411 Mania — The year was 1976 and one of the biggest years in metal history. It all started this year with Judas Priest changing metal with a landmark release while AC/DC rocked the world. Plus we have reviews of great albums released this year from Judas Prie... more info

Guardian Music — Bands such as the Pogues and Dropkick Murphys are known around the world for creating an authentic Irish sound. Shame that none of them are Irish, then ...Twirling his comedy moustache and summoning every last drop of rockabilly-Borat charm, Gogol Bo... more info

ContactMusic — THIN LIZZY's LIVE AND DANGEROUS record has been voted the best live rock album in a new survey.The band's 1978 record topped the poll by Britain's Planet Rock radio... more info

Gigwise — In a radio poll... more info

Pop Justice — Today's Song Of The Day is 'Teenagers', a sparky little pop tune by new artist Japayork. You can hear the whole thing on his MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/japayork). There is another song, 'Our Now', being 'serviced' to the blogzzz (MP3 download h... more info

Guardian Music — Chris Salmon hails some welcome web resurrectionsIt's now four years since the Strokes released an album. Since then, several members have embarked on solo projects, while frontman Julian ­Casablancas has spoken of inter-band ­disagreements ove... more info

Altsounds — This years Manchester Irish Festival is staging a special opening night concert sponsored by Guinness dedicated to Ireland’s Blues legends such as Van Morrison, Rory Gallagher, Thin Lizzy and Bob Dylan. The night takes place on Friday 5 Mar... more info

411 Mania — The 411Music Top 5 is back after the New Year Holiday! This week, the 411Music Staffers discuss their favorite underrated acts. They discuss everything from Thin Lizzy to Deep Purple, Pink to Matchbox Twenty, Trans-Siberian Orchestra to Soulfly, and ... more info

411 Mania — Kyuss meets Thin Lizzy? more info

Guardian Music — Susanna Karolina Wallumroed, from Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, performs her version of Thin Lizzy's 1976 hit Jailbreak exclusively for Observer Music MonthlyElliot SmithAndy Gallagher more info