A Year in Music – 2025 – Zoe Howe (Author) by Killian Laher How has your year been? Pretty good, thank you. It’s been quite busy – an updated/revised version of my […]
A Year in Music – 2025 – Zoe Howe (Author)
Rebellious Hope – Film Review
Rebellious Hope – Film Review by Frank L. Rebellious Hope – Directed by Philip Connaughton and Luca Truffarelli was screened at the Project Arts Centre on May 3rd. Find out more about […]
A Year in Music – 2024 – John Lambert (Chequerboard)
A Year in Music – 2024 – John Lambert (Chequerboard) How are you, what sort of year have you had? Good thanks, the first half was busy with music and the second […]
Interview with John Hunter – Writer of Maps and Legends: The Story of R.E.M. – Part 2
Interview with John Hunter – Writer of Maps and Legends: The Story of R.E.M. – Part 2 by Killian Laher No More Workhorse caught up with author John Hunter about his self-published […]
Blur – Malahide Castle – Live Review – 24/06/23
Blur – Malahide Castle – Live Review – 24/06/23 by Killian Laher Big summer gig season is well and truly upon us, though there is something a little retro about going to […]
Ruining The Act – The Complex – Review
Ruining The Act – The Complex – Review “Anxiety, people leasing, going through the motions, existential dread, what do we do to fight and continue putting on the Act?” Four dancers are […]
Steps – SSE Belfast – Review
Steps – SSE Belfast – Review by Fran Winston The SSE Belfast 15th November 2021 Steps have been both revered and reviled in their quarter of a century together. For every person […]
New Music – TCR-P1 – Kyle Bobby Dunn
New Music – TCR-P1 – Kyle Bobby Dunn This is another album of brooding and menacing drone sounds from one of our favourite ambient composers Kyle Bobby Dunn. The Canadian “composer, arranger, […]
Dublin Theatre Festival – Top Picks
Dublin Theatre Festival – Top Picks With general booking for the Dublin Theatre Festival opening today at 12pm, we thought we’d see what is happening in the world of socially distanced theatre! […]
Album of the Week – 25/04/20
Album of the Week – 25/04/20 First off, Other Lives have a right to feel seriously aggrieved! On a week they released a serious good album, they were pipped at the post […]
Album of the Week – 13/03/20
Album of the Week – 13/03/20 Despite the madness going on in the world, there’s some great new music released this week! There’s a new album from Deap Lips who are a […]
Interview with Karl Whitney – Writer of Hit Factories – Part 2
Interview with Karl Whitney – Writer of Hit Factories – Part 2 The book seems to be informed by music from the eighties and nineties, would that be fair? Is music as […]
Albums of the Year – 2018 – Killian Laher
Albums of the Year – 2018 – by Killian Laher Always a struggle to distil the year’s releases into a concise ranking of 10 albums, but here goes: 10. Yo La Tengo […]
WRoNGHEADED – Project Arts Centre – Dublin Dance Festival – Review
WRoNGHEADED – Project Arts Centre – Dublin Dance Festival – Review by Frank L. Choreographed and created by Liz Roche In creating this piece, which had its initial iteration in the Dublin […]
Interview with Jo Mangan – Director of Carlow Arts Festival
Interview with Jo Mangan – Director of Carlow Arts Festival Carlow Arts Festival runs from the 7th to the 13th of June We had the chance to talk to theatre director, festival […]
You Are Not Alone – In Aid of Pieta House
HOST OF IRISH ARTISTS RELEASE COVER OF MICHAEL JACKSON’S ‘YOU ARE NOT ALONE’ TO RAISE VITAL FUNDS FOR PIETA HOUSE “Ryan O’Shaughnessy, Mary Byrne, Taken, Heroes in Hiding and Dublin Gospel Choir […]
Listen Up Philip – Movie Review
Listen Up Philip – Review by Frank L. Director: Alex Ross Perry Writer: Alex Ross Perry Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce The second novel of Philip Lewis Friedman (Jason Schwartzman) […]
RM Hubbert – Workman’s Club – 18-09-14
We’re always a fan of guitar music here at the Workhorse, so having RM Hubbert in town is a bit of a treat. He’s also fallen in with some bad company over […]
Katie Kim and Conor Walsh – Fitzwilliam Square – 30th July 2014
Happenings don’t just do movies! Today they’ve a gig in Fitzwilliam square, with some of Ireland’s finest on display. They’ve Katie Kim and Conor Walksh, with music from 7.30pm. Tickets are a […]
Fritz Lang’s METROPOLIS (with 3epkano) – 17th July 2014 – NCH
Something for tonight, that sounds a lot of fun. Irlenad does a good range of post rock bands, and 3epkano are one of the best of ’em. Check them out tonight! Fritz […]
Salute To Eugene – Whelan’s – Tuesday 24-06-14
An impressive looking gig has been announced in memory of Eugene Moloney, the journalist that was murdered on Camden street, not far from Whelans itself. It features the considerable talents of The […]
In Dog Years I’m Dead – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
In Dog Years I’m Dead – Review By Joseph Kearney Two 29ish nearly 30 somethings meet against their will at a birthday party of a mutual friend that is about to arrive […]
New Music – D. Charles Speer & the Helix – Wallwalker
A little ditty I thought was worth sharing from D. Charles Speer & the Helix called Wallwaker, and you can download it for free on their Soundcloud site! Their album is out […]
New Music: Jalapeno Funk Vol. 5
Hump day blues? Well, it could be worse, right. There’s an instant cure below with the wonderful mix by Jalapeno, and the world just seems…. funkier! The Jalapeno Funk series is our […]
Asgeir – Sugar Club – 11th April
John Grant thinks he’s dead ace and peachy keen, so what more do you want? Any friend of Johns and all that. Asgeir will arrive to play Dublin in April, in possibly […]
Efterklang are not breaking up!
You can understand why people were confused! When Efterklang announced a gig they were playing was “saying goodbye to Efterklang in its current form and to the idea of what Efterklang is”, […]
Meteor Choice Awards 2014 –
Ok, the dust has settled, and as ever there’s lots of controversy about who didn’t make the list. Personally I felt that This is how we Fly and Crayonsmith deserved a shout, […]
Matthew Bark’s Albums of 2013
I’m gonna keep it short and sweet. Here’s my ‘best of’ end of year list. Well, it’s actually two lists – a Top 3 Irish and a Top 3 International. IRL#3 Wounds […]
New Music – Nils Frahm – Toilet Brushes
Nils Frahm is German musician and composer, who is based in the home of electronic music, Berlin. If you like what you hear below, you should check out this web site for […]
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