I’ll let these guys speak for themselves: As soon as we had landed in London people started asking us about our band name. “What does ‘Bender’ mean to you?” people would ask. […]
Record Store Day
Record store day is back, and with the declining number of stores around the city, they should be cherished like a new born! Well, maybe not, but it’s probably a nice way […]
Jason Pierce back with new Spiritualized album – Sweet Heart Sweet Light
3 years in the making, a new Spiritualized album has dropped. Here’s a taster, the simple yet beautiful (and uplifting) So Long You Pretty Thing. Enjoy! You can check out an interview between […]
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 […]
Josh Ritter in conversation!
I’ve a soft spot for finding out what singers do during their long holidays/ break from the lime light. This is the ones that don’t spend most of their times pushing things […]
Old man who loves Cab Calloway!
This is all over the place today, and thanks to the wonderful Judith for the link. It’s a quite wonderful video of the affect music has on an old man, who is […]
Thursday Free Play (It’s a long weekend!). Best Coast – The Only Place
An ode to Bethany Cosentino’s beloved California, this is the perfect new summer jangler from Best Coast. “We’ve got the ocean, got the babes, got the sun, we’ve got the waves”. I hear you […]
Lana Del Rey turns Greek
Poor old Lana is getting more abuse in the press, for the ‘similarity’ between her song and this one… Δρόμοι που αγάπησα – Ελένη Βιτάλη. I mean, it’s not like she tortures […]
New Music: Alabama Shakes – Hold On
Every now and then a song comes along that reminds you why you love music. It gives you goosebumps. From the first drone of the organ, to the drums, to the beautifully […]
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, […]
The Pieces of Shit
Ok, first up, don’t go to ‘This is not the place’. There’s far too many good movies on at the moment to see that one. Go to ‘Into the Abyss’ or if […]
Flaming Lips and Bon Iver
I know artists don’t usually do anything too amazing for Record Store day, but this is pretty ropey! A mass of synths and drum machines, with nasty layered vocals and nonsense lyrics. […]
Musicians that make Comics
The Dandy Warhols are back in Dublin, on April 18th, and you can win tickets on state here, if you’re so inclined. Their front man Courtney Taylor-Taylor has been working on another […]
Lenny Returns to Kilmainham
The great Mr. Cohen will be back in town, on September 11th and 12th. His gigs in Kilmainham caused quite a fuss back in 2008, as people realised that Lenny wasn’t simply […]
David Baker returns – Variety Lights
Thanks to melophobia for the tip on this one! Some good news for a Thursday lunchtime is that David Baker is about to release his first album in 18 years! God, has […]
Is this the best Irish Festival?
Body and Soul have just announced their line up, and it looks a little bit tasty! There’s more bands to come also, by all accounts, but it’s certainly a very good start. […]
Another new blogger – Oscar
Yes, at Nomoreworkhorse, we grow our own. Congratulations to John (and Laura too), who have just welcomed a new nipper to the house. Baby Oscar was born on Friday, and while it’ll […]
SXSW – Concerts on NPR
So, you didn’t make it to SXSV, but got to hear a bunch of annoying journalists going on about how good it was? Same boat here. If you want a taster for […]
Sun Kil Moon – Among the Leaves
Mark Kozelek and co are back with a new album, called ‘Among the Leaves’ which will be released on Mark’s own label on the 29th of May. Here’s a taster, which features […]
Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin
I’ve been kind of ignoring this, as it’s a very odd notion. Dublin isn’t Camden, so why not call it something else? The Dublin Crawl, perchance? Anyway, it’s another shot by Meteor […]
Choice Music Prize Winner – Jape!
Congrats to Jape, as he’s a lovely person. I met him on the stairs of the Button Factory about a year ago, and he stopped to let me get past. A well […]
Music for Computer Games
It’s over a year since we were featured on the WordPress homepage with our Music for Computer Games post. That post was about an indie game called Minecraft which had absolutely beautiful […]
Choice Music Prize
The choice music prize is held later today, and we await with baited breath to find out what 11 randomly picked music heads think is the best Irish album of this year. […]
Tricky and Topley-Bird reunite
Tricky and Topley-Bird recorded four albums together, with Maxinquaye being the best known of the lot. They’re playing together on three occasions in late April, in Bristol, Manchester and London. The last […]
An old friend – Red House Painters: Old Ramon
Did you ever have a band you really liked that put out consistently good records but at some point you just stopped listening? I’ve found I have done this with a few […]
Electric Picnic line up announced
Hard to ignore this one, as it’s pretty damn good. Will I actually go this year? Hmm. 31st of August to the 2nd of Sept, in Stradbally as ever. Good bands on […]
Peter Broderick – itstartshear.com
Sing it with me now, ‘h t t p : / / itstartshear.com’, it’s a catchy chorus, isn’t it? The type of thing that lodges in your brain, and you just can’t […]
Is Rocket Juice and the Moon the stupidest name for a band ever?
Damon Albarn, Flea and Tony Allen’s new band is called ‘Rocket juice and the moon’ which is just a rubbish name, but should we hold that against them? Possibly. I’m pretty sure […]
Videodrome: Kool Music 5 – Running Back to Everyone
Haunting late night soundscape with an equally evocative accompanying video. Kool Music is Jasper Baydala and this is a pretty mesmerising track. Directed by Emily Kai Bock.
No More Workhorse 