Electronic musician Matthew Dear has lined up an Irish show in support of latest album 'Black City'. He will play Whelan's on June 9th. Tickets priced €18 are on sale now from tickets.ie and usual ticketmaster outlets.

High voltage Detroit outfit Electric Six have announced dates in Belfast and Dublin for November 2011. The "Gay Bar" hitmakers will play Spring and Airbrake on November 25th and The Academy on November 26th. Tickets for the Dublin show are priced €20 and go on sale tomorrow morning, Wednesday March 9th at 9am, while Belfast tickets details are on the way shortly.

Following the recent announcement that they will release the 'Gangs', the follow up to their Choice Prize nominated debut, And So I Watch You From Afar have announced the first of their promised live shows. The Belfast noise-mongers will play The Button Factory on Saturday April 30th. Tickets priced €17 are on sale now from tickets.ie and usual ticketmaster outlets.

Sepultra are set to return to The Academy, Dublin, again after last summer's show. The Brazilian metal band will play the Middle Abbey St venue on Thursday June 30th. Tickets priced €26 are on sale now.

Dublin band TKO have announced a five date Irish date in support of their 'Keystone' EP, which is due for release next Friday March 18th. The sextet hit the following venues around the country this month:
Friday March 11, The Quad Venue, Cork
Sunday March 13, The Spirit Store, Dundalk
Monday March 14, Róisín Dubh, Galway
Wednesday March 16, Upstairs at Dolan's, Limerick
Saturday March 19, Whelans, Dublin