Halloween is over, but there’s a couple of interesting sounding festivals in town this week, with the Dublin Burlesque Festival 2014 – Circus Macabre if you want something a bit spicy. If you’re […]
Things To Do In Dublin (3-11-14 – 9-11-14)
New Music – Trans Am – Insufficiently Breathless
With Trans Am just about to kick off a European tour that has cruelly ignored Ireland, we’ll have to make do with the video for their song ‘Insufficiently Breathless’ with some delicate […]
New Music – Monster Monster – Assassin
Monster Monster are an alternative pop act from Dublin who are just about to release a single ‘Assassin’, with a night in Bello Bar to celebrate. They have created a number of […]
Gig Announcements – tUnE-yArDs & Sharon Van Etten
A couple of gigs for early next year that have just been announced. Tune Yards is quickly approaching legendary status around these parts, and if you haven’t seen her live, she comes […]
Competition – Win Tickets for The Girls of Dublin Town – The Sugar Club
We have two tickets to give away to one lucky winner for The Girls of Dublin at the Sugar Club on Sunday November 2nd. To be in with a chance of winning, […]
Things To Do In Dublin (27-10-14 – 2-11-14)
This week is actually Halloween, but it seems to have been around for a while now! I guess it’s getting longer than just a day. The Bram Stoker Festival continues until Monday […]
Competition – Win Tickets for My Brightest Diamond – Workman’s Club – Oct 31st
We have two tickets to give away to one lucky winner for My Brightest Diamond at the Workman’s Club on Friday October 31st. To be in with a chance of winning, just […]
Competition – Win Tickets for Simone Felice – Workman’s Club – Oct 29th
We have two tickets to give away to one lucky winner for Simone Felice at the Workman’s Club on Wednesday October 29th. To be in with a chance of winning, just email […]
New Music – Shia LaBeouf Live – Rob Cantor
There are no words. I mean, I could write words before this video, but I’m really not sure what they would be or of what relevance. Shia was really quite good in […]
Barr Brothers – Whelans – 24-10-14
A tasty little gig tomorrow night I thought was worth a mention, if you’re feeling free and easy on the streets of Dublin. The Barr Brothers are a Canadian folk quartet founded […]
New Music – Phox – Sugar Club – 9-11-14
By many accounts, Phox were one of the best acts at this year’s Electric Picnic. Now there’s a chance to catch them at the Sugar Club in just over a months time. […]
Join Me In The Pines – Inherit – Album Review
Dave Geraghty has a couple of solo albums already, as well as his work with Bell X1. This new album and new name is an attempt to do something different. A clean […]
Competition – Win Tickets to Bear’s Den – Workman’s Club
We have a pair of tickets to give away to Bear’s Den who play in the Workman’s Club next February. To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to […]
Sleater – Kinney – No Cities to Love – Vicar St – 26 March 2015
The return of an old friend, with Sleater – Kinney’s first new release in ten years! Carrie Brownstein has come back to music after her involvement in Portlandia, and there’s also a […]
Peter Broderick – Workman’s Club – Review
Peter Broderick took to the stage in Dublin a little after nine and we were lucky to have him. Peter was due to play Cork the day before (19th Oct) but the […]
New Music – Women’s Christmas – Too Rich For My Blood
Something nice and shouty this way comes! Women’s Christmas new album will be released on October 24th, with a gig in Dublin on the 1st of Nobember. Chris Judge did the art […]
Light Moves – Festival of Dance film – Limerick – 6-9th Nov
Details of the Light Moves festival taking place in Limerick between Nov 6th and 9th have just been revealed. It is a festival of Dance film, but sadly no Dirty Dancing! We […]
New Music – Jape – The Hearts Desire
New music from Jape is always greeted with excitement in these parts, so it’s good to hear of a new album on the horizon, and the first single ‘The Hearts Desire’. Enjoy! […]
Carol Keogh Album Release ‘Mongrel City’ – Grand Social – Oct 17th
Carol will be known to many for her work with he Plague Monkeys and Tycho Brahe, but this is her first release under her own name. The album Mongrel City will be […]
Best new track: Dads – Chewing Ghosts
From the new album I’ll Be the Tornado from Dads. It reminds me of Archers of Loaf and Modest Mouse. Rousing stuff for a Monday.
We Cut Corners/ Spies/ Jennifer Evans – The Academy – 16-10-14
A very impressive line up of young Irish talent is on display this Thursday in the Academy, Dublin. We Cut Corners have a number of friends performing with them and as back […]
Things To Do In Dublin (13-10-14 – 19-10-14)
The Theatre festival has come to an end for another year, but don’t lose hope! There’s still plenty on around the city. The Stanley Kubrick Season is at the Lighthouse has a […]
Sun Kil Moon – Button Factory – 9-12-14
John McEnroe with a guitar as one of my friends recently described him, Mark Kozelek is back in Dublin this December in the Button Factory. With the variety of rave reviews for […]
Bear’s Den – The Workman’s Club – 8-02-15
Looking a little further ahead, Bear’s Den return to Dublin for a show in the Workman’s Club in February of next year! Ok, it feels a long time away now, but it’ll […]
Hamilton Leithauser (Walkmen) – Sugar Club – 10-11-14
This is one of those gigs that needs brackets after the name to explain who he is, but once you know, you’ll probably want to go. Yes indeed, it’s Hamilton Leithauser, who […]
Glen Hansard – Vicar Street – Dec 15th
Glen is another name to add to the list of Irish artists/ bands that are performing this way around Christmas, with a night planned at Vicar street for the 15th of December. […]
No Idle Day Festival – Young Hearts Run Free – Oct 10th – 12th
There’s a quirky little music and arts festival taking place in Dublin next weekend, that you may not have heard about! It has an impressive list of performers, such as Katie Kim, […]
Things To Do In Dublin (6-10-14 – 12-10-14)
The Dublin Theatre Festival is in its last week, with lots to do around the city. The Stanley Kubrick Season is at the Lighthouse has a few classics this week.There’s also the […]
Hard Working Class Heroes – 04-10-14 – Review
The last night of the festival and after the rain of Friday night, there was more around for the Saturday gigs. I started my night with a trip to see Deaf Joe […]
No More Workhorse 