Last week saw the launch of a new piece of open source software that could be set to give iTunes a run for it’s money. Music player/manager ‘Songbird‘ promises to be highly customisable (it’s from the folks who brought you Winamp), includes a Mozilla tabbed web browser, supports more formats and won’t be badgering you [...]

[image from BoingBoing] Gigs galore: In Cork Guess List will be taking in Adebisi Shank in The Whiskey tonight and lamenting the fact that Halves are scheduled to play in The Pavilion at the same time. Kila play Cypress Avenue on Saturday night. During the week we hope to take in a free gig or [...]

This week is set to see the launch of the gigantic Myspace Music store - a retail giant set to rival the likes of iTunes and Napster with the backing of three of the biggest record labels - but some indie labels are claiming that they've been blocked from uploading their artist's songs to the online store, and complaining that the technology used is biased in favour of major label material.