Jim Carroll

• Music business Technology
• October 28, 2011, 10:00

Happy 10th birthday to the iPod. It’s a decade this week since the late Steve Jobs introduced the iPod to the world and disrupted the music business forever. There may have been a lot of initial scepticism and scorn around …

• Now Playing
• October 28, 2011, 09:00

The essential tunes on the OTR stereo this week. Let us know what tunes are rocking your world below. Girl Band “Twelves” (Self release) 90 seconds of delirious, well turned-out punk rock venom and hardcore frenzy from this most promising …

• New music
• October 27, 2011, 09:34

Here are the latest New Music selections from the On The Record column in tomorrow’s edition of The Ticket. Please feel free to share New Music tips below Of Monsters & Men One of the homegrown acts who stood tall …

• The Far Side
• October 26, 2011, 13:42

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday October 25. Girl Band “Twelves” (Self release) Wild Flag “Romance” (Wichita) The Ting Tings “Hang It Up” (Columbia) Of Monsters & Men “Little Talks” (Record Records) Esque “Bones To Be” (White) …

• Randomiser
• October 26, 2011, 08:51

Twitter? Facebook? LinkedIn? Pah, so 2009 the lot of ‘em. It’s all about Diaspora and Chime In for OTR these days. Meanwhile, let’s not forget Foursquare: it may not have taken off Over Here as much as it did Over …

• Politics
• October 25, 2011, 08:37

The problem with the presidential campaign is that we haven’t had enough nights like last night. Maybe it’s the fact that we’re getting to the end of the campaign and the seven would-be Aras dwellers are probably sick and tired …

• Live music Reviews
• October 24, 2011, 08:36

He was never going to stay on the downlow, was he? Too much has happened since Justin Vernon released that first Bon Iver album, the flawless, desolate wildness of “For Emma, Forever Ago”. Too many people have copped onto his …

• Music business
• October 21, 2011, 10:00

Covering the music business beat means encountering a lot of gloom and despair. There are times when you feel every label exec is channeling Private Frazer from Dad’s Army with anguished cries of “we’re doomed”. But pessimism won’t get you …

• Now Playing
• October 21, 2011, 09:00

The essential tunes in the OTR office this week. Please feel free to tell us the tunes rocking your world below. ASAP Rocky “Out of This World” (Polo Grounds) New-school New York rap shizzle from the Harlem born-and-bred MC destined …

• Plug The Ticket
• October 20, 2011, 13:49

What you’ll find in The Ticket on your newstands, app and online tomorrow: We Need to Talk about Kevin: Lionel Shriver tells Tara Brady what she really thinks of the movie of her book. Justice: why the French duo are …

• New music
• October 20, 2011, 08:55

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 Alabama Shakes Wham-bam souled-out rock and r’n’b from the Athens, Alabama band …

• The Far Side
• October 19, 2011, 14:13

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday October 18. We Cut Corners “The Leopard” (Delphi) Kindess “Cyan” (Female Energy) Grimes “Oblivion” (Arbutus) Catcall “Satellites” (Ivy League) Metronomy “Everything Goes My Way (Ewan Pearson remix)” (Because) Alabama Shakes “I …

• Live music Marketing Media
• October 19, 2011, 08:38

Here we go again. Yesterday’s news that The Stone Roses are reforming for a couple of shows in Manchester next year (with a world tour to follow as promoters beat each other up with a big stick to have the …

• Marketing Media Music business
• October 18, 2011, 10:23

It’s the wisdom of the crowds who work in advertising agencies at play. Chances are you’ve heard Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes’ “Home” at this stage. Even if you don’t listen to the radio all that often, you’ll have …

• Festivals New music
• October 17, 2011, 13:54

The summer festival circuit may be resting until 2012, but there are still European festivals worthy of your time and attention between now and the time Primavera rolls around next May. You may have missed last weekend’s Iceland Airwaves, but …

• Banter Clubs Live music Media Music business
• October 17, 2011, 09:00

One for those in the north-west: Sligo Music Industry Day is an initiative from the Sligo Music folks and will see an assortment of music business talking heads trying their utmost not to utter phrases like “going forward”, “piracy” and …

• Irish music Music business
• October 14, 2011, 09:53

Any musicians reading The Ticket today will not need us to tell them that it’s tough out there. Between falls in revenue from recorded music, the collapse of the traditional record label model and the recession’s negative effect on live …

• Now Playing
• October 14, 2011, 09:00

The essential tunes in the OTR office this week. Please feel free to tell us the tunes rocking your world below. Youth Lagoon “Year of Hibernation” (Fat Possum) Beautiful small hours’ sonics and fuzzy melodies from Boise, Idaho bedroom producer …

• Plug The Ticket
• October 13, 2011, 13:48

What you’ll find in The Ticket on your newstands, app and online tomorrow: James Vincent McMorrow: from pushing trolleys around Dublin airport to taking on the world, how JVMcM got from there to here via London and Termonfeckin. Bon Iver: …

• New music
• October 13, 2011, 09:51

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 Lianne La Havas One listen to “No Room For Doubt”, Lianna La …

• The Far Side
• October 12, 2011, 13:50

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday October 11. Spector “What You Wanted” (Luv Luv Luv) No Diavolo “Nuns” (White) The Do “Slippery Slope” (Cinq7) Thulebasen “Monster” (Tambourhinoceros) Phantogram “Don’t Move” (Barsuk) Local Hero “Press Box” (Self release) …

• Politics
• October 12, 2011, 09:22

There are probably many potential voters out there in their twenties and early thirties who have never voted in an Irish presidential election before who are wondering “is it always this eventful?”. The race for the Aras is turning out …

• Live music Music business
• October 11, 2011, 11:35

Yesterday’s announcement that Primal Scream will be playing their magnificent “Screamadelica” album in full at Dublin’s O2 on December 29 (tickets €44.05 plus TM fees) had me scurrying to the O2 site to see just how many gigs are booked …

• Irish music Live music Music business New music Reviews
• October 10, 2011, 09:36

Now, that’s what we call a weekend. The ninth Hard Working Class Heroes’ shebang hit the capital’s streets with a plethora of gigs, panels, conversations and gossip between bands, fans and those who make a living connecting one with the …

• Music business Reissues Retail
• October 7, 2011, 10:00

They are the last refuge of the record label scoundrels, When all else fails, when you can’t sell enough albums or downloads by new acts to pay the bills, stick out a luxury deluxe edition or box set and listen …

• Now Playing
• October 7, 2011, 09:00

The essential tunes in the OTR office this week. Please feel free to tell us the tunes rocking your world below. Hanni El Khatib “Will the Guns Come Out” (Innovative Leisure) Brash, tough and catchy-as-can-be tunes with a bang of …

• Plug The Ticket
• October 7, 2011, 08:00

Bjork: The Ticket’s gone to Iceland on the occasion of Bjork’s new album “Biophilia” Hugh Jackman: from Wolverine to song-and-dance man hosting the Oscars and from a robot boxing trainer to the “sexiest man alive”, meet the Jackman of all …

• New music
• October 6, 2011, 14:00

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 Rainy Boy Sleep From Derry, singer-songwriter Stevie Martin has been making a …

• Music business RIP Technology
• October 6, 2011, 09:16

The thousands of obituaries which will be written over the next few days about Steve Jobs, who died yesterday aged 56, will remember him for many things. He was a technology visionary, a man who transformed a niche company called …

• The Far Side
• October 5, 2011, 13:55

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday October 4. Little Red “Rock It” (True Panther) Clock Opera “Lesson No 7” (Moshi Moshi) Icona Pop “Sun Goes Down” (Mercury) Hanni El Khatib “Come Alive” (Innovative Leisure) Wild Flag “Romance” …

• RIP
• October 5, 2011, 12:28

Sad news from the music obituaries department. The great folk guitarist and founding member of Pentangle Bert Jansch has died at the age of 67 in London. His last Irish show was the @ the Park event with Joanna Newsom …

• Music business New music Polls
• October 5, 2011, 09:44

As we write, the horse-trading, canvassing and plotting has probably already begun. In three short months, the focus will be on the BBC Sound Of 2012 poll and its annointed ones. There may be dozens – nay, hundreds – of …

• Randomiser
• October 4, 2011, 09:37

It’s the 450th Strange Brew night out on Thursday October 20 and they feel fine. Live sets from Tieranniesaur (we heart Tieranniesaur), Retarded Cop, Daithi, Squarehead (debut album “Yeah Nothing” is quite bodacious), Moths, Elaine Mai, Kid Karate, We Are …

• Live music Media Music business
• October 3, 2011, 09:26

Next weekend, the Hard Working Class Heroes carnival takes over the capital. There’s a ton of stuff on over the coming weekend, with the live gigs, featuring 100 bands playing various city-centre venues between Thursday and Saturday nights, the pick …