Hard Working Class Heroes is back for 2013 and they're accepting applications from bands now.
Win a pair of weekend tickets to Demented Promotions & FOAD's two day all-ages festival Defiance on August 9th & 10th, with Leftover Crack, The Casualties and many more.
Yo La Tengo's rescheduled Dublin gig takes place on Thursday 5th December and will be a special two-part 'quiet / loud' show.
Tickets for Villagers March 2013 Irish tour go on sale this Friday, but you can get in early with a presale on the Villagers website on Wednesday.
The nominees for the 2013 Choice Music Prize have been announced.
'You can’t really go wrong with Townes van Zandt if you want to keep it down, residing as he does on the miserable side of doleful' - Dara Higgins on My Proud Mountain's Record Store Day 10" of Townes Van Zandt covers.
'In truth, as much as the shapeshifting musical tapestry Wolf and the band weave, it is always his command of language that dazzles' - Siobhán Kane on Why?'s gig in Whelan's on Monday 6th May.
'MBV have an impossible task ahead of them. Like an indie George Lucas they are surely aware that they will disappoint a lot of people by not curing cancer with their new album' - WatchingCattle checks out My Bloody Valentine's Asian tour warmup show at the Brixton Electric in London.
Belfast-based label Smalltown America would like you to hear a selection of music from their Spring 2013 catalogue, and they would like you to hear it for free.