Only hours remain until ATP’s Nightmare before Christmas, so I’m hitting the books hard! A lot to get through in very little time. Lets see, who do I know nothing about that […]
Small Hours Wake
As mentioned previously, Irish radio is losing one of it’s best shows this week, when Donal Dineen’s Small Hours finally comes to an end on the 1st of December. To mark the […]
The Winged Victory of Will Oldham
Two new gigs for you from various parts of left field. Well, one of them anyway. A Winged Victory for the Sullen were mentioned before by us here, and are strangely making […]
A Tribe Called Quest – The Movie
‘Beats Rhymes and Phife’ is a documentary on the life and times of one of the best hip hop acts of our recent past, ‘A Tribe called Quest. The screening is on […]
Kurt Vile and the Violators – Whelans
As proved earlier, we’re big fans of Bank of America and Kurt Vile. He’s coming to Whelans on the 19th of Feb next, but I’m not sure he’s bringing the Bank with […]
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’. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
tUnE yArDs – Button Factory
What are you doing next February 12th? What do you mean you don’t know! You should be at the Button Factory to see the return of the legend! Sadly, she’s no longer […]
Other Lives – Academy 2
It takes a lot to get me to the Academy 2. It’s a dark hole in the ground, with somehow matches fire regulations. It has columns throughout, with restricted sight lines for […]
Jeff Magnum at Occupy Wall Street AND Vicar Street
Jeff Magnum made an appearance at Occupy Wall Street, which is a series of protests aimed at social and economic inequality and corporate greed (Yes, Michael Moore seems to be involved!). Radiohead […]
Jeffery Lewis
Jeffery Lewis has the life. Really he does. By day, he’s a comic book writer and artist, and by night a rock star. It doesn’t come much better than that in my […]
Mariachi El Bronx – Workmans Club
These guys were one of the highlights of the Breeder’s ATP a couple of years back. I never figured I’d see them again, but they’re coming to Dublin on Friday the 18/11/11. Cool […]
Fight Night
Face off: Saturday the 17th of Sept Folk versus Hip Hop Sugar Club versus Whelans Sam Amidon vs B Dolan (with Scroobius Pip in support!). Ok, they won’t be actually fighting, but […]
Scroobius Pip – Whelans
‘You see a mouse trap, i see free cheese and a fucking challenge’ The Scroobius one returns to town, but this time without his other half. He’s just released a solo album, […]
Adrian Crowley + James Yorkston + Alasdair Roberts – Peppercanister Church
This blog was a little later than normal, as i was just buying tickets for… Adrian Crowley + James Yorkston + Alasdair Roberts The Peppercanister Church, Dublin Fri 07 Oct 2011 […]
Gillian Welch – Grand Canal Theatre
Every time I listen to Gillian Welch, I think I should listen to her more. What does that mean? I don’t listen to her much, possibly. I first came accross her in […]
Kristin Hersh – Workmans Club
Update: Sadly, Kristin is too ill to perform! Her voice is gone, supposedly, which I guess is important for a singer. We’ll have to wait for Throwing Muses… Update Update: New date […]
Gig Guide – 20-08-11
Ok, I’ve been a bit slack on the gig front over the last while and a few decent gigs have been announced, without a mention here. There’s Throwing Muses, St. Vincent, Deus, […]
New Gigs
A few new additions to the gig front, which are worth a mention. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Button Factory – November 9th (Wed) – €20 Sam Amidon ‘I See The […]
Why? – Button Factory
This is a nice one actually, and definitely something to look forward to. Why? are currently touring with an acoustic piano set, which sounds like another step towards normality from where they […]
Paul Foot
He’s on in the comedy festival over the weekend, and is probably worth a visit! You probably recognise him off d’telly, but were never quite sure of his name. That’s as far […]
The Former Soviet Republic – Upstairs in Whelans!
Just thought I’d give this guy a mention, as I used to read his blog (thrillpier) which ran for a few years (a long time in the blogosphere!). He gave it up […]
B Dolan – Whelans
One of the most foul mouthed people I’ve ever seen on stage, returns to Whelans on Sept 17th. I saw him play back up to Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip, in […]
Kristin Hersh – Workmans club
Last time Kristin played here, it was in the sadly departed Waterstones, as part of her book signing. I managed not even to hear about it until the day before! Life can […]
OFWGKTA and Spearhead – The Academy
If you follow the music blogs it seems that OFWGKTA feature almost daily, with missing members, near riots and other nonsense being a daily event for them! They good news is that […]
No More Workhorse 