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More Acts Announced For EP

Dinosaur Jr, Dan Deacon and Kid Creole (!) join the party

A total of 16 new acts have been announced for this year’s Electric Picnic festival in Co. Laois. The fest, which takes place over the weekend of September 4-6, currently boasts Orbital, Brian Wilson and The Flaming Lips among its headliners, and they have now been joined by Dinosaur Jr (pictured), Dan Deacon Ensemble, Neko Case, Fake Blood, Diplo, The Acorn and, bizarrely, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, amongst others. The full list of newcomers to the bill, plus a list of the existing line-up are after the jump.

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AU Sixth Birthday Tour Kicks Off Tonight

ASIWYFA and Adebisi Shank invade Tralee

Ladies and gents, the time as come. Our six-date Irish tour with And So I Watch You From Afar and Adebisi Shank gets underway tonight in the stunning surroundings of Tralee, County Kerry. ASIWYFA are just back from a major European tour in support of American rock band Clutch, so they should be more than road-sharp and ready to give the town ...

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Forfey Line-Up Announced

A weekend in the countryside, anyone?

The full programme for this year's Forfey Festival in Fermanagh (ahh, alliteration) has been confirmed. The festival takes place over the weekend of August 7-9 at Forfey Farm, near Lisnaskea in County Fermanagh, and promises "a weekend of top class entertainment, fine company, good coffee and beautiful surroundings." On the entertainment front, they are spot-on, with Adebisi Shank (pictured), ASIWYFA, Not Squares, Six ...

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The Horrors - Primary Colours

Well, this is a surprise. When The Horrors sprang from nowhere three years ago with their schlocky nicknames, preposterous bowl cuts and Beetlejuice-meets-The Strokes attire, they were a magazine editor’s wet dream. Sure enough, the editors duly obliged by putting them on the cover of a thousand magazines, this one included. In fact, NME editor Conor McNicholas – an early champion of ...