New Young Pony Club have been forced to postpone this weekend’s gigs in Cork, (Thursday), Belfast (Friday) and Dublin (Saturday). The reason given is that singer Ty Bulmer is ill, and the dates are to be rescheduled for late May.
Posted on: March 11, 2010
This Friday, March 12, sees the return to these economically-ravaged shores (sans the rest of Animal Collective) of Mr Noah Lennox, aka Panda Bear, with a headline show in Vicar Street being dangled tantalisingly in front of us by Foggy Notions.
Lennox’ powerful influence on the direction of Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, one of 2009’s most critically-acclaimed albums, cannot be underestimated, and considering the mastery of his last solo album, 2007’s Person Pitch, this has all the hallmarks of being a truly epic installation in the 2010 gig roster.
Having recently guested on a Pantha Du Prince track from the glorious Black Noise LP, Lennox has a new …
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Sacramento pre-emo quartet Far have officially re-grouped and will release a new album entitled At Night We Live on May 18, via Vagrant Records.
The album is preceded by a limited-edition picture-disc and mp3 featuring a cover of ‘Pony’, originally released by R&B star Ginuwine in 1996. The song might seem an odd choice, but receives its release after …
more »New Jersey quintet The Dillinger Escape Plan are preparing to release their fourth full-length album Option Paralysis on March 22, via their own label Party Smasher Inc/Season of Mist. The album also continues the band’s remarkable tradition of losing amazing drummers only to find superior replacements.
Founding member Chris Pennie, who last played on 2004’s …
more »Adrian Crowley has won the Choice Music Prize for the best Irish album of 2009. The Galway-born artist’s fifth album Season of the Sparks was chosen by the 12 judges as the best of the 10 shortlisted albums, which included efforts from And So I Watch You From Afar, The Swell Season, Bell X1 and Neil Hannon’s The …
more »Rumours of LCD Soundsystem’s demise are not at all ill-founded. Speaking to AU this afternoon, James Murphy said that the third, as-yet-untitled LCD album (due out on May 17) is likely to be the last under that name.
“I’d like it to be, I think,” he said. “I think ‘three and out’ is good. Not to be weird about it, but I …
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