God Help the Girl is the new musical by Belle & Sebastian main man Stuart Murdoch. This Saturday there’s a chance to see the film at a number of venues around Dublin […]
God Help the Girl + Belle & Sebastian (Live) – 16/08/14
Martha Wainwright – Whelan’s – November 3rd & 4th
How talented are those Wainwrights anyway. Is there anything they can’t do? If it’s not Loudon, it’s Rufus or Martha. This is a nice chance to see Martha in a lovely little […]
New Music – Mary Lattimore & Jeff Zeigler – The White Balloon
Some harp music for a Monday morning. It’s a delicate and transfixing track from Mary Lattimore & Jeff Zeigler, their debut album ‘Slant of Light’ out 22nd September in Europe In most […]
Things to do in Dublin (11-08-14 – 17-08-14)
Ballyturk is in full swing and a must see. We loved it and our review from Galway is here. The Kilkenny Arts Festival is in full swing with lots of music and […]
New Music – We Stood Like Kings – Berlin 1927 – Akt I
I’m calling today Belgian Post Rock Friday. Why? I’m not exactly sure, it just is! This is some lovely post rock with some rather impressive visuals to go with. You can find […]
New Music – Adult Jazz – Spook
This is an song that meanders, it hangs around street corners so long that people phone the police. At just under ten minutes, this is a bit of an epic but quite […]
Marketa Irglova – Unitarian Church – 15-11-14
What is it about gigs in Churches that always gets me excited? I guess it’s the novelty value, as I don’t spend much time there otherwise! Marketa Irglova is the non Glen […]
James Yorkston & Guests – The Workman’s Club – 20th Sep 2014
James Yorkston & Guests – The Workman’s Club Dublin Sat 20 Sep 2014 James Yorkston is one of those singers I’ve seen live more times than I care to remember. He visits […]
New track: Dope Body – Hired Gun
From the forthcoming album Lifer from Dope Body. Good shouty garage, slightly experimental rock with a lovely slow wig-out from 2m:25s mark (which is oddly reminiscent of a Pavement jam). – JR
No More Workhorse – Blog Awards Ireland – Nominations
Here at workhorse towers, we’re all working out what to wear! A Blog award has always been an aspiration, it’s a bit like an Oscar, except much more important. ‘I’d just like […]
Paul’s Boutique Reworked by Solid Steel
Paul’s Boutique as you’ve never heard it! This is Solid Steel’s attempt to make a version of the Beastie classic using the original samples. It’s available for download also, so pretty cool […]
Peter Broderick – The Workman’s Club – 20th October 2014.
The last time I saw Peter Broderick in Dublin was in Whelans a few years back. I went without much idea of what to expect and was pretty much blow away by […]
New Music – Girl Band – De Bom Bom
Want to hear something loud and shouty on a Monday morning? Of course you do. Dublin band Girl Band will wake you out of your slumber with something nice and nasty. They […]
Things to do in Dublin (28-07-14 – 3-08-14)
Shouldn’t you be outside? It’s a sin to be in on a day like today! Ok, it’s too sunny to do most things, but if you get bored sitting in the sun, […]
New Music – The Barr Brothers – Even the Darkness Has Arms
The Barr Brothers – Whelans – 24th October 2014. The Barr Brothers are a four piece from Montreal that are visiting our shores in October. Enjoy ‘Even the Darkness has Arms’ below. […]
An Urban Fleadh – 2nd-3rd August – Wolfe Tone Square
An Urban Fleadh – 2nd and 3rd of August – Wolfe Tone Square. A fun festival that takes place next weekend is ‘An Urban Fleadh’ in Wolfe Tone Square in Dublin. The […]
New Music – Dad Rocks! – Body Mass Index
Something dramatic from Dad Rocks! A piano track that occasionally explodes and reminds me of Ben Folds and Postal Service. It’s from his second album ‘Year of the Flesh’. Welcome to Year […]
Electric Picnic Line up Expanded!
How close are you to the edge? Are you there thinking ‘I really should get my shit sorted and go to Electric Picnic this year’? Well, if you need to a push, […]
New Jersey Nights – Olympia Theatre – Review
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 […]
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, […]
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