New Jersey Nights – Review by Frances Winston The Olympia Theatre, Dame Street, Dublin 2. From Friday July 18th until Saturday August 2nd at 8pm nightly. Tickets €23-€39 from Ticketmaster and usual […]
New Jersey Nights – Olympia Theatre – Review
Dirty Dancing – Merrion Square – 17-07-2014
Dirty Dacing in Merrion Square sounds like something you’d ring Joe Duffy to complain about, but in this case, it’s the 1987 classic of cheese. The wonderful Happening people will give you […]
Longitude Festival Timetable 2014 – Friday, Saturday and Sunday
It’s so close now you can feel it, can’t ya? This is always the tough bit, choices have to be made, and bets placed on who to see and who to miss. […]
Clang Sayne with James O’Sullivan – The Joinery – 25th July
This is a gig and new band that come heavily recommended, featuring the talents of Laura Hyland, Matthew Jacobson (drums), Judith Ring (voice), and Carolyn Goodwin (woodwinds) along with James O’Sullivan. They’re […]
Interpol – Olympia – 10-02-15
Doesn’t that sound an awful long way away? Regardless, tickets go on sale this Friday for a decent enough price of €39 euro before nasty charges. How quickly do you think these […]
Paddy Casey – Whelans – 12-9-14
Whelans continue to draw in the best of Irish, with Paddy Casey being the latest name on the Whelans 25 schedule. Tickets are a snip at €15 and are on sale now! […]
Things to do in Dublin (14-07-14 – 20-07-14)
The World Cup has finally departed, and congratulations to Germany! To fill the massive gaping hole in your life, you could take up making models of ships in bottles, pick up a […]
Hard Working Class Heroes 2014 – Deadline Approaches!
October may seem a long time away, but for the bands, they’ve only five days to go before the deadline for applications! For the rest of us, there’s some early bird tickets […]
Kevin Nolan – Fredrick & the Golden Dawn – Album Review
“These are wonder-tales, this album sort of fills the mold of an extreme sensibility, it’s in a way a bad reaction to something I ate, I mean emotionally. It’s a refusal to […]
All the Pieces: A Night for Mental Health – Hendrons Collider – July 15th 2014
Looks like quite a special night brewing next Tuesday night in Hendrons Collider, and all in aid of a good cause. It’s a night of spoken work and music from some of […]
Live Guide in Dublin – 08-07-14
Yes, the only gig guide in Dublin that ignores the crap ones is back! We’ve filtered the rubbish so you don’t have to. Some good ones announced in the last few weeks, […]
Summer Rising – IMMA Festival – July 18th to 26th
IMMA are letting their hair down for the night! Yes, the Museum of Modern Art are having a week of events, talks, banquets, theatre, movie sceenings, gigs and much more. It all […]
Eno & Hyde – High Life – Album Review
Eno and Hyde continue their collaboration with this new album, their second in little over three months. Their excuse for the second album in such a length is as good as any. […]
Things to do in Dublin (7-07-14 – 13-07-14)
It’s the last week of the World Cup. Honest, it’s nearly over. Yes, with only three matches left (if you don’t include the third and fourth place play off!), people will again […]
Kanye West – Marlay Park – Review
As the bass started to rumble, an obelisk rose out of the stage, glowing bright red. This was the start of the Kayne West set, as he took to the stage in […]
Pharrell Williams – Marlay Park – Review
Pharrell Williams has just had the type of year other bands dream of. His single Happy has become one of those songs you’ll be hearing in 20 years time, and that’s to […]
New Music – Bon Iver – Heavenly Father
Sadly it is not from a new album, but it is new music from Bon Iver. It’s from the ‘Wish I Was Here’ Soundtrack and is called ‘Heavenly Father’. Enjoy!
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Only Run – Album Review
It was with mild interest that I started listening to the new Clap your hands say yeah album. They’re a band that have gone off the boil to the point where they […]
Mark Eitzel – The Button Factory – August 21st – 2014
Unfortunately this gig has been cancelled due to recording commitments! Pants. Some good news for a Monday lunchtime, with a Workhorse favourite returning to Dublin. The world’s most under appreciated singer songwriter, […]
Arcade Fire – Marlay Park – Gig Review – 29-06-14
Arcade Fire have made one of the more difficult transitions in music look easy, from regular band to a stadium band! It’s always difficult to entertain people on this scale, at some […]
Pixies – Marlay Park – Review – 29-06-14
All week long I’d decided I wasn’t going to enjoy the Pixies set. I’d say they weren’t really the Pixies without Kim Deal and that I didn’t like their new music. I […]
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/ Artic Monkeys – Marlay Park – Stage Times
The final set of gigs in Marlay Park, other than Longitude (July 18th to 20th), I guess. It’s quickly becoming the biggest venue for the summer months! Details on Macklemore and the […]
Kanye West/ Kings of Leon – Marlay Park – Stage Times
More stage times announced for the gigs in Marlay Park. As ever theses times are subject to change on the whim of people like Kanye West! Not set in stone then… Kanye […]
The Coronas/ Biffy Clyro – Stage Times – IMMA Royal Hospital Kilmainham
More stage times for the big weekend of gigs which is about to arrive… Friday 27th June – Gates open at 18:30hrs The Coronas – 20.45hrs Riptide Movement – 19.15hrs Saturday 28th […]
Arcade Fire & Pixies – Marlay Park – Stage Times
For those planning the tough choice between World Cup football and the Arcade Fire gig on Sunday, here are the runners and riders! Any guesses on what cover version we’ll get from […]
The Last Five Years – Project Arts Centre – Review
The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown – Review by Frank L. Written in 2001, first performed in Chicago and then off-Broadway, New York in March 2002, The Last Five Years […]
Ought – Workman’s Club – 17-11-14
We basically think Ought are the best thing since… well Pavement probably! Art rock has a new champion and someone to get excited about, and they’re turning up on our shores in […]
Free Opera – Wide Open Opera – July 4th and 5th 2014
Wide Open Opera is presenting a series of five new short operas by Brian Irvine (music) and John McIlduff (text) as part of the Dublin City Public Art Programme. These will be […]
Lost Gems: The Caretaker – An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
The spookiest music I’ve heard in a long time, the Caretaker is the work of Leyland Kirby, who also records under the name of the Stranger and V/VM,.He is a 40 year […]
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