
Fantasy cello pop is a term used by Linnea Olsson to describe her music and upon listening you can hear exactly why she coined this phrase. Her cello playing and vocal musings […]
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Fantasy cello pop is a term used by Linnea Olsson to describe her music and upon listening you can hear exactly why she coined this phrase. Her cello playing and vocal musings […]
‘Welcome to my second annual farewell tour’ are the words that Mark greets his audience with, and so it begins, another night of self-deprecating humor and some of the best love songs […]
One of my friends has a theory that the Wachowski brothers actually died in a car crash (or something) after the first Matrix movie, and were replaced by by the two bungling […]
Declan is playing a DJ set at the Grafton Lounge on Sudany at 8-10 and at Lillie’s Bordello at 11pm is you like what you hear below. Au revoir January blues hello […]
John Grant, John Grant, John Grant. What’s not to like? Smart, funny lyrics and a booming voice. “I wanted to change the world But I could not even change my underwear” He’s […]
[Update: This, my friend, has been cancelled! Hoping for a re-schedule] Rocket From the Crypt are back performing and are playing in our dear, sweet Button Factory on April 26th. This can […]
I’m always a fan of gigs in odd locations, but this one could well take the biscuit! Caroline Moreau is playing on the Jeanie Johnston, the famine museum and tall ship! The […]
One tweet equals one road trip! “Harmonic presents The National, Marquee, Cork, June 28th, tickets on sale Feb 28th 9am.” Seemingly, there’s no Dublin gig to be announced, so you’ll just have […]
The Collaborations festival returns to Smock Alley from February 22nd to March 9th, and will present over 30 Shows, Readings and Special Events. There will be an Art Exhibition in the Banquet […]
Ok, so this has to stop soon right? RIGHT? Maybe not. Here’s Matt and Kim’s attempt at the Harlem Shake and it’s pretty darned good.
Art – Analysing Cubism – IMMA Kilmainham – starts this Thursday 21-02-13 (Mary Swanzy image above) and runs until 19th May. Kathy Moran’s exhibition starts at the Douglas Hyde (until March 28th), […]
It would be hard not to enjoy a Southern Tenant Folk Union gig. They bustle with positive energy on the stage, playing their instruments with wide smiles and telling quirky stories in […]
Do you remember the Oscar movies? They were bright, brash and full of themselves, now sadly we’re left with the other movies. The one that there was no point in rushing the […]
Jameson Dublin International Film Fesitval (JDIFF) starts today! The Gala screening of Broken is sold out sadly, but for obvious reasons with Cillian Murphy, Tim Roth, Rufus Norris, writer Mark O’Rowe and […]
A flurry of gig news hits the streets of Dublin, and sends us all into rapture. Yes, Love is in the air, and what’s not to love about the three bands below… […]
(Probably) not the best minute of guitar for 20 years as some might suggest… but pretty damn special none the less. Listen as loud as your ears can bear. Thank you Kevin.
Airbound is a floating festival! I kid you not. It is a travelling Irish mini-festival taking place on Good Friday March 29th in London with a night time cruise down the Thames in […]
Charity Children are a two piece from New Zealand who ended up in Berlin, where they live and work, creating simple and quite lovely songs, such as the one below. Elizabeth is […]
Good lord, does this seem a long way away! Talking about October already, and it’s only just February. Still, Local Natives are coming back to town, after their sold out show in […]
The 12 Point Festival is a short festival of new Jazz, held in the Project Arts Centre for the next four nights. 12 bands will play over the four nights, and from […]
It is the first time since the 1930’s that King Lear has been on the stage of the national theatre, and to be honest, I’m not surprised. It’s a difficult play due […]
It’s all about Love this week at the Workhorse, and we’ll be whispering sweet nothings to anyone prepared to listen! Yes, it’s the time of year created by florists, chocolatiers and card […]
Ireland really does an odd ball thing for singer songwriters. David Gray was huge here and nowhere else, after Donal Dineen played him for a few months on ‘No Disco’. The next […]
Even at 32, Conor Oberest has done enough to be discussed in Indie circles in hushed tones. He started making music at the tender age of 13 and hasn’t looked back since, […]
No seems to be the movie of the week, as the rest just didn’t put the effort in, or live up to expectation (I’m looking at you Hitchcock!). It’s a movie about […]
This is a nice looking free event in the wonderful Whelans. I can’t say I’ve ever watched a movie in Whelans, although I’ve done most everything else there (a discussion for another […]
Jamie xx seems to have the world at his feet right about now. His day job, the xx have just announced their first gig in the biggest indoor venue in Dublin, the […]
Dario Marianelli Always nice to spend an evening with an Oscar winner, and that’s what you’ll be doing if you’re in the National Concert Hall on the 19th of this month! Dario […]
Set in a futuristic London, where society has broken down due to the proliferation of hallucinogenic butterflies (yes, actual butterflies!), two brothers Elliot and Darren break into an abandoned flat to prepare […]