Music News: Itteh Bitteh Hipster Kitteh’s Weekly Roundup

New Releases M.I.A will release her new album ‘/\/\/\Y/\’ in Ireland on the 9th of July, and no that’s not some weird glitch on Culch.ie the album is actually titled ‘/\/\/\Y/\’. In another seemingly random amalgamation of letters and symbols XXXO will be the first single. http://www.miauk.com/ Thought you had heard the last of Oasis? Not by a long shot. They are releasing a new singles collection on the 11th of June. ‘Time Flies… 1994-2009’ features all of the band’s singles. Unfortunately Oasis “will not be available for interviews” as they split up last year. http://www.oasisinet.com/ I consider Neil Hannon to be the anti-Bono, in that he is witty and a good songwriter and he doesn’t have his head shoved up his own arse and I don’t hate him. If you also don’t hate him you may be happy to know that The Divine Comedy will release new album ‘Bang … There’s more

Olivia O’ Leary pays tribute to Seamus Heaney

I witnessed something lovely least night. Something rather special. At the opening event of the Dublin Writers Festival, poetry readings by Seamus Heaney, writer and broadcaster Olivia O’ Leary introduced someone she obviously likes, respects and admires. And boy, what an introduction. You can read it below: