I don’t know if you saw this article anywhere, but some time last week I read an article in The Guardian about Bruce Willis taking on Apple with a legal challenge related […]
Quality Journalism…
Pop – Smock Alley – Competition
Pop opens tonight in Smock Alley, at 9PM, and we have two tickets to give away! To be in with a chance of winning them, please mail us at nomoreworkhorse@gmail.com and tell […]
Adventures of a Music Nerd: 1 Guy, 2 World Cups – New Theatre – Review
If you could look back on your past to one golden era, where would it be? Most people pick a perfect beach at sunset or a lost week in Paris. For Ronan […]
Mark Eitzel Sells Out!
Yes, it’s sad, but it’s as clear as day, the man has finally figured he’s paid his dues, and has decided to become a big corporate slut! He’ll be releasing catchy little […]
Music to soothe the head: Aphex Twin – Nanou 2
A beautiful piece of music from the enigmatic genius that is Richard D. James.
Flood of Gigs
Yes, that’s right, I’ve been moaning for a while now that nothing was happening on the gig front, but just like Dublin Bus, you wait for what seems like hours and then… […]
Things to do in Dublin – 10th – 16th Sept
Yeah, it’s another busy one, so I’ll get right down to it. Music – Leonard Cohen starts his residency in Kilmainham tomorrow, and there still seems to be tickets going for the […]
IFI Open Day Line Up
The IFI has made their usual open day into an open weekend for their 20th anniversary! Tickets are released at 11 am on Saturday and Sunday on a first come, first served […]
Blog Awards Ireland – Shortlist
We are pleased to announce that this little old Blog has been shortlisted for the Blog of the Year in the Best Arts / Culture Blog category! Who would have thought when […]
Solpadeine is my boyfriend – Project Arts Centre – Review
Solpadeine is my boyfriend is a one woman show, written and starring Stefanie Preissner. It deals with a young woman moving to Dublin, falling in and out of love and watching her […]
Elevator – Project Arts Centre – Review
Thisispopbaby’s new production ‘Elevator’ is a bright, fast production that dances the line between a pop concert and a Bret Easton Ellis novel. Six beautiful young things come to a secluded […]
White Rabbit, Red Rabbit – line up
One of the top picks in our Fringe Festival preview, White Rabbit, Red Rabbit is a show by Iranian Playwright Nassim Soleimanpour which is performed by a different actor each day, […]
Short film by Kahlil Joseph: Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes
A short film by Kahlil Joseph, using music from three songs off the upcoming Flying Lotus album, Until The Quiet Comes.
Movies – 7-09-12
First off, there’s sadly no reviews of the new Judge Dredd movie, as they didn’t give any press screenings! I can only imagine they did this as they knew that all the […]
Husky – Workmans club
Husky play the Workmans club on Saturday. They’re a four piece from Melbourne, who have simple guitar lines and nice harmonies. They’re not breaking any barriers with their sound, but would imagine […]
Aimee Mann & Alabama Shakes
A couple of newly added gigs that are worth a mention. Alabama Shakes have moved up in the world since their last visit to the Academy 2, and are playing the Olympia […]
Mountains to Sea Festival Highlights – Preview
I only briefly mentioned the Mountains to Sea festival so far, so thought I spend a bit of time looking at what’s on. It is lacking a big name star this year, […]
Things to do in Dublin – 3rd – 9th Sept
After a brief quiet spell, we’ve hit festival season in Dublin, so prepare to to be busy! Well, you could just choose to ignore it all, but you’d be crazy, quite frankly. […]
Fringe Festival Preview – Highlights
Dublin’s very own Fringe Festival opens this week (Thursday 6th Sept) and as ever, the programme is somewhat daunting. It’s a mass names and none of them household! Here’s a few tips […]
New Music: Four Tet – Pink
I’ve been listening to this a lot over the last couple of days and I really like it. Pink is a collection of singles that Kieran Hebden has been putting out over the […]
Movies – 31-08-92
Two movies of note this week, Samsara which I’ve already talked about lots, so I won’t mention again! The other one is the bizarre sounding ‘Berberian Sound System’ which is the story […]
Villagers – The Waves
Conor J is back in town, with the first song from his new album called ‘The Waves’. It’s as epic as you can get from five minutes (surprised it’s not longer, but […]
Gig Guide – 29-08-2012
Fair to say it’s not a vintage collection of gigs in the next few months, but a couple of new additions to the list, Beth Orton and Sam Amidon are playing mister […]
New Music: Wild Nothing – Nocturne
With the new Wild Nothing album (Nocturne) coming out here’s a taster from it called Paradise. We’ve mentioned Wild Nothing a few times on the blog and the 2010 album Gemini was a […]
Videodrome: Mike Sheridan – Brokvarteret
Director Martin Garde was kind enough to tip us off on his new video created for Danish artist Mike Sheridan. Like dogs? Like slow-motion? Well this will make your day. Lovely dark […]
Dan Deacon – America: exclusive album stream (The Guardian)
Listen to the new album from Dan Deacon, ‘America’, streaming at The Guardian here.
Things to do in Dublin – 27th August – 2nd Sept
“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die” Well, it was a wild ride while it lasted! I hope everyone made the most of the various Sailors, […]
Dan Deacon – True Thrush
With new album ‘America’ set to drop today (I think!) here’s the most recent single from it, ‘True Thrush’, to get people in the mood. The idea behind the video is good […]
Movies – 24-08-12
So, what’s new at the movies this week…a few good ones actually… Shadow Dancer seems to be the big release of the week, it’s the tale of troubles up north, and stars […]
