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Jim Carroll

Music, Life and everything else

Now Playing – the tunes of the week at OTR HQ
  • May 17, 2013, 09:00

The soundtrack to the last seven days and nights from Majical Cloudz, Nile Rodgers, Electric Guest, John Newman and Beyonce

New Music – Gold Fields, Bipolar Sunshine, Nonono
  • May 16, 2013, 14:00

New arrivals on the OTR talent radar from Australia, Manchester and Sweden

James Murphy and Nicolas Jaar for Body & Soul
  • May 16, 2013, 10:00

The former LCD Soundsystem swinger heads the latest batch of line-ups for the mid-summer soiree

Why (successful) bands have the power
  • May 15, 2013, 09:35

Bands may hold all the cards in the music business in 2013, but it’s the successful ones who can really call the shots

How are this year’s outdoor shows and festivals doing?
  • May 14, 2013, 09:30

A look at the summer shows which are doing well – and the shows which will require a lot of radio ads to shift tickets

Castlepalooza 2013 at first blush
  • May 13, 2013, 12:40

Big rake of acts announced for the Co Offaly festival including Girls Names, Ghostpoet, Fight Like Apes, And So I Watch You From Afar and Le Galaxie

10 things we learned this weekend
  • May 13, 2013, 09:25

Tales from the weekend including Beyonce, Chris Dave, Mud, Pilgrim Hill, music festival foodies and much more

How Manu Chao became a most unlikely global superstar
  • May 10, 2013, 10:00

Peter Culshaw’s biography of Chao “Clandestino” is a colourful and intriguing tale