Beacon lit: Two Door Cinema Club will play Dublin’s Academy on September 7th in support of their forthcoming second album, Beacon…

Beacon lit:Two Door Cinema Club will play Dublin's Academy on September 7th in support of their forthcoming second album, Beacon. Tickets are on sale from today.

Mama says

: Martha Wainwright will release her third studio album, Come Home to Mama, on October 12th. Guests include Sean Lennon, Nels Cline of Wilco and Jim White of The Dirty Three

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Breezy beats

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: The Casa Bacardí area at Electric Picnic will feature DJ sets by Francois K, Prins Thomas, Crazy P, Todd Terje and The 2 Bears.

Lauren Murphy

Lauren Murphy

Lauren Murphy is a freelance journalist and broadcaster. She writes about music and the arts for The Irish Times