Green light: Tickets for Cork’s Heineken Green Spheres gigs featuring Erol Alkan/Simian Mobile Disco (October 21st) and Glasvegas…

Green light:Tickets for Cork's Heineken Green Spheres gigs featuring Erol Alkan/Simian Mobile Disco (October 21st) and Glasvegas (October 22nd) are free from noon today on Heinekenmusic.ie.

Read all over:Dublin's quarterly pop magazine One More Robot is out now; onemorerobot magazine.com

For the record: Elastic Witch, a new record shop with an emphasis on Irish independent artists, is to open in Dublins Twisted Pepper; elasticwitch.com

Chopping bloc:Bloc Party are looking for a new singer, but forgot to tell their frontman, Kele Okereke, until he heard that they were reforming without him.

Lauren Murphy

Lauren Murphy

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