Today’s Cork Independent has the full skinny – Jim and Albert are to bring back Cork’s much missed independent record store by the end of August, sharing the old ESB Substation on Caroline Street with Triskel Arts while the Tobin St Centre is renovated. Plugd will then move to a dedicated floor in the Arts [...]

via Jim Carroll, here are the stage times for Foggy Notions ‘Harmonic’ Marquee night in Cork this Friday Doors open at 6pm Villagers: 6.30pm-7.15pm Camera Obscura 7.45pm-8.30pm Midlake: 9pm-10.15pm Grizzly Bear: 10.45pm-midnight

Those hoping to cool off following a scorching summer’s day in Cork last Thursday would have been bitterly disappointed as Cyprus Avenue sweltered with the heat of a capacity crowd. The last time guesslist saw an Irish act sell out the venue well in advance, Fight Like Apes were in town, and punters left as [...]