
All the signs are there of a what could be something a bit special from our and your friend, Nick Cave (and his bad seeds!). It’s 5 years since Dig Lazarus, Dig!!! […]
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All the signs are there of a what could be something a bit special from our and your friend, Nick Cave (and his bad seeds!). It’s 5 years since Dig Lazarus, Dig!!! […]
Ian Rogers it seems was there when the music industry was about to be changed forever by the Internet. The Beastie Boys were right there with him, as was Roger’s daughter Zoe. […]
The Theatre Machine turns you on is a series of 24 short plays running at the Project arts centre until January 19th. Here is a sample what can be seen! Germans Don’t […]
A new Yo La Tengo album is always a good thing and there’s one out today! Fade is the band’s 200th record and they’re mostly all good. Here’s the track Ohm from […]
Art – Sidney Nolan exhibition is at the other IMMA; Kilmainham. It closes on the 27th of Jan, so just go this week. No more excuses! It’s a beautiful show with great landscape […]
This is a collection of short plays/ theatrical events, 24 in total and all vaguely experimental in nature. Most of the shows only run for one or two nights, so it’s a […]
Ok, the workhorse has never been wrong with one of it’s predictions on Oscar winners, (on a small note, I don’t think we’ve made any either, but that’s beside the point)! Cross […]
Les Misérables, or Lesley to give her her full name is the story of a down trodden secretary working… nah, it’s not sadly. It’s the stupid musical that Tim Hooper (King’s Speech) […]
This album only came under my radar at the end of last year and it meant that musically 2012 ended on a high for me. I love my guitars and I love […]
Yes, indeed, the Rogue Gallery is back, with a few of the suspects from last time around, and a few new names to add to the list. The full list of pirates […]
This one just came out of nowhere! It’s a labour of love, no doubt, as I doubt Thurston has to play Whelans at this stage of his career, but surely this is […]
The Life of Pi – This is the adaptation of the movie that helped me find God! The movie is as good an adaptation as you could have made of a book […]
It looks like Ireland finally has a convincing ‘scream-till-your-ears-bleed’, rock, cock n’ balls, hardcore, all-male, noisy guitar group! I’m not sure where they came from – the blackest of depths obviously! – […]
‘Ah!’ is the debut album from Swedish fantasy-pop cellist (?) Linnea Olsson, which is getting some good reviews at the moment on various sites. Her first gig in Dublin is in the […]
It’s the first release from Bowie in ten years and is to celebrate his 66th birthday, or to stop the world forgetting he existed! There has been much talk around Bowie’s health […]
Art – Sidney Nolan exhibition is at the other IMMA; Kilmainham. I made it to the show over the Chrismas, and was hugely impressed. It closes on the 27th of Jan, so get […]
This book is a great insight into life in the Holy city, from what the traffic is like during the school run, to the variety of problems caused by the clashing religious […]
I’m always worried about a movie that bills itself as being ‘From the producers’ of another movie, as what does that really mean? I’m not sure what impact that really has on […]
This is a difficult, painfully slow movie that will leave you with more questions than answers! Despite the glowing praise that is in the press at the moment for this movie, it […]
Our first movie preview post of the new year, and where better to start with a gem from 1974! Still, the Polanski season at the IFI is far and away the hottest […]
About a year ago, Beck released sheet music for a new album ‘Song Reader‘, which he wasn’t going to record. It made the press for several seconds, before the world moved on […]
I’m not sure how long I’ve seen this play circling the city, as is often the case with one man/ woman shows, when they’re good they just run and run! This is […]
This is always a struggle, when you prefer the support band to the main act! I’ve only gone to a gig on about four occasions to see the support act and amazingly […]
I wish I could say things like this without people laughing at me. “I don’t care if I get kicked out of every rich kid club on the planet. I will never […]
Feeling a bit blue after a steady diet of wine and turkey for the last few weeks? Need something that will blow away the cobwebs a little? This could be just about […]
Wimbledon Green is one of the most unusual comics I’ve read in many years, and this is largely down to the way it was created. According to the introduction to the piece […]
Even a workhorse takes the odd day off, so this is a day late this week! Ok, maybe I just forgot yesterday was Monday. So what’s new with the new year? Actually, […]
Those paying attention will already know what we thought of this one, as it nestled in at number three in the Best Movies of 2012 list! This movie seems to be perfectly […]
And here was me worried he wouldn’t make it to Dublin at all, when in fact he’s here for the week! A gig in Kilkenny is the real surprise, but obviously there’s […]