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Calling all DIY music activists

Susan Gill is a researcher at DIT’s School Of Media and is currently writing a PhD on the DIY ethic in contemporary music. She is hoping to talk to and get the views of those involved in Irish music, including …

Irish TV’s take on homegrown hip-hop

To judge by the domestic TV schedules, Irish hip-hop is having a bit of a moment. A few weeks ago, the first edition of RTE’s new arts show The Works featured a short report on some of those involved in …

A pointyheaded post about Irish bands and Irish radio

We must be due a bout of fuming really soon about Irish bands and radio play. There’s a grand stretch in the evenings – yes, there really is – so that must mean that we’ll soon get an assortment of …

Irish music 2012: the lay of the land

There’s something quite invigorating about the start of a new year and all that the changing of the calendar on the wall brings with it. Time to start anew. Time to try out well-known Gucci model Sam Beckett’s great line …

There’s a long, hard road ahead for musicians

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 …

Hard Working Class Heroes 2011: the pointyheaded overview

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 …

Why bands should leave pester power to toddlers

This tweet from Nialler9 last week probably spoke for many who’ve seen their email in-boxes, Twitter feeds, Facebook pages and blogs invaded daily by bands looking for votes in online competitions. You know the kind: a band have entered some …

Hell hath no fury like a pop svengali scorned

There is a law in music journalism that you view everything which Louis Walsh says about his acts with a jaundiced eye. The Mayoman remains one of the most skilled practitioners of the dark art of spin and soundbites. Your …