Foals have seen their status rise from indie darlings to big arena megastars, and they’re loving

Baio is the stage name of Chris Baio, bass player with arena alternative rockers Vampire Weekend. But the music the 31-year-old New Yorker makes as a solo artist is quite a distance from Vampire Weekend’s preppy jangle-pop, writes Ed Power. 

Tom Verlaine has his own theory as to why New York was such a hotbed of creativity in the mid-70s, writes Ed Power

FANS of U2 will probably know the story of how Larry Mullen and later Bono had to repeatedly court Brian Eno to convince him to work with them on changing their sound.

Same as it ever was… Same as it ever was… Same as it ever was… Same as it ever was… Same as it ever was… Same as it ever was… Same as it ever was… Same as it ever was.

St Vincent

Annie Clark has re-imagined her St Vincent alter ego on her new album, says Ed Power.

Lou Reed died of liver disease.

Thirty-five thousand music and arts lovers packed the Stradbally estate in Co Laois for last weekend’s Electric Picnic.

If festival attendances are any indication of the health of the economy, then this year’s Electric Picnic turnout would seem to suggest a turnabout in the nation’s fortunes.

Ed Power's essential musical menu for the Electric Picnic weekend

Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr was deemed a “god-like genius”, but while the musician said it was nice to be appreciated, it was really all about the music.

Bob Geldof is to be reunited with the Boomtown Rats for the first time in more than 25 years at a UK festival this summer.

The four-piece are happy to return home after a year recording and touring in Britain, says Ed Power

The Central Bank’s head of banking supervision, Fiona Muldoon, believes a culture of leadership is missing in Irish banks. Here is an edited version of her speech yesterday

Andy Kershaw: No Off Switch

AFROS and handlebars on Tuesday, side-creases and smooth chins on Sunday.

Thousands of people have been enjoying the summer weather at the Big Chill festival in England today.

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin was drafted in to help rocker David Byrne write his new album, after the former Talking Heads star was struck with writer's block.

Artist Robert Rauschenberg, whose use of odd and everyday articles earned him a reputation as a pioneer in pop art but whose talents spanned the worlds of painting, sculpture and dance, has died aged 82.

HILLY KRISTAL, whose rock club CBGB served as the birthplace of the punk rock movement and a launching pad for bands like the Ramones, Blondie and Talking Heads, has died after a battle with lung cancer, his son said yesterday. He was 75.

Hilly Kristal, whose rock club CBGB served as the birthplace of the punk rock movement and a launching pad for bands like the Ramones, Blondie and Talking Heads, has died after a battle with lung cancer, his son said today. He was 75.

The Mexican government promised justice for British pop singer Kirsty MacColl today the night after U2 dedicated a song to her in a concert in the Mexican city of Monterrey.

Rockers U2 and the Pretenders will join soul greats Percy Sledge and the O'Jays and blues legend Buddy Guy as the 2005 inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Johnny Ramone, guitarist for the legendary punk band The Ramones, is in hospital in Los Angeles with an infection related to prostate cancer, his publicist said today.

New wave exports from the late 1970s will join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year.

Leather jackets and mohawk hair cuts mixed with tuxedos as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened its doors to honour punk rock’s first generation, along with Tom Petty, former teen idol Brenda Lee and Shaft maestro Isaac Hayes.