It’s the last week of the Dublin Theatre Festival, so make the most of it while it’s here! There’s a new festival with IMRAM 2016 – Irish Language Literature Festival – October […]
Dublin Event Guide (10-10-16 – 16-10-16)
Wishful Beginnings – Project Arts Centre – Dublin Theatre Festival Review
Wishful Beginnings – Project Arts Centre (Space Upstairs) – Oct 6-8 Verk Produksjoner are a Norwegian theatre company who dabble with the unknown. They are a collective who create obscure, experimental and […]
The Circus Animal’s Desertion – Beckett Theatre – Dublin Theatre Festival Review
The Circus Animal’s Desertion – Samuel Beckett Theatre – Dublin Theatre Festival Review – Oct 4-Oct 8 The piece opens with one actor already on stage. He is on a plinth, laid […]
IMRAM 2016 – Irish Language Literature Festival – October 6-16th -Starman -The David Bowie Project
IMRAM 2016 – Féile litríochta gaeilge/Irish Language Literature Festival – Deireadh Fomhair/October 6-16th One of the most interesting events in the IMRAM 2016 (Irish Language Literature Festival) is Starman – the David […]
New Music – Keaton Henson – No Witnesses
‘Those that hate Los Angeles have never been in love’ – Keaton Henson – No Witnesses No Witnesses is a haunting piano track by Keaton Henson, the English folk rock musician, visual […]
New Music – Julia Jacklin – Pool Party
Here is a treat from Julia Jacklin, the first single off her near album ‘Don’t Let The Kids Win’ which is released this Friday. You may have seen Julia at the Other […]
Dublin Event Guide (03-10-16 – 09-10-16)
So, I suspect people are quite busy with the Dublin Theatre Festival, it’s week two of the Festival that runs until the 16th of October all around the city. The Dublin Festival […]
Guerrilla – Project Arts Centre – Dublin Theatre Festival Review
Guerrilla – Project Arts Centre (Space Upstairs) – Review – Sept 30-Oct 2 The stage is filled with four rows of empty chairs facing the audience. The cast start to trickle onto […]
Royal Irish Academy of Music – Events Programme 2016
The Royal Irish Academy of Music has just announced its Events Programme. This programme runs up until May of next year and includes events such as two new operas and a wide […]
Trashcan Sinatras – Workman’s Club – November 12th 2016
The Workman’s Club presents Trashcan Sinatras – Saturday, 12 November I continue to be mystified that this band aren’t massive. I’ve seen them play live three or four times and it’s always […]
Mathew Roth – The Vulture & The Sparrow – Album Review
Mathew Roth – The Vulture & The Sparrow – Album Review by Killian Laher New York composer Mathew Roth has just released this, his latest work The Vulture & The Sparrow. Opening […]
Beach Slang – A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings – Album Review
Beach Slang – A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings – Album Review by Killian Laher Beach Slang are causing a bit of a stir Stateside with their carefully curated brand of slacker […]
Violetta Curry – Cobblestone Pub – 29-09-16
For those of you not totally exhausted by the Fringe, there’s a Jazz singer in Dublin on Thursday night worth a mention! She’s playing the Cobblestone, which could be a great location […]
Good Gig Guide – September 2016
Did you see Craig David is playing the 3Arena? Does that strike anyone else as slightly bizarre? Anyway, back to music we like… The new additions include Joan As Policewoman, God Is […]
Johann Johannsson – Orpheé – Album Review
Johann Johannsson – Orpheé – Album Review by Killian Laher Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson is one of the finest exponents of what is sometimes referred to as ‘modern classical’. Less accessible than […]
Dublin Event Guide (26-09-16 – 02-10-16)
So, was that the best Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival ever? Some great stuff in it anyway, next year will have a lot to live up to! There is a new kid in […]
AERIE – JJ Smyths – Sunday 9th October
Aerie are a proper European band, with members from Germany, Switzerland, Ireland and Estonia. Take that Brexiteers! They are about to tour Ireland with a date in JJ Smyths on October 9th. […]
Merchandise – A Corpse Wired For Sound – Album Review
Merchandise – A Corpse Wired For Sound – Album Review Release date: Friday, September 23rd 2016 Merchandise have just released the follow up to 2014’s After the End. This new collection of […]
Interview with Jessie Keenan – Choreographer of Low Lying – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
We had the chance to talk to Jessie Keenan, choreographer of Low Lying, a new production in the Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival which takes place at a secret location in the Docklands […]
Dublin Event Guide (19-09-16 – 25-09-16)
Week 1 of the Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival has been fairly epic, so Week 2 has a lot to live up to! With a near total turn around of events, we’re back […]
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree – Album Review
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree – Album Review by Killian Laher There is an overwhelming, almost deafening context to the latest album from Nick Cave and the Bad […]
Dakota Suite & Vampillia – The Sea Is Never Full – Album Review
Dakota Suite & Vampillia – The Sea Is Never Full – Album Review by Killian Laher Dakota Suite have been releasing albums for the best part of twenty years, evolving from a […]
Music in Monkstown – 11th September – Navarra Shine
Music in Monkstown – 11th September – Navarra Shine in MIM – Review by P McGovern The Navarra String Quartet’s concert which closed MIM last evening was chamber music at its best. […]
Music in Monkstown – Mairead Buicke and Anthony Byrne – Concert Review
Music in Monkstown – 9 – 11 September – Mairead Buicke and Anthony Byrne – Review by P McGovern In the second of this year’s concerts in Monkstown Parish Church, Mairead Buicke, […]
Dublin Event Guide (12-09-16 – 18-09-16)
So, there’s not only a Tiger in the streets of Dublin this week, there’s also Culture Night on Friday the 16th of Sept. Spoiled for choice, so you are! There’s far too […]
Music in Monkstown – John O’Conor – Review
Music in Monkstown 9 – 11 September 2016 – Review by P McGovern Most Dubliners know Monkstown Parish Church, an unmissable landmark on the village triangle. What they may not know is […]
New Music: Loscil – Monument Builders
If there is such a thing as a Monster of Ambient, then Loscil must surely be it! I’m not sure there is such a thing though, sadly. Either way, enjoy the first […]
Okkervil River – Away – Album Review
Okkervil River – Away – Album Review by Killian Laher Will Sheff and co have been ploughing a fairly sleepy furrow as Okkervil River since the end of the nineties. Their eighth […]
Music in Monkstown – Sept 9th – 11th
A nice little classical festival that almost slipped through the net here at the Workhorse is Music in Monkstown, which runs this weekend from the 9th to the 11th of Sept. I’ll […]
No More Workhorse 