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 […]
Steps – SSE Belfast – Review
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 […]
New Music: Dutch 2 Dublin – Album
Another of those positive news stories you rarely hear about. This is the story of an ‘international exchange’ of rap artists between Dublin and Holland, and the resulting album. The album is […]
Arthur’s Day Dublin Gig Line up 2013
Ok, so here’s what’s on around the city. Some of the best include Jerry Fish & the Frank and Walters in the Stag’s Head, Mighty Stef in McGrattan’s and Ryan Sheridan in […]
Fringe Festival Awards – Winners Announced
Yes, it’s the end of another Fringe Festival, and they’ve announced the winners below, according to a panel of expert fringe goers. It was a very impressive festival, and remarkably consistent. I […]
TV Preview – Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD
Fans of Buffy, Angel, Firefly and Dollhouse (do they exist?) can stand jubilant as Joss Whedon is back with another TV series riding high after his triumphant blockbuster movie Avengers Assemble . […]
New Movie Releases – 23-08-13
The rarest of rate things is released this week, a sci-fi movie that gets good reviews? Well, better than average anyway. That’s the first once since…. ah… District 9? This is the […]
No More Sitting on the Fence
Odd news this morning from Johnny Lynch (Pictish Trail) – he’s pulling the curtain down on Fence Records after over a decade of lovely releases. Here’s the announcement: “So, aye – it […]
No More Workhorse 