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Guest post – Notes on an Irish disco landscape

Paul Tarpey is a Limerick-based DJ and writer from the Cheebah crew who has begun to sketch out a history of the Irish dance scene and clubland. Here’s what Paul has to say about this project. “Booking DJs for Cheebah …

On the Road – Josh Ritter in Denver and Targhee

We’re back on the road with Josh Ritter and he’s still hanging around the mountains. This time around, he’s on the festival trail with stories and pictures from the Mile High Festival and the Grand Targhee Festival involving beer, Tom …

On the Road – Josh Ritter in Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Telluride

Time for a confession: the latest On The Road diary comes from the man whose tour blog for The Huffington Post and Paste gave On The Record the notion to do these diaries in the first place. Josh Ritter is …

On the Road – Delorentos in Cork and Galway

Taking a break from writing and recording album number two, Delorentos have been playing a couple of shows around the country ahead of their appearance at Oxegen next weekend (they play on Sunday at 5.15pm on the Pet Sounds stage …

On the Road – Adrian Crowley in the UK and Northern Ireland, part 3

The final installment of Adrian Crowley’s diary from his recent adventures on tour these past few weeks. This time out, we’re in London, Cardiff, Belfast and Birmingham via trains, taxis and flight 666. Adrian will be playing dates during July …

On The Road – Adrian Crowley in the UK, part 2

More from Mister Adrian Crowley as he travels the lenghth and breadth of the big island to the right of us supporting Silver Jews and Vetiver. In this installment, our hero takes a spin from Coventry to Cambridge, meets the …

Guest post – The Great Escape

Lauren Murphy was in Brighton the other week for The Great Escape, the new-ish festival which likes to think of itself as SXSW-On-Sea. She saw many, many things including some cracking bands. Here’s the A&R report featuring her Top 7 …

On The Road – Adrian Crowley in the UK

We’re big fans of Adrian Crowley and his excellent “Long Distance Swimmer” album round these parts so we were delighted that he accepted the invitation to join our On The Road club. Adrian is currently doing UK shows supporting both …