That Garda review of the Swedish House Mafia concert
“Electric music” says it all really. MCD boss Denis Desmond has disputed the findings. There’s loads to be said about this (again), and indeed the most uneasy part of it is that a report such as this...
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The highest paid DJ in the game?
(pic via commandtalent) That would be Tiesto making $22 million according to this Forbes report. Skrillex is second at $15 million, Swedish House Mafia pull up in third place with $14 million. Guetta...
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Who is Scooter Braun?
He’s the 31-year-old Geffen-obsessed former event promoter who dropped out of college and then ‘discovered’ Justin Bieber, and who also happens to manage earworm-generator Carly Rae Jepsen and the US...
View ArticleOne More For The Road
Check out this documentary on Road Records, an indie institution in Dublin that like most record stores these days, ended up not being able to make ends meet. I suppose one of the positive things is...
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And now, an entertaining law suit involving Lil Wayne
TMZ has the juice, and more importantly, the videos. Oh, Weezy.
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This is what happens when Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey hang out
An amazing scrap that someone just happened to film.
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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...
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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.
View ArticleWhat’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: Click here to view the embedded video. As the #777Tour jets around the world, Gawker...
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‘Provocation for Profit? Assault as a Marketing Accessory?’ The Quietus on...
“ 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...
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Hello, it’s Choice Music Prize Day.
Are you excited? I am. Click here to view the embedded video.
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Grimes shoots a feminist arrow across the indie pop battlefield*
This excellent Tumblr post by Grimes lays out a disgruntled manifesto of sorts with excellent honesty. Grimes is of course an outrageously talented musician, producer and songwriter, yet like most...
View Article‘The Thing’ and Danny Brown, Kitty Pryde writes.
I’ve kind of avoided writing about the incident where a fan performed (brief) oral sex on Danny Brown at one of his recent shows because (a) it’s weird, (b) it’s kind of gross, and (c) what can you...
View ArticleRBMA #2: 12 Years of DFA
A list of definitive New York bands. Who’s going to be on it? The Velvet Underground. The New York Dolls. Blondie. The Ramones. Talking Heads. Wu Tang Clan. Beastie Boys. Sonic Youth. Yeah Yeah Yeahs....
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Amanda Palmer: “Every artist has to forge their own tasks in this giant messy...
This interview I did with Amanda Palmer appeared in The Ticket on Friday, so here it is in all its bloggy glory. It’s hard to avoid two words when the future of the music industry is being discussed....
View ArticleHow the Irish dudes got on at RBMA
At the Red Bull Music Academy back in March, two Irish participants headed over to New York to soak up the awesome creative vibes that RBMA offers. In this video, Emma Bedford (Quiet Dust) and Orlando...
View ArticleTwerk off.
You can’t blame a young pop star for referencing Sinead O’Connor’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ video. It’s iconic, it’s beautiful, it’s emotional, it’s bold. So if you want to bypass the difficult steps of...
View ArticleGuest Post: Conor Behan on Eminem’s use of language
Yesterday I wrote this post on Eminem’s new tune ‘Rap God’ and a synopsis of my fandom. Over on Twitter, Conor Behan started an interesting conversation about Eminem’s use of homophobic slurs in 2013,...
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Other Voices In An Instant
Sarah Francis has done photo essays for PopLife at Electric Picnic 2013, Iceland Airwaves 2012, and the 2013 Dublin Fringe Festival (click on the links to see those photo galleries.) Her latest...
View ArticleIt’s time to stop ignoring R Kelly’s creepiness.
One of the most irritating ‘trends’ of the past decade or so is the hipster adulation of R Kelly, the RnB singer who found fame in the 90s and although his career was dented by allegations of sexual...
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