Primavera plus: Further additions to the Primavera festivals were announced this week

Primavera plus:Further additions to the Primavera festivals were announced this week. The xx, Death Cab for Cutie, Spiritualized, Beach House and The Dirty Three will play both Barcelona and Porto.

Ballot of the bashes:

Voting is now open for the fifth Irish Festival Awards. There 20 categories in all. festivalawards.ie

Green grandure:Green Day's American Idiot musical will play in Dublin's Grand Canal Theatre from November 5th to 10th 2012. Tickets are on sale from today.

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Bird call:Violinist, whistler and all-round-talent Andrew Bird's new album, Break It Yourself, is due in March.

There's nobody Pat wants to punch in the face more than Carl Barat, you know

  - The Black Keys talk a lot of sense sometimes

Lauren Murphy

Lauren Murphy

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