Power-pop seems to have lost its lustre since its heyday in the 60s when the likes of The Beatles, the Beach Boys and The Kinks ruled the charts. Melodic, harmony driven guitar pop seems to have fallen out of favour apart from the odd song like ‘Buddy Holly’ by Weezer and more recently, 'Here It Goes Again' by OK Go.

The Clonakilty International Guitar Festival has pulled off a huge coup in bringing Sonic Youth guitar legend Lee Ranaldo over to play and present a workshop. The festival is a celebration of the guitar in all in its forms and uses, from acoustic traditional and classical guitar to electric guitar powered rock and metal.

A Spanish flamenco duo will offer a Cork audience the chance to enjoy the artistry of flamenco at a standard normally only seen on the stages of Spain.Flamenco is a form of music and dance native to Spain and is also known as ‘The Gypsy Blues’ or ‘The European Blues’. It originally came from Andulusia.

Thursday, 2 September
What: Colin McLean Latin Trio
Where: The Roundy
When: 9pm

There are few things to beat a summer’s eve watching a gig in Pine Lodge in Myrtleville. Gigs there have been sparse recently but the excellent Party in the Pines returns this Saturday to bring us some late summer fun. This year’s edition will be the fourth instalment and is something of a Cork affair. It features some of Cork’s finest live bands in the excellent seaside retreat of Pine Lodge.

A sound art installation created by Mel Mercier has been running all summer in the Lewis Glucksman Gallery this summer. Put together to celebrate the Aloys Fleischmann centenary, 'From the Sources' featured the work of 100 traditional musicians, all of whom are UCC graduates.

A few days after an appearance at Electric Picnic, the lovely Field Music will take to the stage at Cyprus Avenue. Hailing from Sunderland, the band has shared members with Maxïmo Park and The Futureheads. That said, Field Music sound nothing like either of those bands. Instead, Field Music play music that is elegant and cerebral, while still being extremely listenable art-pop.

Gig of the week:
Party in the Pines @ Pine Lodge, Myrtleville on Saturday 4 September at 7.30pm
Beautiful Pine Lodge in the Myrtleville is the location for the fourth Party in the Pines, a night of great live music. This year features some of the best live acts in Cork and features Ten Past Seven, Elk, Hope Is Noise, I'll Eat Your Face and Lamp.

The fabulously crazy Fight Like Apes are releasing their second album 'Fight Like Apes: The Body Of Christ And The Legs Of Tina Turner' tomorrow. Singers MayKay and Jamie tell the Cork Independent why their 'difficult' second album wasn't so difficult ahead of their gig in Cyprus Avenue

A charity gig will take place on Sunday 29 August at 9pm in the Crane Lane Theatre in aid of the Mercy Foundation. Following a stint in hospital, the guitarist of Cork band Daniel Jones & The Small Town Lovers was inspired to set up a benefit night for the Mercy Foundation.