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Una Mullally

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Picture 5 RBMA #2: 12 Years of DFA

At the Red Bull Music Academy, and hell, in NYC in general, the presence and influence of DFA continues to loom large.

Picture 4 ‘The Thing’ and Danny Brown, Kitty Pryde writes.

A sex act at a Danny Brown gig opens up a can of worms about fans, sex, race and permission.

grimes3 Grimes shoots a feminist arrow across the indie pop battlefield*

Grimes ends her touring and album promotion cycle with some strong words.

choice Hello, it’s Choice Music Prize Day.

The Meteor Choice Music Prize takes place in Vicar Street in Dublin tonight.

‘Provocation for Profit? Assault as a Marketing Accessory?’ The Quietus on Rihanna.

“ In terms of online popularity, page hits are king. As a result, provocative subjects and statements that prompt instant reactions – and finger-clicks – take precedence. They form the bedrock of comment-board-driven editorial planning, in a world where comments themselves …

What’s happening on the Rihanna plane?

They don’t make press junkets like this anymore. I’d say there are a lot of journos high-fiving RiRi right now: As the #777Tour jets around the world, Gawker gathers some of the reportage. Irish journos Sean Munsanje and Mark Kavanagh …

Hi ho Spotify!

Over four years after originally launching, Spotify has finally touched down in Ireland, without the need for proxies or borrowing your English mate’s postal codes. Jim Carroll has the deets over here.

10 Things You Should Do At HWCH

Irish music has changed A LOT in 10 years; the scene, the sound, the bands, the ways of becoming successful, the audience. The Hard Working Class Heroes festival has seen, instigated and been part of plenty of that change since …