Jinx Lennon must know the Corrs, as everyone else I know from Dundalk certainly does! He’s been making waves in the Irish music scene for a few years now, and has decided […]
Tune Yards – Whelans on Friday!
I’m all excited about Friday, for obvious reasons. Tune Yards is now sold out for Whelans on Friday, and those you didn’t get tickets…. shame on you! Here’s an idea of what […]
Gig Guide – 13-06-11
Just an update on the gig list, as it’s been ages since I put it all together. The only new additions to it are the Handsome Furs, Anna Calvi and then things […]
Jack White Divorce Party
I know this may seem strange in Catholic Ireland, but it’s nice that some people can stay friends even with their impending divorce. Their joint statement reads: “We remain dear and trusted […]
New Bon Iver
The new Bon Iver album is streaming on the New York times and NPR web sites. For some reasons I had very low expectations on this album, but I think I’m pleasantly surprised by […]
Domino Radio – Online
A nice idea from those nice people at Domino. Not the pizza makers, the record ones. Domino Records have their own radio station on line for one week only, and it’s available […]
Adult Swim – Free junk
Did I mention Eric and Tim are coming to town? Still no date or venue confirmed, but I’ll let you know when I do. Adult Swim are giving away a free song […]
Ducktails and Julian Lynch
Ok, I was lazy tonight, and missed what could have been a very good gig. Two new (ish) names on me, in Ducktails and Julian Lynch are probably still playing in the […]
J Mascis – Daytrotter
Good old Daytrotter, they’re always at it. Free music, and unusual versions of album tracks, the odd cover version etc. It’s hard not to like what they do, and with the type […]
New Beirut Single
East Harlem. Glad to say it sounds pretty good!
Jeff Mangum Whelans
Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel is curating his own ATP in early December, but what is he doing the Wednesday beforehand, I hear you ask? He’s playing in Whelans is the obvious answer! […]
Jeff Buckley – 14 years!
Hard to believe that Jeff died 14 years ago today. It seems not that long about, but also a life time. I remember it as it was just before I was starting […]
Gil Scott Heron – RIP
This seems to have really come out of the blue, as he was recording and touring until very recently. His friend Doris C Nolan confirmed that he died in St Luke’s hospital […]
The Vaselines – Dublin
Even if you think you don’t know anything by the Vaselines, you probably do. Nirvana covered two of their songs, which are ‘Molly’s Lips’ and ‘Jesus doesn’t want me for his sunbeam’. […]
Lost Irish #4 – A house
It’s hard to know what A-house did wrong. They had it all really, smart lyrics, nice guitar lines, gound breaking videos etc. They even received regular air play on Mtv and BBC […]
Morrissey in a nice venue
This might be worthwhile actually. Instead of seeing him in various venues such as fields and stadiums where you can only see him as a blip in the distance, for some reason […]
Mark Eitzel is OK
UPDATE: Some good news, is that Mark Eitzel is co-headlining with the Late Birds in the Great American Music Hall on Saturday, the 10th of Sept 2011. Great to have him back […]
Peter Hook plays Joy Division – Phantom First Friday
This is an odd one really, as it begs the question, can you be a tribute band to yourself? Peter Hook is a former member of Joy Division, and is revisitng his […]
Bonnie Prince Billy doesn’t believe in God
I always feel that I should cover any Bonnie Prince Billy news, seeing as we stole the name of the blog from him. So, to continue in this vein, BPB has released […]
Prince of Malahide
The facts as they now stand: Prince may or may not play Malahide Castle on Saturday July 30. They’re certainly selling tickets for it, so they expect him to show up! I’ve […]
New Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire are releasing a new ‘delux’ version of the Suburbs on June 27th. It features a few new tracks, which are as below. The first one is ‘Speaking in tongues’ which […]
Grizzly Bear Mixtape
Drowned in sound managed to get Grizzly Bear to list the songs that would soundtrack their biopics! A nice notion, and the results are as unique as you would expect. http://drownedinsound.com/news/4142655-mixtape-monday–grizzly-bear-share-the-songs-that-would-soundtrack-their-biopics
Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell is an artist and filmmaker who shoots surf movies entirely on 16mm film. Sprout, his second movie is one of my favourite movies of all time (not just surf-related). Campbell […]
Ivor Novello for the Villagers
Another statue for the Villagers, as this time he’s won an Ivor Novello for ‘Best Song Musically And Lyrically’. This statue is of ‘Euterpe’, who for those few that don’t know already (shame […]
Sufjan Stevens – Olympia – 18-05-11
Sufjan Stevens brought is larger than life stage show to the Olympia last night, complete with visuals on screens in front of and behind the band, a variety of stage costumes and […]
Bon Iver – Single and Gig
You can download ‘Calgari’ from the 4AD web site here. It is a synth and vocal based track, that just hasn’t grown on me, no matter how many times I’ve listened to […]
Kites + Snufjam = Lovely
Music: Sufjan Stevens – Movement I: In The Countenance Of Kings
The Illuminated Mixtapes
Some lovingly created playlists with illustrated covers for each. Definitely worth checking out. http://gigawattdesign.com/tunes/index.html
Perfume Genius
Someone I’ve been meaning to mention here for a while is Perfume Genius. Here’s what i could find out about him on the net. “Mike Hadreas, also known as Perfume Genius is […]
No More Workhorse 