Confusion abounds about the mistaken/blurred/shared identities of electronic wizard David Donohoe and former Floors frontman and filmmaker Dave Donohue. The DD question even made its way onto these pages in the last issue and mistakenly assumed they were the same person – hence, we shall ambitiously attempt to resolve this once and for all. The key is the spelling of the surname, and whether the man in question is a ‘hue’ or a ‘hoe’. David Donohoe has just released his debut album First Course In Hygiene on D1 Recordings, while David Donohue recorded with The Floors and directed the music documentary masterpiece Put The Blood Back Into Music featuring New York’s Peter Zorn and Sonic Youth.

There is some cause for celebration in the Adrian Crowley camp. Adrian has re-scheduled the launch of When You Are Here You Are Family for November 21 in the Shelter following a highly unfortunate broken arm on the eve of the original launch. The official Adrian Crowley website has also gone live and can be visited at www.adriancrowley.com.

Former Rollerskate Skinny man Steve M brings his new project Empire out on the road later this month to support the recent release of Not Fully Realised...

Maire Ni Chathasaigh, TG4’s Traditional Musician Of The Year 2001, teams up with Chris Newman, one the most acclaimed acoustic guitarists in the UK, for a series of Irish shows later this month…

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Daemian Frost follow their album releases jaunts in the UK and Ireland with a split single with Montana Pete. Another split with Melt Banana in the pipeline. Look out for a launch at superb Lazybird nightclub.

Currently hopping around Europe with Sparklehorse, Gemma Hayes returns to Ireland for a show with them on Friday 2nd November in the Ambassador Theatre, Dublin to croon a few numbers from her new EP Work To A Calm that features contributions from Paul Noonan of Bell X-1 and recently departed Frames man Dave Odlum.