Jim Carroll

• Irish music Sport
• September 28, 2012, 09:43

It’s the song of the week. Indeed, if you’re from Donegal, it’s probably the song of the year. You simply couldn’t escape “Jimmy’s Winning Matches” this week, with even the venerable Morning Ireland blasting it out two days in a …

• Now Playing
• September 28, 2012, 08:55

Efterklang “Piramida” (4AD) Alluring shades of The National and Talk Talk on the Danish band’s fourth album recorded within sighing distance of the North Pole. Album is streaming here. Mark Hollis “Mark Hollis” (Verve) Speaking of which… The Talk Talk …

• Plug The Ticket
• September 28, 2012, 08:34

On the Road: Sam Riley on playing Jack Kerouac’s boho alter-ego Sal Paradise in On the Road. Flying Lotus: Steve Ellison on new album “Until the Quiet Comes” and why he’s not capable of repeating himself when it comes to …

• New music
• September 27, 2012, 13:45

Six New Music profiles this week – three from last week which weren’t featured here as I was away and three from the On The Record column in tomorrow’s edition of The Ticket. Please feel free to share tips below …

• Brands Ireland Society
• September 27, 2012, 09:14

It’s a blackout. This is what happens when you are a major drinks brand with a very large advertising and sponsorship budget and you want to brand a day as your own. Historically, days were named after saints, but this …

• Randomiser
• September 26, 2012, 09:15

Incoming (1): Purity Ring play Dublin’s Button Factory on November 29. Last seen in these parts at the Forbidden Fruit fest in June, Corin Roddick and Megan James’ debut album “Shrines” has been getting a lot of love this year. …

• Unforeseen circumstances
• September 17, 2012, 09:00

OTR is closed for blogging business until Wednesday September 26. We shall talk and type to you then. Please feel free to talk to oneanother via the comments below about upcoming gigs, the state of the music business, Swedish House …

• Festivals
• September 14, 2012, 09:10

A whopper line-up for the latest Beatyard festival, which will take place from October 24 to 28 in Bodytonic Music’s Twisted Pepper and Bernard Shaw venues in Dublin. Laurel Halo (yes! If you haven’t heard “Quarantine”, one of the albums …

• The Far Side
• September 13, 2012, 13:06

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday September 11. Not Squares “Hey You” (White) Young Buffalo “Nature Boy” (Fat Possum) Generationals “Lucky Numbers” (White) Everything Everything “Cough Cough” (RCA) The Presets “Ghosts” (Modular) Mosca “What You Came For” …

• Reviews
• September 13, 2012, 09:37

There are a couple of things which come to mind while watching Elevator, the new play for this year’s Dublin Fringe Festival from Philip McMahon and Thisispopbaby, the crew who brought us Alice In Funderland earlier in the year (review …

• Awards Lists
• September 12, 2012, 17:40

Here’s the shortlist for this year’s Mercury Music Prize: The Maccabees “Given to the Wild” (Fiction) Jessie Ware “Devotion” (PMR) Django Django “Django Django” (Because) Roller Trio “Roller Trio” (F-Ire) Field Music “Plumb” (Memphis Industries) Micheal Kiwanuka “Home Again” (Polydor) …

• Music 3.0 Music business
• September 12, 2012, 14:15

Aside from the bands playing this year’s 10th birthday edition of Hard Working Class Heroes from October 4 to 6 (you’ll find the full list here) and all the other live music sideshows and roundabouts to be announced, we’d also …

• Banter
• September 12, 2012, 09:07

We’ve had many firsts at Banter over the last 12 months so it’s time for another one. We’re delighted to welcome The Anti Room to the Twisted Pepper on October 24 for a live recording of their monthly podcast. The …

• Ireland Reviews
• September 11, 2012, 09:08

It seems that we’re in the middle of a talking boom. Over the last couple of years, talking shops of one stripe or another have popped up around the country as people seek out venues to chew the fat, argue …

• SHM 2012
• September 10, 2012, 09:08

It’s the story which refuses to go away. Last week, concert promoters MCD issued a hefty report on what happened – and didn’t happen – before, during and after the Swedish House Mafia show in the Phoenix Park in July. …

• Music business Retail
• September 7, 2012, 08:43

Warning: this is a piece which mentions the C word. Readers of a sensitive disposition might want to turn to the film reviews now. Yes, Christmas is coming. For the record industry, Christmas is the most important season of the …

• Now Playing
• September 7, 2012, 08:36

Everything Everything “Cough Cough” (RCA) One of the most ambitious UK bands of recent years return to the fray with a creative, imaginative rush of art-rock glee. Dam Mantle “Canterbury Pt 1” (Notown) Showstopping new track from Glaswegian producer Tom …

• Plug The Ticket
• September 7, 2012, 08:30

The xx: Romy on Shakira, private lives, Sade, dance music, friendship and why less is more. Heathers: David Guetta faves the McNamara sisters on what comes next with new album “Kingdom” James Murphy: the LCD Soundsystem man on Shut Up …

• New music
• September 6, 2012, 13:55

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. Farewell J.R. “A Thought, A …

• Banter SHM 2012
• September 6, 2012, 10:19

Banter is coming home. After a summer spent yakking up and down the country – thanks to everyone who was involved in our sessions at Limerick’s Make A Move festival, Donegal’s Earagail Arts Festival, the Galway Arts Festival and the …

• Festivals
• September 5, 2012, 15:37

Big gaggle of acts for this year’s Beck’s Vier Rhythm Weekend from the Choice Cuts crew in Dublin’s Meeting House Square from October 18 to 20. Those playing in the heart of Temple Bar at BVRW2012 include De La Soul’s …

• The Far Side
• September 5, 2012, 14:28

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday September 4. Caravan Palace “Clash” (Despotz) Los Miticos del Ritmo “Get UR Freak On” (Soundway Hackney Colliery Band “Got Your Money” (Wah Wah) Delilah “Love You So (Joe Goddard remix)” (Atlantic) …

• Archive Film Reviews
• September 5, 2012, 08:07

The best gigs-on-film are often nothing like the gigs you experience in real life. Real gigs are messy affairs. Even when the band are on fire up on that stage, kicking out the jams as if their lives depend on …

• Electric Picnic Pointyheaded stuff
• September 4, 2012, 09:23

We begin where we left off last September. A year ago, looking back at another late summer weekend in Co Laois I ended the piece with the line “2012 will be interesting”. The Electric Picnic has had a starry history, …

• Electric Picnic
• September 3, 2012, 05:09

It’s over. It’s all over. It really is. All over – bar your shouting. You’ll find ALL the reviews from Lauren Murphy, Una Mullally, Shane Hegarty and myself from the weekend’s gigs here. These include the reviews which featured in …