Tough choice for next Thursday, with three good gigs on the one night. I think I went to all three bands last time they were in town, so its a little unlucky […]
The National play Dingle?
Yep! Strange as it sounds, but not really that strange. It’s part of ‘Other Voices’, the RTE show that is filmed in St. James’ Church, Dingle. Other acts include Marina and the […]
Iron and Wine
Iron and Wine are set to return to Dublin for a date in the Olympia on March 14th of next year. I was at their last show in the Ambassador a few […]
Marissa Nadler
The weird and wonderful Marissa Nadler is in town again. She’s playing ATP, and is stopping off in Dublin before it, to play Crawdaddy on the 1st of December. It should be […]
Gruff Rhys
Gruff has been wearing many hats in the last few years, as the lead singer of the Super Furry Animals, Neon Neon and various other side projects. He’s returning to Dublin to […]
Villager’s Session
Lovely three song session on Sun tv (yes, that Sun!), with Conor J O’Brien singing a few of his better known songs, as well as a version of Tightrope by Janelle Monae (who […]
Chilly Peppers
Lots of bloggers are getting excited about the announcement that Chilly Gonzales is bringing his “Piano Talk” Show to the Sugar Club. Tickets are €19.85 before rip off fees. He has worked […]
Science week loves Eno
It must be the hardest job of marketing experts the world over to make Science seem cool, but I guess that’s the aim of Science Week, which has a series of lectures […]
Jape watches Fionn from afar
Ok, I didn’t know this when i posted yesterday, but it does involve a few of my favorite Irish bands, so it’s worth a mention. Saturday November 20 – Whelan’s, Dublin – […]
Good news first
The upside – See some of the best Irish Musicians today, such as Fionn Regan, David Kitt and Richie Egan for free in a pub! The downside – Its in Kilkenny! This […]
Hard Heroes
What would be the worst name for a festival, if you really put your mind to it, what could you come up with? The Hard Working Class Heroes is billed as a […]
Gig Guide for Oct
There seems to be certain dates that attract gigs, this might be something like ley lines, the gods just decree that there be two or three places i would like to be […]
Sam Amidon
Sam Amidon is back! He was only here on Sunday with the Whale Watching in the NCH (which I actually meant to go to, but completely forgot about!). He’s playing in Whelans […]
Culture Night 2010
Culture night is next friday, and it has the usual bunch of odd things on throughout the city. Most places seem to just stay open late, which isn’t really that exciting when […]
State Intervention #6
I just like the idea of these things, a free gig in a random location around the city. This time its Peggy Sue and Sons Of Noel And Adrian in coppinger row on […]
Derek Nally RIP
Derek Nally was in Irish promoter and manager who died of a heart attack last July. This is the second gig in his honor, and seems a pretty good line up. Songs […]
LCD Soundsystem
Remember last April’s volcano? Eyjafallajokull by name! I’m sure there’s a band called that by now. We all feared it was the end of those strange metal machines in the sky,and we’d […]
Camille O’Sullivan
One thing in the fringe that has been recommended to me is Camille O’Sullivan. It looks a nice mix of cabaret, burlesque and pretty good music. It might be worth a visit, […]
Fringe
The Fringe festival kicks off today, with its usual line up of things I’ve never heard of and a pretty shocking web site that’s impossible to use. I’ll try to figure out […]
Harmonies
The Harmonic series of gigs around Dublin are getting better and better! They’ve now added Titus Andronicus, Willard Grant Conspiracy, The Acorn, Polvo and Pete Molinari. I’ve never really got into Titus, […]
The National Return!
Some good news for a quiet Tuesday lunch time, but the National are returning to Dublin on 2nd of December, with the 3rd and 4th quite likely once the first sells out, […]
Workman’s Revolution
No doubt of the new cool venue in Dublin, with the amount of good gigs on there over the next few months! I think I’ll be going there quite a bit over […]
PVT remixes
PVT (formerly Pivot) are a band that changed their name to something that people can’t pronounce, so they’ll just call them by the same name they called them previously. Why did they […]
The Working Man
The Workman’s club is the new spot in Dublin, located just beside the Clarence hotel, and the home of a very small bar also! Whoever is booking gigs for it is doing […]
Cheers for Beer
Well, maybe not beer, but stout anyway. Guiness’s big marketing day is back, with Arthur’s day returning on September 23rd. There’s lots of gigs on around the city, but I don’t think there’s […]
Walkmen Return
Last time the Walkmen were in town, Roughan Sheedy very rudely organised his wedding for the same day. I’m well aware that he did this on purpose and that it was clearly […]
Arcade Fire quandry
The stupidly expensive tickets for Arcade Fire go on sale from ticketmaster tomorrow. Last time they played the Olympia and I ended up in a similar situation, where I wasn’t prepared to spend […]
The National
The National preformed on Minnesota Public Radio, the other day, and there’s a very nice session lurking here, with a new song also! The new song is a called ‘You are a […]
You know, for Kids!
I saw Tim Robbins play/ sing live with the Rouge’s Gallery about two years ago, in what was probably the last ‘Dockland’s Festival’. It was a nice idea, to hold a festival […]
No More Workhorse 