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• Electric Picnic – the countdown has begun

  August 28, 2008 @ 8:15 am | by Jim Carroll

  (1) Check out our Electric Picnic special which features videos from Lisa Hannigan and will be where you will find the Daily Ticket on Saturday and Sunday plus a host of other news and updates over the weekend.

  (2) How about an Electric Picnic mix-tape? With Muxtape out of commission while they have a chat with the RIAA about stuff, On The Record has decided to go with 8tracks to house the latest mix. It’s available for you to listen to right now right here. Press play and enjoy.

  (3) The Picnic site promises that the running orders for the music stages are “coming soon” (the times are up for the other stages). but Quint is already ahead of them. Ideal for those who want to get a head-start on planning stuff while they’re supposed to be working for the man today.

  (4) First reports and photos from the festival site this afternoon. Stay tuned.

• Something for the weekend? How about a new muxtape?

  August 1, 2008 @ 9:59 am | by Jim Carroll

  Yes, the second On The Record muxtape is now live.

  If you’re looking for more tunes, check out the radio show tomorrow night 10pm to midnight (it will be a bank holiday weekend block party special).

  If you’re looking for some live experiences this weekend, you have the Mantua Festival in Co Roscommon (especially BLK JKS, as featured on the new muxtape), the Indie-Pendence fest in Mitchelstown, Co Cork (Cathy Davey and New Amusement are hugely recommended), the Castle Palooza fest in Tullamore, Co Offaly (go along and shout at The Flaws until they play “Change Clothes”) and the Farmleigh Affair in Dublin (that is, if you have one of the free tickets because they’re long gone at this stage).

  By the way, if you’re still in Tullamore on Monday night, do everything you can to get to see Lisa Hannigan at The Thatch. I saw her last night in Dundalk’s lovely Spirit Store and it was one of the finest live shows I’ve seen in an age. Her debut album “Sea Sew” arrives on September 12 and it’s sounding quite, quite spectacular. More on the live show next week.

  Until then, have a smashing weekend.

• On The Record’s muxtape

  July 16, 2008 @ 9:11 am | by Jim Carroll

  Nearly every single week after I post the playlist for the Phantom FM Saturday night show, I get asked if the show is available to download as a podcast or if there is a listen-again facility. Unfortunately, for now, the answer to both of these questions is no – there are neither podcasts of the show nor listen-again facilities on the Phantom site.

  But there is, as of today, On The Record’s muxtape featuring a selection of tunes played on the radio show in the last few weeks which you might like to hear. Click and enjoy.