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Sites of the Week: Hunted radio, Ripfork, Doids

Hunted radio From the team behind We Are Hunted comes this online radio station which analyses Myspace plays and queues the most popular song streams on the social network right now. http://myspace.hunted.fm Ripfork Matt Wendus really dislikes music critics. Reading some of the reviews he dissects, you can see why. http://ripfork.com Doids A blog filled with photos and videos of [...]

Trololo

Possibly the most uplifting gibberish-filled robot crooning song from Russia you’ll ever see.

How to make an Academy Award winner

Taking movie clichés like humble downtrodden man, a topical disability, a Latin American teenager, a sprinkle of inspiring statements and you’ve got this highly entertaining trailer for a made-up movie.

The Rubberbandits – Song for Willie O’ Dea

The Limerick comedy rappers meet the former Minister of Defence who has fallen on hard times and tries to sell them “decent hash”. http://therubberbandits.com/

Meet the DJing granny

69 year-old British granny Ruth Flowers is apparently massive in French electro clubs where they call her “Mamy Rock”. The video introducing her feels like a viral campaign but it might just be true.

New trailer for Tron:Legacy

Win tickets to Fionn Regan in Vicar Street

After the release of his second album Catacombs last month, Fionn Regan has been busy touring in the UK and Ireland. He will play Dublin’s Vicar Street on the 13th of March and we’ve got five pairs of tickets to giveaway to Irish Independent Day and Night readers. Q: What bar is reviewed in Day & [...]

Top 10 music discovery sites you should know

We all can navigate our way around Youtube, blogs, Spotify and sites like Last.FM by now but what other sites can help you find your new favourite band? Digital looks at ten others you should know… 1. Soundcloud – It started as a highly intuitive way for bands and labels to share music with others. [...]

Linkage: Nickelback vs a pickle, a mighty battle

Nickelback vs. The humble pickle A Facebook group set up to get a regular pickle more fans than staid rock bores Nickelback has succeeded! A sweet, crunch victory. http://short.ie/nickelpickle iTunes’ 10 billionth song downloader Louie Sulcer, a 71 year-old country fan from Woodstock purchased the 10 billionth iTunes download. The song in question was Johnny Cash’s Guess Things [...]

Band of Blogs: Aloe Blacc, The Morning Benders, Japayork, NWA – the explicit version

The best music on the web this week. Aloe Blacc Channeling Bill Withers turns out to be a good idea for Aloe Blacc. His great new song, I Need A Dollar is featured as the theme song in the HBO series How To Make It Big In America. Listen at Stones Throw The Morning Benders Heartbreaking indie-pop from a [...]