1. Forbidden Fruit – Kilmainham Hospital Grounds – it’s the biggest festival to hit the city so far this year, with bands such as Wilco, New Order and Beirut hitting our shores. […]
Things to do in Dublin – May 28th to June 3rd:
Soul Picnic – Dublin City Soul Festival
It’s a bit of a festival face-off this weekend, with Link going up against the Soul Picnic (could they not have found another weekend?). Oddly enough, this event has lasted six years, […]
Handsome Spoons
What do you get if you cross one spoon of the Handsome Furs and one spoon of Spoon (sorry, couldn’t resist) Well, the answer is obviously the Divine Fits, the new band […]
Link Culturefest – Smithfield – May 25th -27th
What the hell is Link Culturefest, I hear you scream from the top of your lungs? Well, according to the web site, it’s… “A weekend festival in Dublin that aims to showcase […]
All Ages Show – J. Johannsson, Hauscha, D. O’Halloran – Sugar Club
Seeing as the night show sold out, the promoters have taken the unusual approach of putting on an afternoon for the Monsters of Ambient show today in the Sugar Club. Now you’ve […]
Kindness – House (plus an instructional video)
First, the track itself which is an excellent slow jam, followed by Adam Bainbridge’s instructional video in which he teaches the young Ramon how to make the track itself… replete with dancing at […]
100 IDS
We don’t talk a whole lot about design on NMWH but this is a very cool and creative take on the medium of business cards by designer Silvio Teixeira. (Also, the music is by tUnE-yArDs so that’s always good with us).
50 Foot Wave – Free Music (But you should really pay!)
Miss Hersh is giving it away again! I’ve spent most of my lunch time listening to her new work, and it seems top drawer! There’s a very simple button on the top […]
James Winters’ Beastie Boys – Sabotage / MCA tribute
Brilliant! Directed by James Winters. Worked on with his wife, kids and their nephew to pay tribute to Adam “MCA” Yauch.
Videodrome: Tomas Barfod – Broken Glass
From Tomas Barfod’s ‘Broken Glass’ EP. Director: MARTIN GARDE ABILDGAARD
Efterklang highlight injustice!
Efterklang play two shows in Ireland, in collaboration wtih the Major Lift Orchestra (no, me neither) in Dublin and Cork. The one in Dublin is in Meeting House Square on the 14th […]
Andre 3000 dressed as Jimmy Hendrix
Some stories are just too odd. Yes, that’s right, if you’re from Dublin or Wicklow, watch out for Andre doing a Jimmy impersonation! Andre is starring in biopic of Jimmy, which is […]
New My Bloody Valentine Music
If you’re too lazy to read the full interview with Kevin Shields here, I’ll give you a brief summary. He’s on song 8 of the new album There’s 9 songs on it […]
The Walkmen – Vicar Street – 29th Oct
If the Walkmen’s 2009 album was called Lisbon, what should the new album be called? Stability? Sadly, it’s called Heaven, but I guess they have their reasons. They’re back in town on […]
The Bad Plus – NCH, Dublin – Rite of Spring
The main reason I know The Bad Plus is due to their cover versions of indie classics such as Velouria by the Pixies and Karma Police by Radiohead. They’ve put their own […]
Adam Yauch – RIP
I think everyone was caught a little on the hop by this. While it was known that he had cancer for many years, he described it himself as ‘very treatable’ and I […]
Friday Free Play(s): Billy Bragg & Wilco – Eisler on the Go / California Stars
With the recent New Multitudes record coming out (Jay Farrar and co.) and mining the writings of Woody Guthrie, it reminded me of another lovely set of songs based on Woody’s words, Mermaid Avenue, […]
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. […]
Ben Folds Five – Vicar Street
I’ve always thought I should like Ben Folds more than I actually do. I can’t quite put my finger on it, as he writes good music with interesting and quirky lyrics, and […]
Body and Soul Additions
Body and Soul continue to get it just right, with a few new additions that are increasing the temptation. Spiritualized, Django Django and Hollie Cook are added to the list. Hollie is […]
Morning Benders = POP ETC.
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 […]
No More Workhorse 