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 […]
De La Soul & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
This one looks quite tasty actually. De La Soul will play the Button Factory on the 22nd of July, along with the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. How it all works out, I’m not […]
Daytrotter – Why?
Daytrotter are on a bit of a roll at the moment. Last week it was Bill Callahan (who was lots of fun at the Academy last week) and this week it’s Why? […]
Last Summer ATP?
Ouch, this one has hit me where it hurts. I’m now looking for a new summer festival, as ATP have announced that Animal Collective’s ATP (May 13-15th) will be the last Summer […]
Limb risking gigs
Some of the best gigs I’ve been to have been ones where I really wasn’t sure what to expect, and wandered along because someone else wanted to go, or because I was […]
Joanna Newsome at Marlay Park
Joanna is a bit like marmite. I must say, I’ve never quite worked it all out, but maybe I’ll come around to her with time. She is the head liner fo rthe […]
Lost Irish #3 – Whipping Boy
“A whipping boy, was a young boy who was assigned to a young prince and was punished when the prince misbehaved or fell behind in his schooling. Whipping boys were established in […]
New Pixies Album?
I’ve checked the date twice, and it’s not April 1st! This is something that would have set my heart racing a few years ago, but at this stage, it leaves me slightly […]
Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells
Something to look foward to. Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat release an album together on May 5th. Bill of the Bill Wells trio and Aidan of Arab Strap. An unlikely combination, but […]
Bill Callahan – Daytrotter
What it says on the tin. A lovely session by the great man, who plays live in Dublin on Thursday. I still think the Academy is too large a venue for him, […]
Beastie Boys – Fight for your Right – Revisited
I’m sure most of you have seen this by this stage, but as the blog has been ‘dark’ for the last few days, it hasn’t been hosted here and to be honest, […]
And so I watch you from afar
Gangs if the second album from four piece instrumental Irish rock band ‘And so I watch you from afar’. From what i’ve heard so far, it sounds pretty good! You can listen to it below, […]
Pina
While at the movies yesterday, I saw the trailer for Pina, and have to say, it looks like it could be fun. I’ve always had a soft spot for Wim!
Simon Nabatov
Simon Nabatov is a Russian Jazz pianist, he started playing piano at 3 and composed his first pieces at age 6. He was named keyboard magazine’s ‘best pianist’ in 1984 and certainly […]
David Baker (or, when Mercury Rev were good…)
Remember when Mercury Rev were good? Remember David Baker? Baker left Mercury Rev around 94… and oh what a loss he was (although I am quite fond of See You on the […]
Franz Ferdinand Covers
First and last post on Franz Ferdinand, but it’s for a good reason, as some interesting folk have covered them. There’s a good line up of people on the EP including the […]
Favourite Sons
Ken Griffin of Favourite Sons posted a comment in our recent post on Rollerskate Skinny, saying that Jimi Shields only played with the first Rollerskate Skinny album, which is funny, as this […]
Odd Future
I’ve been resisting temptation to put these guys up on the blog for a while now, mostly because the rest of the universe had them on theirs! This isn’t really a good […]
Hauschka live at NPR with prepared piano
You often hear talk of prepared piano but it is nice to see a guy making excellent music using the technique. In this video you can now also see it. Using tambourines, […]
No More Workhorse 