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Foggy specials: Foggy Notions have announced two special gigs taking place this summer. Composer Philip Glass will play the NCH on June 22nd, while Cork’s Marquee hosts Grizzly Bear, Midlake, Camera Obscura and Villagers on June 25th under the “Harmonic” banner.

National's Violet: The National's new album details have been announced. High Violet, the follow up to 2007's Boxer, is out on May 7th.

Bristol’s on top: Bristol has been named Britain’s “Most Musical City” in a recent poll. The home of Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky surprisingly came ahead of London, Manchester and Glasgow.

Ryan goes metal: Ryan Adams is readying the release of a metal album called Orionin the coming weeks – the first release since the alt-country star supposedly "retired" from music. You can hear sample song Electrosnake at ryanada.ms.