A chance to see the award winning Kan at a venue near you around the country… KAN MAY 2014 TOUR: THUR MAY 1ST THE GLENS CENTRE, NEW LINE, MANORHAMILTON, CO. LEITRIM Doors […]
Kan – Irish Tour – Whelans May 4th
OKO – I Love You Computer Moutain – Album Review
OKO are a four piece featuring guitarist Shane Latimer, keyboardist Darragh O’Kelly, percussionist Shane O’Donovan and turntablist DJackulate. The band initially played together at the Bottlenote Festival in 2010. After this initial […]
Celebrating Seamus Heaney – National Concert Hall – 23-04-14
In truth, no one night could encompass the effect that someone like Seamus Heaney has had on Ireland. It’s an impossible task to take on, but the lovely night at the National […]
A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Atomos VII – Review
The news of a new release from ‘A Winged Victory for the Sullen’ did set hearts a flutter around here. Their self titled album from 2011 was played on repeat for a […]
Peter Gabriel – O2, Dublin – December 10th 2014
It’s rare enough that we get excited about a gig in the O2, as we generally feel more at home in small dingy venues, but hearing So played in full? Well, it […]
Orcas – Yearling – Album Review
This is the second outing of Orcas after their 2012 self titled album. The band themselves are a two piece featuring Benoît Pioulard (who we featured previously here) and Rafael Anton Irisarri […]
Record Store Day Events Dublin – April 19th 2014
Is it really that time of year again? Yes, the fabulous Record Store Day returns to the streets of Dublin, and there’s some quite fab events on around the city. You can […]
New Music – Tune-yards – Wait for a Minute
The second single off Tune-yards new album has just been released, and you can find the results below. It sounds like another pop gem, and the African beats are nowhere to be […]
Bulmers Live – Leopardstown – Gigs
Another good list of gigs has just been announced for June, July & August at Leopardstown, on their regular Thursday night line up! The one that’s grabbing the headlines is Johnny Marr, […]
Things to do in Dublin (14-04-14 – 20-04-14)
With Good Friday falling this Friday, it’s a slower week than normal, but not to say there’s not a few gems hanging around. Check out the details below… Theatre The Abbey – […]
D.F.F. – Button Factory – 12-04-14 – Review
D.F.F. played in the Button Factory last night to launch their new album ‘Pouric Songs’. DFF are a ‘supergroup’ including the talents of Dave Flynn, Vyvienne Long, Niwel Tsumbu, Dan Bodwell, Aidan Dunphy, […]
Join me in the Pines – Unitarian Church – 11/04/14 – Review
There’s always a moment of worry when you hear of an artist recording a solo project, away from his day job with a major rock band. Are they fulfilling their childhood dream […]
Gruf Rhys and Alasdair Roberts @ Dublin Writers Festival 2014
The Programme of the 2014 Dublin Writers Festival has just been announced. We’ll do a full review of the programme later, but there’s a couple of events that jumped off the page […]
Barn Dance VII – Stage Breakdowns
Stage breakdowns have just been released for the only place to be on Good Friday. This is actually the 7th Barn Dance and it continues to go from strength to strength. And […]
Mac Demarco – Salad Days – Review
This is Mac’s 3rd album under this moniker, although there are a variety of self released albums and other odd collections in existence. Mac Demarco is his stage name and he is […]
Wye Oak – Shriek – Album Review
Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack make up Wye Oak, a two piece from Baltimore, Maryland. Shreik is their fourth album to date and comes after the well received 2011 album ‘Civillian’. This […]
Patatap
Patatap is a wonderful creation from Lullatone & Jono Brandel. “Patatap is a portable animation and sound kit. With the touch of a finger create melodies charged with moving shapes. While easy to pick […]
Things to do in Dublin (07-04-14 – 13-04-14)
This week, we’ve got a new production of ‘An Ideal Husband’ starting in the Gate. The Japanese Film Festival starts in the Lighthouse, and there’s the Spotlight seminar in the IFI. On […]
The Eskies – Button Factory – 4th April 2014
I like the idea of the wheel of fortune. Is there really a wheel of fortune? Only one way to find out for definite, and that’s to go down to the Button […]
Youbloom Festival – June 13th – 15th
Details of this years Youbloom Festival have just arrived and there’s plenty for everyone, as you would expect. The music seminar that will run in the Royal College of Surgeons is one […]
Deaf Joe – From The Heights Of A Dream – Album Review
Some movements can be too sudden. The type that catch you off guard and leave the ground feeling less than solid beneath your feet. There has been an alteration to the sound […]
New Irish Music – The Late David Turpin – Bear of a Star
We’ve featured the Late David Turpin many times on the site, and this is his latest single called “Bear of a Star”. According to David, ‘it’s about Inuits being reincarnated as bears’, […]
New Irish Music – Glomar – Moves
We’ve featured CFIT a few times on the site previously and this is an off shot, with Noel from CFIt and David Cantan. See what you think below. Having contributed to each […]
Phantom’s Replacement – TXFM Schedule Announced
There were a variety of articles written about the sad demise of Phantom, ourselves included, but it seems the creature that they’re replacing it with won’t actually be all that bad! Over […]
New Muisc – Koen Holtkamp – Between Visible Things
Did you see the match last night? Seven minutes of almost football highlights, and more accurately electronic bliss from Koen Holtkamp, one half of the band Mountains. You can see our review […]
Pixies – Indie Cindy – New Album
There was a time in my life when this would have been a cause of huge excitement. There was something nice about the Pixies’ decision not to release a new album, as […]
D. Charles Speer & The Helix – Doubled Exposure – Album Review
D. Charles Speer & The Helix – Doubled Exposer – Reviewed by: Conor Callanan (Cracklingvinyl) Having consumed what he could regarding the cultural and historical aspects of the Deep South growing up, […]
Things to do in Dublin (24-02-14 – 30-03-14)
Dublin has recovered from the general madness of St. Patrick’s day and the world continues as before. There’s lots of new stuff to see and do around the city, so without further […]
New Music – Kim Deal – The Root
Kim Deal continues to show the Pixies how it is done, with the latest in her series of singles. At 1 minute 52 seconds, don’t blink or she’s gone! Buy ‘The Root’ […]
No More Workhorse 