colburn, …

• New music
• July 15, 2010, 15:14

The latest New Music selections from the On The Record column in The Ticket. All tips for future New Music picks welcome below. Gypsy & The Cat Kicking off a New Music duo special: Xavier Bacash and Lionel Towers moved …

• Banter
• July 15, 2010, 11:55

The next Banter session happens on Saturday next (July 17) at the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny as part of this year’s Eargail Arts Festival. “Outstanding In Their Own Fields – Where The Irish Music Festival Goes From Here” will feature …

• Retail
• July 14, 2010, 17:19

Of course, we have been here before, but this time, it’s for keeps. Road Records will close its doors on Fade Street in Dublin on July 24. It is the end of the Road for good. Shop owners Dave Kennedy …

• Oddities
• July 14, 2010, 12:58

It must be the weather. Following last week’s assault on the internet by Prince, we now have Sex Pistol frontman, PiL instigator and everyone’s favourite butter salesman, the one and only John Lydon (nee Rotten), having a go at the …

• The Far Side
• July 14, 2010, 09:34

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday July 13, 10pm-midnight Podcast: You can will find a podcast of this show to download here. Thanks to Martin Foyle for the taping and uploading. DJ-ing plugs: I’ll be DJ-ing at …

• Cancelled gigs Music business Unforeseen circumstances
• July 13, 2010, 13:52

Readers may recall this post from June 29 on Rockefeller Productions and their problems promoting shows by Ute Lemper, Grace Jones, Marianne Faithfull, Tony Curtis, Marilyn and The Chippendales. During the course of researching that piece, I made several attempts …

• Live music
• July 13, 2010, 10:09

The next On The Record Presents gig will be PVT (the band formerly known as Pivot) who will play The Workman’s Club in Dublin on September 9. This will be one of the first shows at the new venue, which …

• RIP
• July 12, 2010, 14:04

Jamaican dancehall reggae star Sugar Minott died suddenly on Saturday, aged 54. Obituary here.

• Festivals Music business
• July 12, 2010, 10:01

In some ways, OTR wrote most of the post-match analysis for Oxegen 2010 a year ago. Back then, we were predicting that Oxegen 2010 would be a pop and Irish affair. It’s good to know that OTR has readers in …

• Economics Festivals Music business
• July 9, 2010, 08:59

Here’s something to occupy your time on the way to Punchestown today: how much is Oxegen worth to the Irish economy? While there has been a lot of chatter and analysis this summer about the attraction of foreign festivals and …

• Now Playing
• July 9, 2010, 08:18

This week’s essential tunes on the OTR jukebox. Please feel free to add your own selections below. Ol’ Dirty Bastard “Got Your Money” (Elektra) Neptunes-produced sticky jam from back in the day with the mighty ODB/Big Baby Jesus plus Kelis …

• Plug The Ticket
• July 9, 2010, 07:47

Janelle Monae: we meet the only blockbuster pop star around with an album inspired by Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. Jedward: the twins get legless with Brian Boyd. The perfect Hollywood summer blockbuster: Donald Clarke wonders why Hollywood doesn’t just cut to …

• New music
• July 8, 2010, 14:28

The latest New Music selections from the On The Record column in The Ticket. All tips for future New Music picks welcome below. Nicolas Jaar Sublime electronic compositions with one eye on the dancefloor and one eye cocked towards the …

• Oddities
• July 8, 2010, 11:48

Quote of the year: “”The internet’s completely over. I don’t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won’t pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can’t get …

• Hip-hop Live music
• July 7, 2010, 12:02

The mighty KRS-One will be playing Dublin’s Tripod on October 24. Tickets go on sale next Tuesday at €24.50 a pop. He was due to play a gig at the Button Factory (nee Music Centre) back in July 2005 but, …

• The Far Side
• July 7, 2010, 09:48

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday July 6, 10pm-midnight Podcast plug: you can now download a podcast here of last week’s show, The Far Side of 2010 So Far. Big thanks to Martin Foyle for doing the …

• Live music
• July 6, 2010, 14:04

The excellent Warpaint play Dublin’s Crawdaddy on October 21. Tickets are €14 and go on sale on Friday. John Grant, the dude from The Czars and the singer behind the fine “Queen of Denmark” album from earlier this year, plays …

• Randomiser
• July 6, 2010, 09:50

DJ Shadow has the power. The first Dublin appearance in a while for Josh Davis is a between-albums affair, with Shadow out to road test some new material, show off his new live show and award the faithful with some …

• Randomiser
• July 5, 2010, 14:20

As so often happens when there’s a list involved, last week’s post outlining OTR’s 30 best albums of 2010 so far generated a large bag of comments. Inbetween the ones listing individual lists (always welcome) and giving out about albums …

• Uncategorized
• July 5, 2010, 10:08

So this is what the revolution looks and sounds like. We’re in the Hoxton Square Bar, a small room in east London which is packed to capacity. The man on the door says there are 240 people inside, but it …

• Live music Venues
• July 2, 2010, 10:07

Dublin’s gigging infrastructure is about to get a rejig with the arrival of three new venues in the coming months. The Frank Gleeson-owned Mercantile on Dame Street will open a new 250 capacity live room in the coming weeks and …

• Now Playing
• July 2, 2010, 09:34

This week’s essential tunes on the OTR jukebox. Please feel free to add your own selections below. Kele “The Boxer” (Wichita) Bloc Party’s lead dude flexes some muscles and peppers his tunes with quality electro juice. Hear tracks from the …

• Plug The Ticket
• July 2, 2010, 08:45

Arcade Fire: the return of the big music as Montreal art rockers Arcade Fire chat to Brian Boyd ahead of a date at Oxegen and the release of new album “The Suburbs” The Oxegen 10: my guide to the 10 …

• New music
• July 1, 2010, 14:45

The latest New Music selections from the On The Record column in The Ticket. All tips for future New Music picks welcome below. Breton London-based music and visuals collective currently making waves with their crackly, off-kilter, ambitious art-rock. Both EPs …

• Festivals
• July 1, 2010, 12:20

All this talk of summer festivals reminds me that it’s time to check in with our friends in Tuscany and see what this year’s Italiawave festival has to offer. Taking place in Livorno from July 21 to 25, Italiawave 2010 …

• Photos
• July 1, 2010, 09:08

You’ve probably clocked a Glen E Friedman photograph without realising it. Over the course of his career, Friendman has worked with the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Black Flag, Minor Threat, Ice-T, Dead Kennedys, Bad Brains, Run DMC, KRS One and …