Hey all! If you want to keep up to date with Sweet Oblivion the radio show, you might want to become a ‘fan’ (tragic, I know…) of it on Facebook here. At the moment I’m interested in compiling a ‘listeners’ favourites’ show for late December, so you can let me know your choices on the…

Here’s the playlist for the third Sweet Oblivion on 2XM…thanks to everyone who listened in tonight at 8pm! It’s repeated on Sunday at 10am. Midlake – Roscoe – ‘The Trials of Van Occupanther‘ Ah, by now ye’re probably sick of me going on about Midlake…if you don’t have this album, please, please buy it. Can’t…

If I had to pick my top five favourite albums of, well, ever, one of them would most definitely have to be Midlake’s second album, The Trials of Van Occupanther. I know I’m most certainly not alone in thinking this is one of the most fantastic albums of the noughties and certainly one of the best…

The second Sweet Oblivion radio show went out on 2XM tonight at 8pm – it’s repeated on Sunday at 10am if you missed it! It was a bit of a country-ish show tonight, hope people enjoyed it! Here’s the playlist: Neko Case – ‘Deep Red Bells’ – Blacklisted Neko Case is an alt-country stalwart who…

Belfast band Yakuza have a  new video out for their track ‘West of the Best’. In the video they sign a deal with the evil boss  of record label Jeff Damn Records (geddit?) and need to be rescued after being trapped in cardboard boxes. Nice to see a band with a real sense of humour about their…

Can I just have a moment to…squee! Thanks. So, the first Sweet Oblivion radio show was on 2XM at 8pm tonight, and in order to quell my nerves while listening to it online here , I compiled this playlist for the show. Here are videos for most of the tracks/artists, or links to myspace sites etc. During the show I…

The subject of illegally downloading albums is a very thorny one – and musicians aren’t slow to speak out about it. But what irks some people is that those who speak out loudest against downloading – Metallica, Lily Allen, for example – tend to be the very people who can live comfortably on money they’ve…

Fans of modern Irish folk music and gin-supping troubadours would be well advised to check out the new album by Declan de Barra, which is called ‘ A Fire to Scare the Sun’. Declan’s plaintive vocals lead all the tracks, with the music – though cinematic – kept at just the right level in the…

Good giggage ahead this week:  Yeh Deadlies, Brian Cullen’s Love Bullets and new dudes (and Groom members) the Lie Ins will play at Anseo tomorrow, Thursday 24th September. Doors are at 8.30pm and tickets are a fiver.

If you’ve ever wanted an insight into the world of the roadie – that strange, denim-clad creature that skulks about on stage while you’re waiting for your favourite band to perform – then head along to see the Moonshine Travellers when it hits the Sugar Club in Dublin this week. It’s written by a young…