Grab your wallet, put €40 aside right now and keep it safe till Friday. The reason I say this is because Bon Iver is coming back to Dublin to play a massive headline show in November. Last years album ‘Bon Iver, Bon Iver’ has propelled him to new heights and this has results in a massive venue for a return to Ireland. [...]

  There’s been much hype and build up around this festival this year. Over 500 entries to our competition and we saw on Twitter our friend Nialler9 had over 1000. That’s amazing the interest in this quirky little festival located in West-Meath. Today the planning starts in earnest, and one of the great things about Body and Soul is that [...]

A bit night of entertainment is on the cards next month as the Nighthawks at the Guinness Storehouse, which is part of the Liberties Festival had announced the details of it’s show. The gig will be on Saturday 21st July in the Guinness Storehouse. The show will feature such great acts as Vyvienne Long, Little Xs For Eyes, Fiach, Pearse [...]

Following the release of their self titled second album (because they are far to cool to name it), The Temper Trap have just announced details of a return to Dublin in October. They have confirmed they will play in The Academy, Dublin on Tuesday 2nd October 2012. Tickets are €29 inclusive of booking fee and go on sale this coming [...]

The fun combination of racing and music is back again for 2012 with the Live at Leopardstown series showcasing some damn fine Irish music with the racing that it is famous for.  The series will have a real mini boutique festival feel this year, with a Big Top, chill out areas, DJs, an acoustic area and great food and bars. [...]

Dublin Community Television continues it’s support of Irish music with its volunteer lead music show Community Of Independents. Each week a new episode appears online we will be alerting you to it’s juicy music filled goodness so you can follow the charismatic Danny Carroll on his hour long music adventures. This is the second episode of the second season of the [...]

The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock returned with their sophomore album ‘The Brutal Here And Now’ and since it’s release have been tipped across the board as one of the acts of the year if not album of the year. They have announced they will play a headline show in The Workmans Club on July 27th 2012. Support on the [...]

Indiependence 2012 is getting close and we are getting excited. Already some cracking names on the bill including 2ManyDJs, Feeder, Maverick Sabre, Bearyman and British Sea Power to name but a few, we have a couple more name to give you options. The Red Bull Bedroom Jam festival chart helped decided three names who would join Indiependence 2012 and Icon [...]

Week two of a new feature on Goldenplec will see James Hendicott on a bi-weekly basis, cast a spotlight on an band you probably should be keeping an eye on. This won’t be just restricted to Irish acts either as from time to time James will delve into the global market for a pick. Who? Limerick and Clare based friends [...]

This week we have all the news from Goldenplec as always, We discuss the Monday at Forbidden Fruit which we didn’t get a chance to discuss last week when recording. We also discussed a visual and audio feast that was Watch The Throne and introduced a new quiz segment called Capuchio vs El Cuffo. It pits two of your presenters [...]