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, […]
Rollerskate Skinny Return (in parts)
Jimi Shields is taking to the stage in Whelans tonight, as the warm up act for the great J Mascis (Dino Jr.). He seems to have left the garden for long enough […]
Samples used by Panda Bear on Person Pitch
As the title suggests, this video is a run through of some of the samples used by Panda Bear on his album, Person Pitch. With the new Panda Bear album, Tomboy, just […]
Dan Deacon – Button Factory
Dan Deacon is back in town! He plays the Dublin Button Factory, on May 8th with tickets at a pretty decent €20 here. He’s fresh from working with Francis Ford Coppola on the sound track for ‘Twixt […]
Marlay Park
My 2 year old nephew Sean gets very excited any time anyone mentions Marlay Park. He sees it is a world of excitement and adventure to him, which is unsurpassed. Now, you can […]
2 Concert Packages from Foggy
A variety of ‘deals’ on tickets.ie at the moment, thanks to foggy notions. Basically you save about 50% if you buy the tickets together instead of apart. Some good things in there, […]
Think you can wait…
The new song from the National ‘Think you can wait’ leads me in two directions… The wonderful lilting backing vocals on the song are from Sharon Van Etten, who is someone worth checking […]
Lost Irish #2 – Engine Alley
Engine Alley are straight out of Kilkenny, hard to believe that they ever came from that particular spot. They had three albums, which is two more than i remember, and may well […]
New Kate Bush
I’ve always had a soft spot for Kate Bush, as she was cool and mystifying when I was very, very small! She’s releasing a new album called Director’s Cuts with cover versions […]
It’s the Weekend!
It’s the weekend and here’s Weekend by The Sea and Cake! Were your childhood weekends this cool? Is it summer yet?
Irish Electronic Music, Donnacha Costello
For some reason I’m going back over music from ages ago. I think it’s a hangover from our end-of-year lists of 2010 where I think the feeling was that it wasn’t a […]
Music for Babies #7
The music for babies series has taken a break of late, mostly as we’d run out of ideas! Merill Garbus uses the name of Tune Yards for her musical adventures. She released […]
No More Workhorse 