A quick look back at our recent gig guide shows that a lot more gigs than normal were showing up in the Button Factory, with Deerhunter, John Grant, Matmos, Joan as Policewoman, […]
LCD Soundsystem Final Show
To be honest, I never took James Murphy in the least bit serious when he talked of breaking up the band and not performing as LCD Soundsystem anymore, but he seems to […]
Gramophone Blog
This is a tip from the wonderful Candepop, a long standing blog with pretty good taste in Music is Said on the Gramophone. They have a list of the best songs of […]
Gig News
The Original line up of Grant Lee Buffalo play Vicar Street on Tuesday the 17th of May. Tickets at 28 euro. I loved fuzzy when it was first released in ’93 (showing […]
Grinderman in Vicar Street
Nick Cave returns to town, with his Grinderman this time. I’ve never been entirely convinced by Griderman, which is odd, as I have such a soft spot for Nick. They generally play […]
Will Oldham interviews R Kelly
I have to say, I’d love if there was a video of this interview. Those two people in the one room at the one time, just doesn’t make sense to me, they […]
John Barry RIP
Possibly the greatest composer to work in cinema, John Barry has died at the age of 77. He will be best remember for his Bond work, such as Goldfinger and From Russia […]
Baths
I’ve been listening to Baths a bit of late (the album Cerulean). Will Wiesenfeld is the Californian behind the music and he creates a lovely blend of electronica and hip-hop, being simultaneously […]
The National – Other voices
The much discussed appearance of the National on Other voices will be aired on the Wednesday the 16th of Feb on RTE 2, at 11.25. The appearance itself almost didn’t happen, due […]
A Gig for Saturday night.
Just one gig I noticed on Nialler9’s list, and while the name itself didn’t mean much to me, the brackets after it did! Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A tribe called quest!) is playing […]
Kristin Hersh – Paradoxical Undressing Book Tour
Kristin Hersh is playing in Waterstone’s on Friday night! How annoying is it that I don’t have tickets for it. It is part of a book tour for Paradoxical Undressing, where she […]
Phosperescent return!
Hotpress are reporting that Phosperescent are making their debut headline performance in Ireland in the workman’s club on June 2nd. It must be my imagination that I saw them play in Whelans in […]
Neil Hannon and Friends perform Vampire Weekend?
This is as odd as it sounds, with Neill Hannon, Cathy Davey and Jape performing Vampire Weekends first album, on April 1st in the Button Factory. That date does sound funny, but […]
Defending my honour. No More WorkHorse v Pitchfork – Best Ofs
To respond to a recent comment suggesting my top 10 for 2010 was similar to Pitchfork’s top 10 for 2010, here’s a very quick breakdown of the stats for the three contributors […]
Broadcast singer Trish Keenan dies
Sad news, as the lead singer of Broadcast Trish Keenan died yesterday aged 42. Not a very rock star end, as she seems to have had H1N1 flu, which ended up as […]
Iron and Wine – Daytrotter Session
Some good news, as Iron and Wine have a daytrotter session here. It features four tracks for his soon to be released album ‘Kiss each other clean’ (which featured as Roughan’s number […]
Richter Collective
One gig that might be worth a heading along to, is Richter Collective’s show at the Button factory next Friday (14th of Jan). It features Not Squares, Bats and Enemies among others. […]
Anything on at the movies? – 07-01-11
A certain nameless individual was giving out to me for not having seen any of the movies I review. I’m not sure he gets the point of this, as it’s not a […]
Will Oldham for President!
With straight talking like this, there’s only one man that could save our country, or any country for that matter. You can listen/ download to the full thing here and a nice little session here. They’re […]
Best gig of 2011? Les Savy Fav – New Years Eve – Button Factory
Les Savy Fav in the Button factory on New Years eve lived up to the immense expectation I had for it, and it must already be a contender for gig of the […]
Zig and Zag return!
I only realised this due to the impossibly bad advertisement campaign that 2 fm have on tv and around town at the moment. Zig and Zag are on some of the posters, […]
Coverting Roughan to…
Yes, a new series, I can see it coming… or maybe not, I think this could be a one-off. Anyway, the bold Mister Sheedy says he doesn’t like ‘Bright Eyes’, and possibly […]
Things to look forward to…
Ok, possibly enough looking back. Well, I’m tempted to do a top theatre of 2010, but would anyone really care? We’ll see how bored I get over the christmas period. So, on […]
Gig guide… 23-12-10
January is still looking pretty bleak, but there’s a great list of new additions, with many of those featuring in the end of year yokes we’ve been doing here, such as Warpaint, […]
The origin of ‘smells like teen spirit’
An interesting video on youtube from Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill), which discusses teen spirit, stripping and other issues. Worth a look this one, if you were ever a Nirvana fan.
New Sufjan for Christmas!
Sufjan Stevens suffers from a bad case of religion, which is a terrible affliction for anyone to have to suffer through. It is a long term illness, largely without any treatment available. […]
The Best Music of 2010 – MQ
This is the first of three lists on the site, as we’ll all have a go at our top music of the year. I seem to have beaten the crowd though, so […]
The Best Music of 2010 – JR
There’s not a lot you can say to preface these lists. Basically, this is the new music that flipped my wig in 2010. Big thanks to Morgan who really kept the show […]
Oneida with White Magic
One of the cooler things at Godspeed ATP was the 10 hour jam session from Oneida. Yes, that’s not a mistake, the band came on stage at 2 pm and finished at […]
No More Workhorse 