Jim Carroll

• Live music Reviews
• July 31, 2012, 09:26

It has been a busy month for heritage acts visiting town to say hello, sing a couple of songs and go home with a bit of cash in their back-pockets. Of course, visits from the stars of yesterday who are …

• Reviews Sport
• July 30, 2012, 08:40

There will come a time when the details are lost in the mist. After all, can anyone remember what the Chinese lads and lasses produced for the opening ceremony four years ago, beyond the broad brushstrokes? The thunder and lightning …

• Live music
• July 27, 2012, 09:03

Once upon a time, it was only the poor sods in the music and showbiz hackery game who had to put up with the desperation of the ticket-selling promoter. In the lead up to a major outdoor summer show, the …

• Now Playing
• July 27, 2012, 08:17

Le1f “Wut” (Self release) New York rapper, dancer and Das Racist’s production foil shakes that ass and then some. From the must-hear “Dark York” set. Alt-J “An Awesome Wave” (Infectious) One of the finest alt art-rock albums of the season …

• Plug The Ticket
• July 27, 2012, 08:05

Liss Ard: 11 to see at next weekend’s west Cork beano from Roy Harper and the Chromatics to Nicolas Jaar to Lisa Hannigan. Plus Toots of Toots & The Maytals whips a Jamaican storm of Caribbean fish and plaintain in …

• The Far Side
• July 26, 2012, 12:15

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday July 24. DJ-ing plug: if it’s the last Friday of the month, that means it’s time for Glider. I’ll be DJ-ing at the club on Friday next (July 27) with Cillian …

• New music
• July 26, 2012, 07:59

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 tips below or check out all past New Music selections here. Miner Folky West Coast harmonies …

• Electric Picnic
• July 25, 2012, 14:00

Here’s a bunch of acts heading to Stadbally to shake a leg at the Electric Picnic’s Little Big Tent. We hear that there’s a ton of other acts on the TBC and TBA lists so more announcements due in the …

• Festivals Legal SHM 2012
• July 25, 2012, 08:52

An events licence for a series of concerts at Dublin’s Marlay Park next month has been granted, subject to 53 conditions. The application for an outdoor event licence was granted by Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council on May 29, before the …

• News
• July 24, 2012, 09:00

It was bound to happen: an Irish music festival with a half-marathon thrown into the mix. That’s what’s on offer at the Valentia Isle festival happening on Valentia Island off the coast of Kerry on September 14 to 16. Aside …

• Festivals Live music
• July 23, 2012, 08:49

If it’s July, the event gigs are in full swing. Over the last week, there have been plenty to choose from, with Bruce Springsteen attracting punters and politicians to Dublin’s RDS, Chic opening the Big Top for business down in …

• Reviews
• July 20, 2012, 09:21

Oh Madonna, how did it come to this? There are some who would argue that you were always a bit of a chancer, a woman who put more effort into controversy than you did into your music. But we were …

• Now Playing
• July 20, 2012, 07:55

I:Cube “’M’ Megamix” (Versatile) 24 short, snappy, bright and beathless house and techno cuts from Parisian producer Nicolas Chaix to leave you wanting more. Neneh Cherry & The Thing “Cherry Thing” (Smalltown Supersound) Cherry’s fantastc new album, her first new …

• Plug The Ticket
• July 19, 2012, 13:57

What you’ll find in The Ticket on your newstands, app and online tomorrow: Plan B: we go deep into a Yorkshire forest to hear from the Ill Manors’ dude. The Original Rudeboys: how the Dublin trio have used social media …

• New music
• July 19, 2012, 09:16

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 tips below or check out all past New Music selections here. Champs Three-piece band from the …

• The Far Side
• July 18, 2012, 16:00

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday July 17. Includes a ton of Bruce for the week that’s in it. Owiny Sigoma Band “Doyoi Nyajo Nam (Quantic remix)” (Brownswood) The Rapture “Children (Darkstarr remix)” (DFA) Jim-E Stack “Bubble …

• Festivals
• July 18, 2012, 11:17

Nicolas Jaar will be joining the fun at the Liss Ard festival in Co Cork over the August bank holiday weekend. He joins a line-up which includes Chic, Chromatics, Dave Rodigan, Mick Flannery, Lisa Hannigan, Bob Mould (playing “Copper Blue”), …

• Reviews
• July 18, 2012, 08:34

He started with “Twist & Shout”, the song which was truncated the other night in London, and proceeded to play for a whopping three and a half hours on one of those rare Dublin summer evenings when it actually didn’t …

• Live music
• July 18, 2012, 08:13

The excellent Poliça play Dublin’s Whelan’s on March 23 next. While you’re waiting for that gig to come around, make sure you check out their ace debut album “Give You the Ghost”. Tickets for this are €16.50 from various agents …

• Festivals Live music Music business SHM 2012
• July 17, 2012, 08:48

When you are planning a large-scale public event which will attract a significant audience, there’s a lengthy and detailed process in place which must be adhered to by the event organiser. This planning process applies to everything from gardening events …

• Randomiser
• July 16, 2012, 09:08

(1) We went to Graceland the other night. Paul Simon brought two bands to town for his brace of shows at Dublin’s O2: there was the band who’ve been touring with him of late and there was the band who …

• Festivals Ireland SHM 2012 Society
• July 13, 2012, 09:09

It was a classic Irish summer news story. Last weekend’s trio of shows in the Phoenix Park created headlines which had nothing to do with the fluff and froth which usually accompanies mainstream media music coverage. When the news desk …

• Now Playing
• July 13, 2012, 08:52

Frank Ocean “Channel Orange” (Def Jam) This sounds a lot like the album of 2012. Enough eating and drinking in this one to do you for the rest of the year. Cooly G “Playin’ Me” (Hyperdub) Seductive, soulful, bassful, hypnotic …

• Plug The Ticket
• July 13, 2012, 08:35

Ice T: Mr T waxes lyrical about the “greatest documentary of all time”, hip-hop yarn Something From Nothing: A History of Rap Chic: Nile Rodgers talks us you through the soundtrack of his life. Punch Brothers: bluegrass maestro and former …

• The Far Side
• July 12, 2012, 14:20

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday July 10. Yeah, I know, this should have been published yesterday but stuff happened. Lots of tracks from the amazing new Frank Ocean album “Channel Orange” played on Tuesday night, natch. …

• New music
• July 12, 2012, 09:52

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 tips below or check out all past New Music selections here. Melody’s Echo Chamber Parisian singer …

• Excuses Festivals Ireland Live music SHM 2012 Society
• July 11, 2012, 09:27

The story rumbles on. As any long-term observer of the Irish live music industry could have predicted with ease at the weekend, the usual suspects have joined the fray and jumped on the bandwagon. We’ve also already had the hasty, …

• Arts Banter Festivals
• July 10, 2012, 09:12

It’s time for the annual Banter odyssey to Donegal for the Earagail Arts Festival. The EAF was the first place to take a punt on Banter outside of the big smoke and we’re always happy to head back there. Musically, …

• Festivals SHM 2012
• July 9, 2012, 08:56

Last week, an email from an acquaintance set me musing. The email wondered if promoters MCD would end up making more profit from the weekend’s shows in the Phoenix Park with The Stone Roses, Swedish House Mafia and Snow Patrol …

• Reviews
• July 6, 2012, 11:11

The Stone Roses played Dublin’s Phoenix Park last night. Was it really the second coming or a muddy night out in Dublin 8 with an out-of-tune singer? We want to hear from YOU! Get typing

• Music business Technology
• July 6, 2012, 09:32

I must have missed the memo from my record label buddies about the need to criticise Spotify at every possible juncture. That’s how it felt over the last year when talk turned to the most promenient music streaming service in …

• Uncategorized
• July 6, 2012, 08:14

Phronesis “Walking Dark” (Edition) Deep, emotive, beautifully sculpted sounds from the London-based jazz trio, who play Dublin’s NCH John Field Room on July 23 and Sligo Jazz Festival on July 24. Killer Mike “R.A.P. Music” (Williams St) The Atlanta veteran …

• Plug The Ticket
• July 5, 2012, 13:45

What you’ll find in The Ticket on your newstands, app and online tomorrow: United States of Trance: as the money-men rub their hands with glee over the burgeoning dance music scene in the US of A, what does mean for …

• New music
• July 5, 2012, 09:30

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 tips below or check out all past New Music selections here. All We Are Liverpool-based trio …

• The Far Side
• July 4, 2012, 14:14

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday July 3. Todd Terje “Inspector Norse” (Smalltown Supersound) Hackney Colliery Band “Prodigy Medley” (Wah Wah) Sam & The Womp “Bom Bom” (Stiff) Mikhael Paskalev “Jive Baby” (Universal Norway) Pomegranates “Letters” (Modern …

• Banter Hip-hop Live music
• July 4, 2012, 08:50

Now this is what we call a festival. This weekend’s Make A Move festival of all things hip-hop kicks off tomorrow night in Limerick with a full schedule of live music, club nights, workshops, discussion panels, screenings and block parties …

• Reviews
• July 3, 2012, 09:08

Even though there are approximately 13,459 new albums lying around the OTR box-room at any one time on CD or download, there are some which are played a whole lot more than others. This weather, it’s the latest albums from …

• Media
• July 2, 2012, 09:22

Another one bites the dust. Just as the same obituary for record stores and bookshops can be dusted off and recycled as one after another closes its doors, the same sentiments can sadly be applied to last week’s news about …