Jim Carroll

• Live music
• September 30, 2010, 14:55

Leftfield’s third trip to Ireland in six months sees them playing Dublin’s Tripod on December 11. Tickets at €38.50 a pop (including booking fees, not including Ticketmaster charges) go on sale next Monday.

• New music
• September 30, 2010, 14:47

The latest New Music selections from the On The Record column in tomorrow’s edition of The Ticket. All tips for future New Music picks welcome below. The Danger Is Striking, classic indie-pop with alluring ties and bows from Niamh Farrell …

• Clubs
• September 30, 2010, 10:13

There’s no escaping their mugs on the billboards on the road into Ibiza Town from the airport. While some may think that the golden age of Ibiza superclubs and DJs larging it afterwards in the lovely villas and fincas dotted …

• Live music
• September 29, 2010, 16:06

The sudden death of promoter, manager and booker Derek Nally in July came as a huge shock to many in the Irish live music industry and a number of tribute shows have been planned for Dublin venues in the coming …

• The Far Side
• September 29, 2010, 12:49

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday September 28, 10pm-midnight Listen Again to The Far Side: you can listen back to a stream of last night’s show here. You can also hear the shows presented by James Byrne …

• Live music Music business
• September 29, 2010, 09:38

OTR will be doing a spot of panel-moderating and gig-hosting at the annual Hard Working Class Heroes festival in Dublin next month. The discussion panels, all on the theme of Welcome to the Future, will take place at the Button …

• Politics Polls
• September 28, 2010, 09:56

So what have we learned from the latest batch of opinion polls? It depends, of course, on which set of statistics you put your faith in and you will, of course, put your faith in the ones which show you …

• Randomiser
• September 27, 2010, 10:58

Say hello to NEW PHOBIΔ, OTR’s chillwitchwave band coming to a venue near you once we’ve learned how to play the synth. Support acts wanted. DJ Shadow, on the other hand, is really coming soon to a venue near you. …

• Live music
• September 27, 2010, 08:52

The fabulous Janelle Monae (who stole the show at the Electric Picnic earlier this month) plays Dublin’s Tripod on December 19. Tickets for the show, which go on sale on Friday, are €28 and €32 (including booking fees, but not …

• The Ticket
• September 24, 2010, 09:03

In this week’s edition of The Ticket, we count down the 50 best British music acts right now. The list was compiled by Lauren Murphy and myself. We started with three simple rules, more or less the same rules when …

• Plug The Ticket
• September 24, 2010, 09:03

The Best 50 British Bands Right Now: the fuming is about to commence here. Ben Affleck: after the success of Gone Baby Gone, Ben Affleck talks about The Town, another crime drama set amongst the Irish Americans of south Boston. …

• Film
• September 24, 2010, 08:55

Like the best music, the best music documentaries are often the ones you have to go searching for. Cheap technology means any doofus with a video camera can put together a documentary featuring a band talking blandly about their music. …

• New music
• September 24, 2010, 08:48

The latest New Music selections from the On The Record column in The Ticket. All tips for future New Music picks welcome below. Copacabana Club Curibita in southern Brazil is where to go to find Copacabana Club and their sunnysideup …

• Now Playing
• September 24, 2010, 08:08

This week’s essential tunes on the OTR jukebox. Please feel free to add your own selections below. Halves “It Goes, It Goes (Forever & Ever)” (Hateistheenemy) This long overdue debut album is every bit as impressive, spectral, bold and audacious …

• Irish Times Lists The Ticket
• September 23, 2010, 09:53

Oh yes, it’s another one of these list yokes which I know you OTR readers love so much. In The Ticket tomorrow, we will be counting down the 50 Best British Acts Right Now. The list was compiled by Lauren …

• Randomiser
• September 10, 2010, 15:21

OTR has gone off-grid until Friday September 24. This may or may not lead to a huge spike in productivity in various sectors of the Irish economy. You can use this post to talk to your fellow OTR readers, discuss …

• Electric Picnic Live music Music business
• September 10, 2010, 09:04

This summer saw the two biggest festivals in the country celebrate seven years on the go. Both Oxegen and Electric Picnic kicked off in 2004 and have experienced many ups and downs since then. While there has been a lot …

• Now Playing
• September 10, 2010, 08:31

This week’s essential tunes on the OTR jukebox. Please feel free to add your own selections below. Gold Panda “Lucky Shiner” (NoTown) Named after his grandmother, “Lucky Shiner” catches the rising producer’s warm, hazy, evocative soundscapes at their best. Hear …

• Plug The Ticket
• September 10, 2010, 08:02

Joanna Newsom: ahead of her date in Dublin on September 14, indie rock’s most harpiest talks to Sinéad Gleeson about “Have One On Me” and other matters. The Script: They’re back! The million-selling Dublin rock/pop band tell Brian Boyd why …

• Unforeseen circumstances
• September 9, 2010, 15:19

Per promoters POD, KRS One’s upcoming Dublin show has been cancelled due to “Puretone-related madness”. Your guess is as good as mine as to what that means, but it sure beats “unforeseen circumstances”.

• New music
• September 9, 2010, 14:50

The latest New Music selections from the On The Record column in The Ticket. All tips for future New Music picks welcome below. Idiot Glee Twentysomething Kentucky musician and former Mormon James Friley’s lush mix of doo-wop, folk and pop …

• Live music Retail
• September 9, 2010, 09:37

It’s the final hurrah for one of Dublin best loved record stores tomorrow night with the Road Records Farewell Party at the Button Factory starring The Redneck Manifesto, Female Hercules, Legion Of Two, Patrick Kelleher and his Cold Dead Hands, …

• Live music Uncategorized
• September 8, 2010, 16:12

The upcoming Harmonic series in the big smoke has added a couple of more acts to the bill including Titus Andronicus, Willard Grant Conspiracy, The Acorn, Polvo and Pete Molinari. Dates and venues are as follows: the awesome Titus Andronicus …

• The Far Side
• September 8, 2010, 13:58

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday September 7, 10pm-midnight Listen Again to The Far Side: you can listen back to a stream of last night’s show here (apologies for the very croaky voice inbetween the tunes). Janelle …

• Music business
• September 7, 2010, 22:27

Congratulations to The xx who have won the Mercury Music Prize for 2010 for their “xx” debut – and don’t worry, Villagers, there are other prizes to be won for that sterling debut album “Becoming A Jackal”.

• Live music
• September 7, 2010, 10:43

As mentioned on OTR (here and here) over the weekend, The National have just announced a show at Dublin’s Olympia for December 2. You can expect them to announce shows at that venue for December 3 and 4 as well …

• Live music Uncategorized
• September 7, 2010, 09:35

The excellent PVT play the very first proper gig at the new Workman’s Club (next to the Clarence Hotel) in Dublin this Thursday (September 9). Support for this On the Record Presents gig comes from Halves (which, pop trivia fans, …

• Electric Picnic
• September 6, 2010, 04:05

You can read my highlights from Friday, Saturday and Sunday below – plus coverage from today’s paper here, here, here and not forgetting EP newbie Conor Pope’s colour piece here – but how was Electric Picnic 2010 for you? Let’s …

• Electric Picnic
• September 6, 2010, 03:33

There can be only one highlight yesterday for this writer and it was, of course, a non-musical one. Tipperary put an end to that drive-for-five with a display of fierce, powerful, intense, majestic, inspirational hurling which tore Kilkenny apart and …

• Electric Picnic
• September 5, 2010, 11:37

King Conor: Villagers come of age (Pic by Brenda Fitzsimons from The Daily Ticket) Villagers: it was most certainly A Moment. A packed tent, giddy expectations in the air and a band mixing swagger with the nerves that come from …

• Electric Picnic
• September 4, 2010, 14:19

I cast a spell on you: Janelle Monae wows the masses (Pic by Brenda Fitzsimons from The Daily Ticket) We heart Janelle: she took our breath away. They’ll be talking about this for quite some time to come. Foals: beefy …

• Electric Picnic
• September 3, 2010, 18:55

She’s just stolen the show, people. Bodypopping funk soul sister number one with backing dancers dressed like nuns from the local convent (albeit nuns with face-masks borrowed from Fever Ray).

• Music business Technology
• September 3, 2010, 10:15

There were probably a few EMI Music executives who choked on their spuds on Wednesday, as they watched a prize asset, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, play for Apple boss Steve Jobs and an audience of millions. Martin performed a new song, …

• Now Playing
• September 3, 2010, 09:45

This week’s essential tunes on the OTR jukebox. Please feel free to add your own selections below. Babybeef “Thunderstruck” (Self release) Irish electronica lady Sarah Carroll Kelly gleefully applies the choppers to the AC/DC classic on her banging new album. …

• New music
• September 3, 2010, 09:30

The latest New Music selections from the On The Record column in The Ticket. All tips for future New Music picks welcome below. Hipster Youth Dublin teen and 8-bit chip-slinger Aidan Wall is making a battery of fierce, frantic and …

• Plug The Ticket
• September 3, 2010, 08:27

Electric Picnic: the 10 acts you really, really, really have to see in Stradbally, Co Laois this weekend. The National: ahead of their appearance at the Electric Picnic, Aaron Dessner from the band tells us why and how years of …

• Electric Picnic Photos
• September 2, 2010, 16:28

• Electric Picnic The Ticket
• September 2, 2010, 11:55

As we have done every year from 2007, we will be publishing The Daily Ticket on Saturday and Sunday at the Electric Picnic in Stradbally, Co Laois. Produced in a shed in the middle of a field, The Daily Ticket …

• Cancelled gigs Unforeseen circumstances
• September 2, 2010, 08:24

It was the gig which had everything except, well, a gig as we usually know it. Anyone who believes that the current Guns N’ Roses set-up is little short of a pantomine will be saying “I told you so” after …

• The Far Side
• September 1, 2010, 14:37

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday August 31, 10pm-midnight Listen Again to The Far Side: you can listen back to a stream of last night’s show here (stream now live as Phantom’s web guru has returned from …

• Electric Picnic
• September 1, 2010, 11:40

Let the fuming about clashes begin. Don’t forget there are also acts playing on the Body & Soul stages as well (see other posts here for these timetables). If someone has made this into one all-singing, all-dancing super timetable, let …

• Guest post Media
• September 1, 2010, 09:55

Alison Curtis is a DJ on Today FM who currently does the 5-7am early breakfast show on the station from Monday to Friday and also presents The Last Splash every Sunday (8-10pm). As one of the very few female voices …