While wandering the depths of the Internet, I came upon this. It’s nice and odd, and some of them leave you scratching your head, but they’re free, so you can’t really complain. […]
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Lambchop Return
Lambchop return with a new album, and you can download a taster from it here.The song itself is called ‘If not, I’ll just die’ and is from their forthcoming album ‘Mr. M’. […]
Movies – 18-11-11 – Snowtown
Snowtown is the story of a serial killer in small town Australia. It is based on real life events, as three men were convicted in 2004 when eight bodies were found in […]
Jagermeister Freezer Sessions – More free junk!
After the Heineken debacle from last week, I hope their ticketing scheme works a little better. Heineken’s server collapsed within seconds of people logging on. I’m sure they’re blaming unprecedented demand, but […]
Prepare for the Flood!
All be ready, there’s water coming, and a lot of it. There’s a wave coming that’s going to wash all the sinners away, all the bad people, the evil do-ers, and leave […]
Gig Guide – 15-11-11
One very important new gig on this list, that seems to have escaped most people’s notice, but for some reason has me excited. Clap your hands say yeah return to town, for […]
Trip down (90s) memory lane – 8tracks
A superb 8tracks playlist devoted to the 90s. I’ve been listening to it while working and it’s great fun. All the usual suspects are here from Pavement, Mercury Rev, Sonic Youth, Wilco, […]
Alice Neel – Douglas Hyde Gallery
First with the news as ever, I eventually got to see the Alice Neel show in the Douglas Hyde Gallery on Saturday. It has been on since early September, but comes down […]
Movies – 11-11-11 The Silence
It’s finally that day, the one with all the ones! I’ve been looking forward to it for ages, well, at least a week. I was just listening to RTE One who were […]
Mark Eitzel Update – or why Doctor Who’s companion love to sing AMC!
Mark is currently on a mini tour of England, the details of which you can find here. There’s a fun interview with him in walesonline here, in which he discusses touring (see […]
Seven Psychopaths
Something to look forward to, with a very impressive cast and a director who I’ve always liked. Seven Psychopaths stars Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell and Tom Waits, and […]
I’ll be your mirror – ATP
The second year of ‘I’ll be your mirror’ has been announced on the ATP Web site and will again be held in the Alexandra Palace in London from May 25th to 27th. […]
Mark Lanegan – Academy
Don’t dates in 2012 just seem very far away at the moment? I guess it’s the same amount of notice we get about gigs at other times during the year, but next […]
Tom Waits will scratch where he’s been itching
I have to admit, I was listening to the new Tom Waits album in my car, and thinking that a lot of the songs sounded quite samey, and then realised I just […]
Song Fu #1
Update: The Winner is Kurt Vile and Bank of America! Ok, so our top team of lawyers have told us to issue a full apology to Adam and Joe, and to change […]
Movies – 04-11-11 – Sensation
Just look at that date, you know what that means? Next week’s one is going to be 11-11-11, now how exciting is that? Ok, not that exciting, but it’ll look pretty, none […]
Max Keiser
This sounds kind of fascinating, so if you’re in the area, you should head along! We’re so used to being forced news from our particular slant, it would be interesting to see […]
Brassland turns 10
Brassland is a music label run by members of the National and Clogs. It is 10 years old this month and they’re celebrating in fine form by giving away lots of free […]
Gay Mitchell is Alf
I just can’t stop watching this. I’m sorry, but I can’t. Well done to bigmentaldisease.com for this one.
Movies – 28-10-11 – Ghostbusters!
Right, first off, this is not a weekend for art house stories of struggles in eastern Europe or coming of age dramas in South America, this is a weekend for ghost, ghouls […]
War on Drugs – Whelans
War on Drugs play Whelans on 24th of Feb next year. What? You don’t care? That’s ages away? Well, you’re possibly right. I’ll try to come up with some reasons for you […]
More Halloween Movies
I’m sure it’ll be rubbish, and the trailer below would suggest that it quite possibly is, but the Wicker Tree is part of this year’s Horrorthon in the IFI (Thurs at 9.15). […]
Halloween Movies – Screen Cinema
I was in the Screen cinema on Sunday for Woody’s new effort (top notch!) and saw a list of movies they’re showing for Halloween. Pretty good stuff, other than the Human Centipede […]
Song Wars #2
Update: Kimya wins! I’m pretty sure the volcano swung it. It’s a slow Monday, so I’ve decided to knock out another battle royale. Same rules as ever, two songs enter, one song […]
Visit – Artist Studios
Ever wanted to have a good nose around an artist studios? Steal anything that wasn’t tied down? Now is your chance, as Visit is an open day in studios in 18 venues […]
Free Rabbits!
Ok, not real rabbits, but there is a free Frightened Rabbits EP going, for the price of an email address (and sporadic marketing mails no doubt), a small cost. You can get […]
Movies – 21-10-11 – We need to talk about Kevin
First, an apology: We realise that in this section last week, some comments were made that were painful for some of our readers. While these were made in a jovial manner, this […]
Jeff Mangum ATP postponed
Odd this one, and slightly worrying as I have tickets for the weekend after this one. Jeff Mangum’s ATP which was due to run between the 2nd and 9th of December has […]
Dublin Contemporary’s last stand
Dublin Contemporary has entered it’s last two weeks, for those who have been putting off going as ‘it’s on for ages’, you’re now entering last chance saloon. I think I’m going to […]
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