Jim Carroll

• Technology
• April 29, 2011, 10:00

Enda Kenny knows the score. During the general election campaign earlier this year, a political correspondant attempted to punk the Fine Gael leader by asking him to explain cloud computing, a topic which had come up at an earlier press …

• Now Playing
• April 29, 2011, 09:00

The essential tunes on the OTR jukebox this week. Please feel free to add your own selections below. Beastie Boys “Hot Sauce Committee Part 2” (Parlophone) They’ve still got those mad skills: the Beasties return to “Ill Communication” good times …

• Plug The Ticket
• April 28, 2011, 14:00

What you’ll find in The Ticket on your newstands, app and online tomorrow: Summer movies: Donald Clarke’s guide to what’s hitting the silver screen from May to September. Wild Beasts: new album “Smother” is comingatcha really soon and the band …

• New music
• April 28, 2011, 09:11

Here are 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. Is Tropical You can hear right away why Kitsune snapped up these …

• The Far Side
• April 27, 2011, 14:24

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday April 26. Ain’t No Fool Like An Old-Skool Fool: last night’s show was the debut outing for what I hope will be a regular series of hour-long mixtapes over the next …

• Festivals Live music
• April 27, 2011, 09:30

Very strong line-up for this year’s Castlepalooza festival to be held at Charleville Castle, Tullamore, Co Offaly over the August bank holiday weekend (July 29 to 31): Naughty by Nature (yep, we’re down with OPP) Clock Opera (yes, yes, yes!) …

• Randomiser
• April 26, 2011, 09:42

Jazzers’ revenge (part one): on the back of OTR getting its jazz on last Friday (and we have a bit of a debate going on in the comments as a result), word from the Bray Jazz Festival about their happenings …

• Reviews The Ticket
• April 22, 2011, 10:21

Once a month, The Ticket convenes the Album Club where a panel of guest critics air their views about one album and you, the readers, get to have your say on their views and, of course, the album in question. …

• Jazz
• April 22, 2011, 10:00

We’re now going to talk about jazz. It’s probably at this stage that a lot of you turn the page or click on some other link. For many, jazz is a heritage sound, a music which gave the world greats …

• Now Playing
• April 22, 2011, 09:00

The essential tunes on the OTR jukebox this week. Please feel free to add your own selections below. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi “Rome” (Lex/EMI) Can Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton do any wrong? Rich, sumptuous new album from the Mouse …

• Plug The Ticket
• April 21, 2011, 14:00

Good Friday? Of course, it’s a good Friday, The Ticket will be on your newstands, apps and online. Here’s what’s in the mix….. James Wan: nope, not another dubstep dude from London, but the Australian director (and alleged “torture porn” …

• New music
• April 21, 2011, 10:25

Time for the 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 Jezabels From Sydney, Australia, The Jezabels have been adding to …

• RIP
• April 20, 2011, 21:40

TV On the Radio bass-player Gerard Smith has died. The 34 year old had been battling lung cancer for the last couple of months.

• The Far Side
• April 20, 2011, 14:01

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday April 19. Listen Again to The Far Side: you can listen back to a stream of last night’s show here. Santigold “Go” (Downtown) My Tiger My Timing “This Is Not the …

• Festivals Live music
• April 20, 2011, 10:55

More names for Electric Picnic 2011: Public Enemy The Drums Santigold (yes! Second album due later this year and check out new tune “Go” here) Blonde Redhead The Family Stone (No Sly, though) Zola Jesus Joan As Policewoman Power of …

• Ireland Irish music Marketing Media
• April 19, 2011, 13:59

Around about a year ago, there was a lot of guffawing about Jedward on the back of the pair getting their P45s from Sony Music after one single. But, as OTR noted when the story broke, you had to wonder …

• Ireland Politics Reviews Society
• April 19, 2011, 09:53

There are several moments which stick in your mind from a performance of “I’m A Homebird (It’s Very Hard)”, which closed its run at Dublin’s Project on Saturday night. There’s the Nadine Coyle love-in, the championing of the Girls Aloud …

• Banter
• April 18, 2011, 14:18

It’s been a busy couple of months in the Banter department, with everything from stage invasions to Fade Street featuring in the mix. However, I think last week’s session, An Evening With the Climate Wise Women, was my favourite of …

• Reviews
• April 18, 2011, 09:47

There’s a darkness on the edge of the town which Lykke Li calls home. Out here, out beyond the aching bright lights and the sugar-high neon, out in the middle of the desert, there’s ennui and heartbreak and melancholy. As …

• Music business
• April 15, 2011, 09:57

It’s a good time right now for anyone who wants to kick the tyres and run the rule over record label ledgers, with both EMI and Warner Music on the auction block. In the case of EMI, you’re bidding for …

• Now Playing
• April 15, 2011, 09:00

The essential tunes on the OTR jukebox this week. Please feel free to add your own selections below. Nicolas Jaar “Space Is Only Noise” (Circus Company) The US-Chilean producer behind one of the year’s most intriguing albums is Co Westmeath-bound …

• Plug The Ticket
• April 14, 2011, 15:06

What’s in your super-duper soaraway copy of The Ticket tomorrow: The fight against files – Lauren Murphy on innovative new formats and ideas (including USB keys and album badges) in the fightback against the demise of the physical format. Your …

• New music
• April 14, 2011, 12:25

Here are 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. Saturday Night Gym Club Shimmering indielectronica from a band with members based …

• Live music
• April 14, 2011, 09:06

It has been a hectic week for gig announcements. We’ve already given you the skinny below on new additions to the Body & Soul festival, Austra, Julianna Barwick and Janelle Monae, but there were plenty of other gig announcements too. …

• The Far Side
• April 13, 2011, 12:18

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday April 12. Listen Again to The Far Side: you can listen back to a stream of last night’s show here. ANR “Big Problem” (Discosoma) Bibio “K Is For Kelson” (Warp) Beardyman …

• Festivals Live music
• April 13, 2011, 09:02

More acts added to the Body & Soul line-up including: Nicolas Jaar (a proper live show from the young fella behind the amazing “Space Is Only Noise” album) Lisa Hannigan (part of her lengthy summer tour to preview forthcoming second …

• Live music
• April 12, 2011, 12:14

New Domino signing Austra plays Dublin’s Crawdaddy on July 2. Tickets are €14 (plus Ticketmaster fees) and go on sale on Friday morning. I saw her and her band at SXSW 2011 and they were very, very fine. Expect lots …

• Live music
• April 12, 2011, 09:38

The next On The Record Presents gig sees us hooking up with Harmonic for what should be a magical night out with Julianna Barwick at the Unitarian Church (Stephen’s Green, Dublin) on May 20. We’re big fans of her new …

• Music business Retail
• April 11, 2011, 11:35

Ahead of next weekend’s Record Store Day, you’ll find a piece I wrote for the paper at the weekend about the current health of the music retail sector here. It’s probably the most pessimistic I’ve ever been about the record …

• Live music
• April 11, 2011, 09:11

Janelle Monae makes her third visit to Ireland in a year with three dates at the end of June. She plays Galway’s Black Box, Galway on June 27 (tickets €34.00, €32.00 online and a limited number at €30.00 from roisindubh.net), …

• Media
• April 8, 2011, 09:54

It’s a story to warm the cockles of every would-be media mogul’s heart. Yes, Dorothy, there is still cash to be made from magazines. Of course, Vice magazine is no longer just a magazine. What began as a free publication …

• Now Playing
• April 8, 2011, 09:00

The essential tunes on the OTR jukebox this week. Please feel free to add your own selections below. WU LYF “L Y F” (Lyf) On the basis of this appetiser, the mysterious Manchester combo’s “Go Tell Fire to the Mountain” …

• Plug The Ticket
• April 7, 2011, 14:26

In your all-action copy of The Ticket tomorrow: And So I Watch You From Afar talk about how Northern Ireland could be the new Portland or Seattle Veteran animator and film-maker Burny Mattinson gives the lowdown on his new Winnie …

• New music
• April 7, 2011, 09:40

Here are 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. California Wives Bright and breezy pop from Chicago, California Wives are four …

• The Far Side
• April 6, 2011, 12:57

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday April 5. Listen Again to The Far Side: after a short break in transmission, you can now listen back to a stream of last night’s show (and the shows from the …

• Media TV
• April 6, 2011, 10:25

It was 1976 all over again last weekend as BBC4 began repeating Top of the Pops from that year. The Beeb plan to repeat the seminal music show in chronological order, starting with April 1976 (the date from which the …

• Irish Times
• April 5, 2011, 16:21

The very first Irish Times Culture Podcast was hosted and presented by arts editor Shane Hegarty and featured Fintan O’Toole, Rosita Boland and myself yakking about such subjects as Record Store Day, Aosdana and a history of Ireland in 100 …

• Banter
• April 5, 2011, 09:17

It’s Banter time again and our next one promises to be quite a night with a visit from the Climate Wise Women on Monday next, April 11, at the Twisted Pepper, Dublin. CWW is a global initiative to promote women’s …

• Music business Reviews
• April 4, 2011, 09:55

It has been a hell of a year for Adele. Since she released her second album “21″ back in January, it has been selling and selling and selling some more. She’s broken all sorts of chart records – the first …

• Festivals Live music
• April 1, 2011, 10:13

@ The Park is a new series of shows in a 5,000 cpacity tent at Marlay Park, Dublin this summer. Villagers and Beach House play the first show under canvas on July 23 (tickets €33.60 plus TM fees), while Rodrigo …

• Legal Music business Technology
• April 1, 2011, 09:34

Chalk it down as another victory for the old-timers. A court case winding its way through the US legal system may result in a big pay-day for thousands of acts who haven’t released a new album in years. The case …

• Now Playing
• April 1, 2011, 09:24

The essential tunes on the OTR jukebox this week. Please feel free to add your own selections below. TV On the Radio “Nine Types Of Light” (Interscope) Big guns returning (part one). Soaring fourth album from art-rock’s most compelling Brooklyn …

• Plug The Ticket
• April 1, 2011, 09:14

Bell X1: they’re back, back, back! Celbridge’s finest show their belly fluff to Tony Clayton-Lea and talk about the new album “Bloodless Coup”, charming the U S of A and other matters. Killing Bono: the Portlaoise-born star of Killing Bono …