Live Music Streams – Slow Moving Clouds, Baxter Dury and more… While it’s never going to replace being at a gig, there are a lot of interesting live streams taking place this […]
Live Music Streams – Slow Moving Clouds, Baxter Dury and more…
No More Workhorse
A Music and Arts web site, based in Dublin.
Other Lives – For Their Love – Album Review
Other Lives – For Their Love – Album Review by Killian Laher American band Other Lives return five years after their last album with their latest release. The first thing you notice […]
Stage on Screen – 15-04-20
Stage on Screen – 15/04/20 The days may continue to blend into one, but there are still some great things to watch on line! If you’re not watching some of these, you […]
Solitude Sounds: Mazzy Star – Among My Swan
Solitude Sounds: Mazzy Star – Among My Swan by Killian Laher This was Hope Sandoval and David Roback’s third album as Mazzy Star. It came out in 1996, and was relatively unheralded, […]
Album of the Week – 11/04/20
Album of the Week – 11/04/20 If you’re suffering from withdrawal from the world of film/ theatre and live music, the one thing that is almost unaffected is recorded music, with the […]
And Then We Danced – Film Review
And Then We Danced – Film Review by Frank L Director: Levan Akin Writer: Levan Akin Stars: Levan Gelbakhiani, Bachi Valishvili, Ana Javakishvili Merab (Levan Gelbakhiani) is a young man who comes from a family of […]
Cowboy Junkies – Ghosts – Album Reviews
Cowboy Junkies – Ghosts – Album Reviews by Killian Laher It seems to be all about ghosts at the minute, with this time Cowboy Junkies theming a surprise album about them. This […]
Stage on Screen – Fight Back Festival – 07/04/20
Stage on Screen – Fight Back Festival – 07/04/20 The New Theatre have come up with a lovely idea with a new “online theatre festival for Irish audiences to discover short plays […]
James Elkington – Ever-Roving Eye – Album Review
James Elkington – Ever-Roving Eye – Album Review by Killian Laher James Elkington returns with his second solo album, three years after his debut, Wintres Woma. It’s a kind of old-fashioned, singer-songwriter […]
Album of the Week – 03/04/20
Album of the Week – 03/04/20 In a chaotic world, there’s something lovely about the safe sounds of M. Ward. It was impossible to ignore his new release, so sit back and […]
Nite Fields – A Voyeur Makes No Mark – Album Review
Nite Fields – A Voyeur Makes No Mark – Album Review by Killian Laher Five years ago Australian band Nite Fields appeared seemingly from nowhere with a wonderful debut album, Depersonalisation. Since […]
Stage on Screen – 03/04/20
Stage on Screen – 03/04/20 A special edition of our Stage on Screen posts, with the news that Abomination: A DUP opera will be screened tonight for one night only! The opera […]
Solitude Sounds: Revelino – Revelino – Album Review
Solitude Sounds: Revelino – Revelino – Album Review by Killian Laher Revelino were a Dublin based band active in the 90s and early noughties. Several of the members had been in the […]
Free Comics Online
Free Comics Online One of the few good things of our present situation is that many sites are giving things away for free! The Comixology website has embraced this by allowing us […]
Theatre Online – 31/03/20
Stage on Screen – 31/03/20 With very little happening on stage, we’ll have a look at some of the theatre productions being released on the small screen, to be watched in the […]
Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts V-VI – Album Review
Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts V-VI – Album Review by Killian Laher If ever there was a man to soundtrack a dystopia, it’s Trent Reznor. Nine Inch Nails have just surprise-released Ghosts […]
Album of the Week – 28/03/20
Album of the Week – 28/03/20 This weeks sees the release of some big hitters in the form of Pearl Jam and Sufjan Stevens. The Sufjan album has been described by some […]
Vivarium – Film Review
Vivarium – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Lorcan Finnegan Writers: Lorcan Finnegan (story by), Garret Shanley (story by) Stars: Imogen Poots, Danielle Ryan, Molly McCann, Jesse Eisenberg Vivarium is released today online across major […]
Solitude Sounds: Depeche Mode – Violator – Album Review
Solitude Sounds: Depeche Mode – Violator – Album Review by Killian Laher Violator was acclaimed as the album that propelled Depeche Mode into mega stardom, thanks to a pair of massive singles, […]
Pearl Jam – Gigaton – Album Review
Pearl Jam – Gigaton – Album Review by Killian Laher If ever we needed a new Pearl Jam album, it’s in these dark times we are enduring. This is their first album […]
Dance on Screen – Liz Roche – Bastard Amber
Dance on Screen – Liz Roche – Bastard Amber Another present has arrived online, in the form of a dance production by the Liz Roche Company. It’s available for the next two […]
Stage on Screen
Stage on Screen The World of theatre has reacted to the Pandemic. There has been a movement in recent weeks for theatre makers to release video recordings of some of their stage […]
The Perfect Candidate – Film Review
The Perfect Candidate – Film Review by Hugh Maguire Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour Writers: Haifaa Al-Mansour, Brad Niemann Stars: Nora Al Awadh, Dae Al Hilali, Mila Al Zahrani Everything is possible with commitment. […]
Last Museum Open in Ireland?
Last Museum Open in Ireland? Are you suffering from a lack of Visual Art in your life with all the museums in Ireland closed? Fear not, noble reader, as there is one […]
Solitude Sounds: Veruca Salt – Ghost Notes – Album Review
Solitude Sounds: Veruca Salt – Ghost Notes – Album Review by Killian Laher Isolation gives us the chance to give older albums a deeper listen, remember what was good about them. Here’s […]
Morrissey – I Am Not A Dog On A Chain – Album Review
Morrissey – I Am Not A Dog On A Chain – Album Review by Killian Laher Morrissey has reached a curious position as he rolls into his sixties. His public utterances of […]
Interview with Danny Venzin (Nite Fields)
Interview with Danny Venzin (Nite Fields) by Killian Laher It’s been five years since Nite Fields’ debut album Depersonalisation. Since then, frontman Danny Venzin moved to Moscow for a time, but has […]
Album of the Week – 20/03/20
Album of the Week – 20/03/20 In one of the strangest weeks in living memory, we still have some good things in life to focus on and one of them is music! […]
Interview with Two Pints Creators – Olympia Theatre
Interview with Two Pints Creators – Olympia Theatre Two Pints – Olympia Theatre – Written by Roddy Doyle 18th –29 August 2020 by Frank L. No More Workhorse got to sit down […]
