‘Tis the season, I guess. The wonderful Halves are giving away a live album, but only for the next six days! Get your act together and sample the delights of Halves live. […]
Christmas Presents – Halves – Live at the Unitarian Church – Free Download
Button Factory Christmas Party (with R.S.A.G) – Saturday Dec 22nd
The Button factory have a good looking free event on Saturday the 22nd of December, wtih the much loved RSAG headlining the event. Other performers include Ocho & Plutonic Dust. Rarely Seen […]
Richie (Jape) Egan’s Black Abbott – Free Download
With the following words, Richie dropped this onto Soundcloud… “i always wanted to try to write and record an album in a day or so – this week i gave it a […]
Things to do in Dublin – 8th – 14th Oct
I’m sure you’re asking ‘is he really still banging on about the theatre festival’ and the answer is YES! Another busy week, and the last of the theatre festival, you’ll miss it […]
Dublin Theatre Festival – Special Events.
As well as the big events in the DTF there’s a number of Special Events! And how special are they, I hear you cry? Well, it varies, but there’s a few nice […]
Ballymun Axis – Autumn/ Winter 2012 Schedule
Is it that time again? Do we really have to face into Autumn/ Winter schedules? At least there’s a few good thing on to keep us entertained during the colder months and […]
ATP Mix Tapes
ATP have knocked out a couple of mix tapes to advertise their next ‘I’ll be your mirror’ weekend in New York. See the evidence below. One is by Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs) […]
Culture night preview
So, what to do on a night where the city is your oyster (well, some of it anyway), yes, that’s right, it’s Culture Night! Remember, do not feed the artists! I like […]
Sean Mac Erlaine – Amhran na Leabhar
From one horse to another… Here is the quite wonderful ‘Amhran na Leabhar’ by Sean Mac Erlaine. A little bit special you must admit, and with equally stunning visuals by Donal Dineen. […]
Things to do in Dublin – 17th – 23rd Sept
And you thought last week was a busy one? Well, it ain’t got nothing on this one! Mostly due to Culture Night, yes, that’s right, the night where all the museum employees […]
Things to do in Dublin – 10th – 16th Sept
Yeah, it’s another busy one, so I’ll get right down to it. Music – Leonard Cohen starts his residency in Kilmainham tomorrow, and there still seems to be tickets going for the […]
What to do in Dublin – 13th to 19th August
I hope everyone got out to see Cracked Lights production of ‘The Tempest’ in Iveagh Gardens. It was our top tip from last week, and thankfully the weather was generally to Prospero […]
Things to do in Dublin – June 4th – 10th
First off, what of last weeks lot. Well, Promethus has a disappointment, it looked nice but the story was a bit of a mess. The RHA nd IMMA in Earlsfort terrace come […]
IMMA – Photography from the Bank of America Collection
I went to this exhibition months ago, and always meant to mention it as it blew me away, but for whatever reason I never got around to it. Now I see that […]
The Skelocrats – Whip Crack Away
What’s better than new good music? Well? Ok, it’s easy, new good free music! For the cost of only an email address you can download this tasty 7 track from Popical Island. […]
Pixies – Free Live EP
I remember way back when. Sigh. The Pixies really were as good as it got, way back when. This isn’t actually from way back that far, only 2004 actually, and the start […]
Rock and Roll and Alcohol – JD Roots
I guess since ever since I saw Layne Staley of Alice in Chains in the SFX, when one of the many stage diving fans got too close to his bottle of booze, […]
Jamie XX and Caribou mixtape
I’m only listening to this now, so no idea what it’s like, but it’s free and it’s by people who you’d normally respect! I’m still recovering from Caribou’s headline set at ATP, […]
O Emperor Freebie
One of the best Irish bands around ‘O Emperor’ are giving away a free track. It’s actually pretty good, see what you think below.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dublin Contemporary – Culture night
I think maybe I was a bit dismissive about Dublin Contemporary when I mentioned it first, but that was mostly as I had no idea of the size and scale of it. […]
Atlas Sounds – Parallax
Bradford Cox is back, with his side project ‘Atlas Sounds’ from his day job (Deerhunter). While I’m not sure Bradford would be what Cork people call a ‘lovely person’, he is a […]
NME – New Act Download.
How did the hipster burn his mouth? He ate his dinner before it was cool! NME have just released a 25 song album of music, which you can listen to, or download […]
Bon Iver Cover Versions Download
Slow day for news in the Music world, so will just put a link to this site here. Stereogum have put together a collection of cover versions by Bon Iver, and most […]
Bon Iver Live Download
You can download or listen to a concert from Bon Iver’s most recent tour on the NPR site here. I think the concert itself was last night in Washington in the 9.30 club, […]
Stroked – Cover album
Is this becoming a ‘thing’, this is the second compilation album of a ‘classic’ album in as many weeks. As discussed in the comments section on the release of Newermind, a compilation […]
No More Workhorse 