The next few months are sizing up pretty nicely on the music side of things! Another treat should be BC Camplight, who plays the Workman’s club on Friday Oct 9th. Brian Christinzio […]
BC Camplight – Workmans Club – Friday October 9th
Things To Do In Dublin (14-08-15 – 20-09-15)
Let’s just say, it’s a little mad out there. If you’re not exhausting enough by all this Fringing, then lets just throw Culture night this Friday on top of it, as well […]
New music: Roman GianArthur – Ok Lady
Make your Friday a lot better by settling in with Roman GianArthur’s (and Janelle Monáe) take on Radiohead. Part mashup, part covers, part re-imaginings it’s just damn good. Enjoy.
The Walls Have Ears – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
The Walls Have Ears – Bottlenote Dates Sep 09 — 11 @ 19:30 & 21:15. Tickets €14 / €12 conc. Duration 75 mins. Venue: 13 North Great George’s Street For the most […]
Low – Ones and Sixes – Album Review
Low – Ones and Sixes – Review by Killian Laher Of the many bands that emerged in the mid-nineties who couldn’t be pigeonholed into ‘grunge’, it’s perhaps a surprise that one band […]
Interview with David Turpin – Romances – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
We had the chance to interview the Late David Turpin ahead of his performance in the Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival on September 17th. You can read the results below… Why is this […]
Ricki and the Flash – Film Review
Ricki and the Flash – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Jonathan Demme Writer: Diablo Cody Stars: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer It is rude to refer to a lady’s age […]
Mark Lanegan – Houston Publishing Demos 2002 – Album Review
Mark Lanegan – Houston Publishing Demos 2002 – Album Review by Killian Laher Mark Lanegan has been a solo artist since the early 90s, initially recording solo albums to free himself from […]
Proms on the Pier – Dun Laoghaire – 30-08-15 – Review
Proms on the Pier, Dun Laoighre, Co Dublin – Review by Frances Winston Sunday 30th August Appearing: Melanie McCabe, Toni Lee, Phil Coulter, Johnny Logan, Air Supply This is the inaugural year […]
Sufjan Stevens – Helix – Gig Review
Carrie & Lowell was released in March of this year. It’s an album that focuses on Sufjan’s strained relationship with his mother who died last year. The album was an abrupt change […]
Things To Do In Dublin (31-08-15 – 06-09-15)
It’s starting to get a bit Fringey around here! Yes, the Tiger returns, with the first events of the Tiger Dublin Fringe starting on the 5th of Sept. There’s It Folds, Grounded, […]
Interview with Toni Lee – Proms on the Pier
Proms on the Pier – Toni Lee performs as Karen Carpenter at Proms on the Pier on Saturday 29th Interview by Francis Winston Legendary singer Karen Carpenter is still hugely beloved decades […]
Golden Void – Berkana – Album Review
Golden Void – Berkana – Album Review by Killian Laher American rockers Golden Void return with their second album Berkana. The album sets the tone from the opening bars of Burbank’s Dream, […]
Flesh World – The Wild Animals In My Life – Album Review
Flesh World – The Wild Animals In My Life – Album Review by Killian Laher Flesh World hail from the west coast of America, yet make decidedly non-west coast sounding music. Opening […]
Yo La Tengo – Stuff Like That There – Album Review
Yo La Tengo – Stuff Like That There – Album Review by Killian Laher Yo La Tengo are an American institution at this stage. Stuff Like That There is I believe their […]
Deerhunter + Atlas Sound – The Button Factory – 1-11-15
Some good news for a Monday lunchtime, with Deerhunter returning to Dublin and a new album on the horizon! The date in the Button factory is a double dose of Bradford Cox, […]
Tiger Dublin Fringe Preview – Lords of Strut – Contain-a-Rave
The competition for oddest event in the fringe is always a hard fought battle, but the front runner at the moment are the Lords of Strut with their ‘Contain-a-Rave‘ event, which is […]
AERIE – Hatch And Host – Album Review
AERIE – Hatch And Host – Album Review This is a jazz album created by artists across Europe and led by German and Irish saxophonist Ingo Hipp and Sam Comerford. There is […]
New Music – Gwenno – Chwyldro
In a world where lyrics are often lost in the mix, we rarely pay that much attention to what a pop star has to say. It’s only when you listen closely to […]
New Music: James Vincent McMorrow – How to Waste a Moment
The bold James V McM has dropped a tune onto Soundcloud which is being seen as a taster sized treat of what is in store from his forthcoming album. It has come […]
New Music – Girl Band – Paul
It’s nice to see something this bitter and twisted come out of our own fair shores, and not surprise it’s from Girl Band. Their album ‘Holding Hands With Jamie’ will be released […]
Things To Do In Dublin (10-08-15 – 16-08-15)
In the world of theatre, the Samuel Beckett Summer School runs this week with a number of public events. There’s also the previews of By the bog of cats in the Abbey […]
Sun Kil Moon – National Concert Hall – Review
Sun Kil Moon – National Concert Hall, Dublin – Review by Killian Laher The grand old venue is surely the poshest venue Mark Kozelek has played in Dublin, a place more used […]
Ultimate Painting – Green Lanes – Album Review
Ultimate Painting – Green Lanes – Album Review by Killian Laher Jack Cooper and James Hoare, of Mazes and Veronica Falls respectively, return less than a year on from their debut collaboration […]
EL VY (Matt Berninger + Brent Knopf) Album + Dublin show
If the question ‘what is the plural of Elvis’ has ever kept you up at night, well, all has just been revealed! This is a side project of Matt Berninger of the […]
Tall Firs – Ghostlight Ensemble – Album Review
Tall Firs – Ghostlight Ensemble Tall Firs are a pair of laid back, laconic American guitar strummers. Signed to Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace label, Ghostlight Ensemble is their fourth album. Don’t expect […]
Things To Do In Dublin (3-08-15 – 9-08-15)
It’s August, and a time where things slow down! Not a classic week in truth, but a couple of new plays with the Importance of being Earnest and The School for Wives. […]
My Pilot – Welcome to Ireland – EP Review
My Pilot – Welcome to Ireland – Review by Killian Laher Dublin band My Pilot’s latest release, mini-album Welcome to Ireland. Opening track In Country starts with a picked guitar pattern before […]
Spring Awakening – Smock Alley – Review
Spring Awakening – Smock Alley – 28th July-1st August at 7.30pm in The Main Space Spring Awakening is the story of a group of teenage school children set in late 19th century […]
No More Workhorse 