Nialler9 — Hadn’t seen a mention of this anywhere about from Jim’s Phantom show last week. Spunk Records will release The Middle East’s debut album this year and this is the first single from the album, ‘Jesus Came To My Birthday Party’. We talked abo... more info

Nialler9 — A bit of a different podcast for you this month (and at nearly 2 hours, a long one) as myself and Aoife sat down and talked about the best things that happened in 2010. We cover Irish acts and labels we loved this year, gigs of 2010, albums and song... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 10-01-03 Las Vegas, NV - Matador at 21 10-10 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival 11-02 Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree * 11-03 Tallahassee, FL - The Engine Room * 11-04 Orlando, FL - The Social * 11-05 Atlanta, GA - The Earl * 11-06 Chapel Hill,... more info

Guardian Music — In collaboration with SoundCloud, we present the best tracks from artists featured so far this year in New Band of the Day. But what does it say about the nature of music in 2010?We're just over halfway through 2010 and already people are wondering i... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 07-31 Oslo, Norway - Oslo Opera House 08-06 Katowice, Poland - OFF Festival08-26 Dortmund, Germany - ISEA08-28 Catania, Italy - Uva Grapes Festival09-04 New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge %09-05 Philadelphia, PA - The International House09-20 Cambridge,... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 07-23 Augusta, GA - Sky City 07-24 Savannah, GA - The Jinx07-25 Charlotte, NC - Visulite Theatre07-27 Orlando, FL - The Social %07-28 West Palm Beach, FL - Respectable Street07-29 Tampa, FL - Crowbar %07-30 Tallahassee, FL - Engine Room %07-31 Atlant... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 11-05 Chicago, IL - The Hideout * 11-06 Milwaukee, WI - TBA * 11-11 Pittsburgh, PA - Howlers * 11-12 Cambridge, MA - The Middle East * 11-13 Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory * 11-14 Columbus, OH - Treehouse * * with Black Helicopter more info

Nialler9 — A much anticipated show from The Middle East saw a full crowd in The Sugar Club on Saturday night. Perhaps, having seen them twice before and one of those times being particularly memorable, I had overhyped the gig in my mind so I was a bit disappoin... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 08-11 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall * 08-13 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater * 08-14 Seattle, WA 0 Neumo's * 08-15 Vancouver, British Columbia - Venue * 08-18 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater * 08-19 Madison, WI - The Annex * 08-20 C... more info

Rollo & Grady — After years of the Australian music scene being represented in America by only Jet and Wolfmother, a fresh crop of promising bands has arrived: Angus & Julia Stone, The Middle East, Crayon Fields, Twerps, Oh Mercy, and Tame Impala. What began as a b... more info