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Rock'n'fig roll: The final of the 2FM/Jacobs Song Contest takes place at the Temple Bar Music Centre tonight, with 10 singer-…

Rock'n'fig roll: The final of the 2FM/Jacobs Song Contest takes place at the Temple Bar Music Centre tonight, with 10 singer-songwriters competing for £2,500 worth of musical equipment. The contest is being broadcast live on 2FM.

Believe the hype: Bass Odyssey's Remote Control Soul EP is a superb slice of top-notch Irish dance music, mixing hip-hop, breakbeats, jazz and r & b into their distorted drum'n'bass groove. The B-A-double-S crew are in the Kitchen tonight.

No more need to argue: As a taster for their forthcoming album, Bury The Hatchet, The Cranberries release their new single, Promises, on March 29th.

Spud-U-Like: Skunk Anansie, featuring baldy tank-girl type Skin (otherwise known as Scary Skunk), are back with a new single, Charlie Big Potato.