Jim Carroll

• The Far Side
• October 31, 2012, 10:32

As played on the second-last Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday October 30. Including a tribute to the late, great Terry Callier, who sadly passed away at the weekend. Yes, you read that right. Next week, I’ll present the final Far …

• Live music Music business
• October 30, 2012, 10:51

And so, it comes to pass: the powers-that-be have finally found a headliner for Slane Castle who are way, way worse than Stereophonics. The desperation which is about to ensue to make sure Bon Jovi sell enough tickets to take …

• Music business Retail Technology
• October 26, 2012, 09:50

If you’re a music fan in your twenties, thirties, forties or beyond, you’ve probably used a number of different physical formats over the course of your lifetime to listen to your tunes. These will include vinyl (still going strong), cassette …

• Now Playing
• October 26, 2012, 09:05

Kendrick Lamar “good kid, mAAd city” (Top Dawg/Aftermath) The west’s awake: one of the best hip-hop releases in years as Kendrick Lamar comes on strong with a fearless, audacious and stunning album. Album is streaming here. S-Type “Billboard” (Lucky Me) …

• Plug The Ticket
• October 26, 2012, 07:45

Skyfall: Donald Clarke goes on The Ticket’s secret service to Pinewood Studios, home of Mr James Bond, and hears from Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and Barbara Broccoli about the new British secret agent’s latest run-out, as directed by Sam Mendes. …

• New music
• October 25, 2012, 14:02

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. Flume Sydney-based producer Harley Streten …

• Randomiser
• October 25, 2012, 09:28

The Hocus Focus is a fundraising soiree running at the Little Green Bar (High Street, Dublin 8 – formerly known as the U Bar) from tonight until October 31 featuring 50 hours of DJs, performers and artists. The event aims …

• The Far Side
• October 24, 2012, 14:09

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday October 23. Sinkane “Runnin’” (DFA) Hercules & Love Affair “Release Me” (!K7) Chromatics “Looking For Love” (Italians Do It Better) Julio Bashmore “Husk” (Broadway) The Orwells “In My Bed” (Autumn Tone) …

• Festivals Live music Music business SHM 2012
• October 24, 2012, 09:43

It’s a case of no more parklife for Live Nation. The giant live music company have decided to quit promoting shows at London’s Hyde Park citing such issues as noise problems, crowd safety considerations and unrealistic revenue assumptions. The company …

• Retail
• October 23, 2012, 09:26

You can’t buy publicity like this, which is bad news for the Dublin-bound Abercrombie & Fitch. The US clothes retailer, which opens its first Irish outlet later this week on College Green, has found itself in the news columns of …

• Ireland Technology
• October 22, 2012, 09:38

The sound of the crowd at last week’s two-day Web Summit in Dublin? Sell, sell, sell. When you stand on the balcony overlooking the main room in the RDS and take it all in, the hubbub is impressive as a …

• Festivals Music business
• October 19, 2012, 09:45

Here’s some advice for the lads and lasses at Live Nation looking for some acquistions: give the people at the National Ploughing Championships a call and make an offer. From tour buses to tractors: the new Live Nation business plan …

• Now Playing
• October 19, 2012, 08:54

Tensnake “Mainline” (Defected) Monster, infectious groove from Marco Niemerski with vocals from Syron. 90s’ house revival FTW. Soak “Sea Creatures” (White) Further proof that 16 year old Derry girl Bridie Monds-Watson is one of the most promising and talented singer-songwriters …

• Plug The Ticket
• October 19, 2012, 07:45

Frankenweenie: when Tim Burton originally pitched his Frankenstein-meets-pet film at Disney he was told it was too scary for kids, but 28 years later the animation is set to be a monster box office hit. Annie Mac: the Irish rep …

• New music
• October 18, 2012, 16:02

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. Holograms Holograms hail from Stockholm …

• Gigileaks Live music
• October 18, 2012, 14:22

Stars of Electric Picnic 2012 and the band behind one of the best albums of 2012, The xx play Dublin’s Olympia on December 7 and 8. Tickets at €37.50 and €29.50 a pop (plus TM monochrome charges) go on sale …

• Randomiser
• October 18, 2012, 09:17

The CMJ festival is in full flow in New York at the moment. We’re not there and we wish we were there when we read these excellent guides to the acts playing from Rollo & Grady, The Village Voice and …

• The Far Side
• October 17, 2012, 14:00

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday October 16. Jin Jin & The Ragdolls/Mikill Pane “Cashpoint Drama” (Live On) Holy Ghost “It Gets Dark” (DFA) Switch “I Still Love You” (Dubsided) Titus Andronicus “In A Big City” (XL) …

• Film Ireland Society
• October 17, 2012, 09:09

A few months ago, What Richard Did director Lenny Abrahamson was one of the guests at a Banter session at the Earagail Arts Festival which looked at how Irish culture has dealt with the move from boom to bust in …

• Competition
• October 16, 2012, 09:28

That’s right: a weekend pass for you and your best mate (or someone who is going to be your best mate when you tell them) for the upcoming Beatyard Festival at Dublin’s Twisted Pepper and Bernard Shaw venues over the …

• Live music Music business
• October 15, 2012, 09:05

There has been a lot of speculation around the forthcoming Dublin show by convicted abuser Chris Brown. The r’n’b singer, who assaulted his girlfriend Rihanna in 2009, is scheduled to play Dublin’s O2 on December 3 and the show is …

• Music business
• October 12, 2012, 09:38

Do any On the Record readers want to throw some cash into a FundIt campaign to buy some EMI bits and pieces? Like, I don’t want to buy the whole label – no interest in Coldplay or The Beatles for …

• Now Playing
• October 12, 2012, 08:58

Robert Glasper Experiment “Black Radio Recovered EP” (Blue Note) Questlove (below), Pete Rock, Georgia Anna Muldrow and 9th Wonder put new shapes on cuts from Glasper’s ace “Black Radio” album. Bleeding Heart Pigeons “In the Forest, I Feel Bizarrely More …

• Plug The Ticket
• October 12, 2012, 08:13

Stitches: Geordie comedian Ross Noble talks about playing a zombie clown with a taste for making “balloon” animals from his victim’s innards in Irish comedy horror flick Stitches. Bat For Lashes: how Natasha Khan spent a three year gap between …

• Festivals
• October 11, 2012, 10:43

It’s time to find the Dutch language tapes and prepare for another trip to northern Holland. Regular readers will know that the Eurosonic festival, which showcases new European acts, is how we like to start the year round these parts …

• New music
• October 11, 2012, 09:29

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. Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs …

• The Far Side
• October 10, 2012, 14:05

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday October 9. Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs “I Watch You” (Heavenly) Holograms “ABC City” (Captured Tracks) Swearin’ “Movie Star” (Salinas) Panama “It’s Not Over” (Future Classic) Foxygen “Shuggie” (Jagjaguwar) Jessie Ware …

• Randomiser
• October 10, 2012, 09:37

Artists are not happy (part 12,304): John Robb gives out yards about crowd-funding and having to deal with your fans. Some zingers here, especially the moaning about “trying to record music with 25 funders sitting in the control room as …

• Banter
• October 9, 2012, 09:16

Banter is heading to the movies. As part of the forthcoming OneTwoOneTwo music documentary festival at the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin, we’ll be hosting a bit of a Banter session. Taking place prior to a screening of the In Bed …

• Festivals Music business Reviews
• October 8, 2012, 09:35

It was Jeffrey Remedios who nailed it. Speaking on the managers’ panel at the Hard Working Class Heroes Convention on Friday afternoon, the founder of Canada’s Arts & Crafts group, who works with everyone from Broken Social Scene to Feist, …

• Music business Silly season
• October 5, 2012, 09:30

Well, that’s that for another year. If you were napping or doing something important earlier this week, you will have missed the latest hokum about The Smiths’ reunion. The fact that people are so desperate for this to occur can …

• Now Playing
• October 5, 2012, 08:55

Mykki Blanco “Wavvy” (White) Fresh and fabulous head-turning tune from New York artist Michael D. Quattlebaum’s rapping alter-ego. Run DMC vs Jason Nevins “It’s Like That” (Epidrome) Nineties remix of the back-in-the-day hip-hop classic sounds swell. Prince Fatty “Versus the …

• Plug The Ticket
• October 5, 2012, 08:20

What Richard Did: Lenny Abrahamson on his harrowing new film about a middle-class, rugby-playing youth whose life is disrupted following a violent altercation outside a SoCoDu party. Hard Working Class Heroes: 10 acts appearing at this weekend’s festival in the …

• New music
• October 4, 2012, 14:00

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. Rival Sons The holy grail …

• Festivals Film
• October 4, 2012, 08:41

OneTwoOneTwo is a brand new music documentary festival taking place at Dublin’s Lighthouse Cinema from October 19 to 21. Docs on the big screen will include Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense (the best concert flick of all time – fact), …

• Live music
• October 3, 2012, 17:07

Now THIS is what we call a gig announcement. The mighty Shuggie Otis plays Dublin’s Sugar Club on December 1. Tickets at €22.50 a pop go on sale next week via usual outlets. If you’re going “Shuggie who?”, you need …

• The Far Side
• October 3, 2012, 15:06

As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday October 2. My Disco ”Wrapped Coast” (Temporary Residence) St Lucia “September” (Columbia) Sandra Kolstad “The Well” (Trust Me) Dutch Uncles “Fester” (Memphis Industries) Wild Belle “It’s Too Late” (Columbia) Rival Sons …

• Music business
• October 3, 2012, 09:09

Perhaps it was the Billboard FAQ about Universal’s takeover of EMI which finally pushed them over the edge. It looked at what the deal meant, what’s likely to happen next and which assets will be sold to copperfasten the deal …

• Society Technology
• October 2, 2012, 09:21

It’s a bad time to be a troll. Most of you will have noticed by now that there’s something of a backlash going on at present against anonymous comments, cyber-bullying and general nasty online pondlife. It didn’t quite begin with …

• Festivals Irish music Music business
• October 1, 2012, 09:23

It’s nearly time. From Thursday until Saturday, the annual Hard Working Class Heroes festival will take over a selection of Dublin city-centre venues again. There’s a full dancecard for the weekend, between the nightly gigs (including, DOI, the now annual …