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 […]
New Music
A couple of folky people I’ve been listening to quite a bit recently. Josh T Pearson is a Texan, but a nice one! He played in the workman’s club over the weekend, […]
Oldham covers Sufjan
The Bonnie Prince himself has covered one of Sufjan’s tracks from ‘Seven Swans’. The full of Sufjan’s 2004 album is being covered, and its all in aid of a good cause, Susan G. […]
Lost Irish No. 1 – Where are they now!
Our extensive team of crack investigators used unusual methods such as ‘google’ and ‘wikipedia’ to track down the elusive Jimi Shields, and here’s what they found. After leaving Rollerskate Skinny in ’94, […]
Trashcan Sinatras Session
I must admit to being quite nerdy about the Trashcan’s,which is a little odd as they are a bands that no one really seems to care about! They’re on tour in the […]
The Universal Sigh
Ok, I take all the negative things I said back, the Universal Sigh (the free newspaper released by Radiohead) sounds like a nice idea. It has artwork, poems and short stories, which […]
Secret Soundz
Fence Records may have passed your conscious due to the consistently pleasing output from James Yorkston over the last number of years (well worth checking out if you haven’t). Anyhow, I’ve been […]
Lost Music – Irish Edition No. 1
Irish music has benefitted, but also suffered greatly at the hands of U2 and the shadow they’ve cast for the last 30 odd years. This series of ‘Lost Music’ (which I sort […]
JDset Update
The sad news is if you didn’t already receive a confirmation email, you didn’t win tickets! They went out on the 22nd, so check your spam filter, just in case. I’ll be […]
Tom Waits Induction
Tom Waits being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Neil Young. It’s 13 minutes long and has lots of things I’d never seen before. Go watch!
No More Workhorse 