Dublin’s very own Fringe Festival opens this week (Thursday 6th Sept) and as ever, the programme is somewhat daunting. It’s a mass names and none of them household! Here’s a few tips […]
Fringe Festival Preview – Highlights
New Music: Four Tet – Pink
I’ve been listening to this a lot over the last couple of days and I really like it. Pink is a collection of singles that Kieran Hebden has been putting out over the […]
Villagers – The Waves
Conor J is back in town, with the first song from his new album called ‘The Waves’. It’s as epic as you can get from five minutes (surprised it’s not longer, but […]
New Music: Wild Nothing – Nocturne
With the new Wild Nothing album (Nocturne) coming out here’s a taster from it called Paradise. We’ve mentioned Wild Nothing a few times on the blog and the 2010 album Gemini was a […]
Videodrome: Mike Sheridan – Brokvarteret
Director Martin Garde was kind enough to tip us off on his new video created for Danish artist Mike Sheridan. Like dogs? Like slow-motion? Well this will make your day. Lovely dark […]
Dan Deacon – America: exclusive album stream (The Guardian)
Listen to the new album from Dan Deacon, ‘America’, streaming at The Guardian here.
Dan Deacon – True Thrush
With new album ‘America’ set to drop today (I think!) here’s the most recent single from it, ‘True Thrush’, to get people in the mood. The idea behind the video is good […]
Mark Eitzel – I love you but you’re dead
Oh happy day! One that almost didn’t happen, but good to have him back, with the first track off his new album ‘Don’t be a stranger’. ‘Lets go toast the twilight at […]
James Yorkston – I was a cat from a book
A new album by James Yorkston is always something to get excited about, so looking forward to this one. And as for the album title, well that is explained here. Where did […]
Mark Kozelek – UK Blues
One of the stand out tracks on Mark Kozelek’s excellent new album is ‘UK Blues’ in which he details why he doesn’t like the UK, city by city! It features such gems […]
New Music: Mac DeMarco – My Kind Of Woman
Lovely new release from Brooklyn label, Captured Tracks who are also home to the band Wild Nothing. This is a gorgeously languid track from Mac DeMarco with a full album on the way […]
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 […]
Kilkenny Arts Fever
Yes, that’s right, it all kicks off tomorrow, and it should be banging! Definitely worth a road trip from the big smoke (and all other quarters). Here’s some of our top picks… […]
Beautiful and poignant: Homemade Super 8 movie for Broken Social Scene track
Sometimes it’s the simple things that get me. Someone posted a homemade Super 8 movie as a backdrop to the incredibly beautiful Broken Social Scene track, Guilty Cubicles. We all have memories […]
Two Door Cinema Club – Album Leak
So, their album leaked, they’re not the first, they won’t be the last. The fact that it’s over a month until their album will be available for a fee (Aug 31st) is […]
Things to do in Dublin – 30th July to 5th August
Ok, this kicks into the August Bank Holiday weekend, so lots and lots of events on around the city. 1. Teenage Kicks – A season of ‘American Teens on film’ at the […]
Sebadoh – Secret EP
I’ll always have a special place in my heart for Lou Barlow. I saw Sebadoh, Folk Implosion and Lou in various incarnations in Whelans on many occasions, and he never disappointed. Some […]
Big Bang Festival
The Big Bang festival describes itself as a festival of rhythm, and there are worse things you could describe yourself as! You can find all the details here, with gigs by Donal […]
A fishy tale: Jürgen Müller – Science of the Sea
Jürgen Müller’s Science of the Sea was released last year but I’ve only really gotten into it in the last month. The story behind the album (below) is an interesting one […]
Things to do in Dublin – 23rd to 29th July
Yeah, Batman didn’t really happen for me, I’m afraid to say. Maybe there was just too much hype, but let us never mention it again. So what’s new in Dublin this week […]
Black Francis and Kristin Hersh
Let’s call it ‘Monsters of Grunge’? No, they were pre grunge, weren’t they. ‘Monsters of Alternative’? Anyway, two of my teenage self’s favorite artists in the one place at the one time. […]
The Avalanches return?
Kinda. Sorta. Maybe. I’m not sure either. There’s loads of mix tapes on their web site here. Ok, they want you to register, but what can you do, there’s no such thing […]
New music: Tame Impala – Apocalypse Dreams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okWU5QnRP1g
From forthcoming album Lonerism. Dave Fridmann (of early Mercury Rev producing fame) is on twiddling duty here and it shows.
Things to do in Dublin – 16th July to 22nd
Well, the Nobel prize winners have all left the country and our collective I.Q’s have dropped considerably! They will be missed. So, what’s new this week then? 1. Dark Knight Rises – […]
For the day that’s in it!
The Orange song…
Sam Amidon – The Pavilion – Dun Laoghaire
A gig I didn’t notice, as it was off my beaten track for gigs, is Sam Amidon in Dun Laoghaire (which is still technically Dublin)! It’s also just in a couple of […]
Tom Waits on Letterman
Tom is doing the rounds over the next few nights (he’s on Jimmy Fallon tomorrow!), selling his new-ish album ‘Bad as me’ and performed and spoke on the Letterman show last night. […]
Almost a Wu-Tang gig
Yes, that’s right, it’s almost a Wu-Tang gig, the rap stars are almost playing the Button Factory on the 15th of July, and you should almost be there! It’s actually half a […]
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes
Kaleidoscope is a regular night in the Odessa club, and aims to… “bring a vibrant, dynamic musical experience to audiences and performers. Innovative and imaginative programming offers a diverse range of music […]
No More Workhorse 