Here are the day 2 pictures from Camden Crawl Dublin. Margie Lewis kicked things off in the Unitarian Church at 7pm, and then things got a little busy for our intrepid photographer Brid O'Donovan. There were tough clashes all across the city, but she chose Slow Skies in Sweeney's, Hunk, [Read more]
It’s a wonderful balmy evening in old London town; the winter finally appears to have sloped off in its soggy shoes and taken its frost-bitten arse away for a few months, so it seems like the only sensible thing to do is to go to my home away from home – Corsica Studios – for a night of rock cosmology with the mythic Lumerians and electro bandits K-X-P. By Ross Pike
May 3, 7:09am
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From Monday to Friday, Neu has you covered. In these Bulletins right here, with recommended gigs and a healthy selection of songs, you'll have a seemingly endless supply of new music tips. Every day we offer up a choice show, a song of the day and a little something extra that's caught our attention. Check back here every day for your latest Neu Bulletin delivery. THE GIG Girl Band, Shudder Pulps, Tourist, Adolescent, Dark Knight & The Pale Rider - Brighton, Blind Tiger [...]
Camden Crawl Dublin returns this weekend for its second year of showcasing the best of Irish and international acts. There are about 150 acts and comedians performing in tonnes of venues around the capital. To help you navigate your way from venue to venue, I've put this guide together of [Read more]

"Some guy was interviewing us in London the other night and was talking like we were this huge band, even though I still live with my ‘ma..."- Daniel Fox, Girl Band Your search engine of choice may hate their name, but Girl Band may just be your new favourite group. Various blogs have found it rather hard to describe their sound, resorting to ridiculous genre names like ‘Neo-Grunge’ or ‘Delirious Punk’. Frankly, we’re not imaginative enough to come up with a genre that no ones heard of, but we can tell you that Girl Band are incredibly noisy [...]

So it's finally here: that moment all Girls Aloud fans have been dreading. Last Wednesday, after the final show of their Ten Tour in Liverpool, the UK's number one girlband of the 21st century officially announced they were splitting up, after a decade together. While this is sad news, it seemed inevitable and it's here to reminds us of the longevity of the band, pretty unusual for this kind of acts. But even more so, it's a great occasion to celebrate the amazingness of Girls Aloud, their music, [...]

Girl Band From: Dublin, Ireland On their creepily aggressive cover of Blawan's Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage the atonally awesome Irish art rock noisters Girl Band sound like Wire crashing a death disco with only a Liars album for protection. Go Try [...]

You, reader. Stuck in the throes of your dull room in suburbia? Need some enlightenment from your work square? Here's an audio vacation. In case you're 52 editions late to the party, MAP is an initiative we're part of where 39 countries around the globe pick their best new artists for your leisurely listening. We like to think it's the more inclusive, all-encompassing little brother to Eurovision; a little less spandex, thrusting and voting bigotry in exchange for the best happenings in music around the globe. Them Swoops are our contenders for Oz this month, but [...]

Mind you Quincy Jones holds the record for the most Grammy wins - with 27 total. This is is huge for the girls. "It has been my lifelong mission to bring disparate peoples together through music. As such, when I was approached by Blush (sic), I was blown away. With one girl from China, one from Japan, one from Korea, one from India, and one from the Philippines, they are the personification of music’s ability to unite. Many of you probably saw us on the red carpet this weekend on the Grammys and [...]
The Music Alliance Pact is a collective of 39 of the world’s top music blogs and webzines from various countries spanning six continents. Every month, each of these 38 sites picks one hot local song that gets posted on all these great blogs and zines. This month we picked Mumbai experimental rock project Apu And The Dentist's ‘No Messages For Rumi’ as the Indian representative on this massive international indie mixtape. You can download ‘No Messages For Rumi’ along with 38 other tracks from regions as diverse as Peru, Brazil and Indonesia below. Download the entire 39 [...]

Expanda sus oídos, es momento de la segunda edición del Music Alliance Pact del 2013. Este mes la entrega de SoTB viene por parte de Rafo Ráez, músico de culto con amplia trayectoria en nuestro medio. Puesto que en pasadas ediciones incluí a bandas o solistas esenciales en la historia de la música peruana, Rafo Ráez llega en forma de punto clave para completar otro vértice más de este gran polígono sonoro. Puedes descargar y escuchar cada canción individualmente o si lo prefieres también puedes bajarte todos los tracks de este volumen . [...]

(c) Johannes Staudenbauer Once again, we bring to you the most interesting new tracks from around the world in one free digital mixtape called Music Alliance Pact, curated by international music bloggers and publications with an eye on their local scenes. For the second edition of 2013, we are featuring SEX JAMS. Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the full 39-track compilation through Ge.tt here . AUSTRIA: [...]