The Go! Team – The Scene Between – Released ( Memphis Industries :: 20 March 2015 ) It’s nearly three years since Rolling Blackouts, so it’s good to have some new sounds […]
New Music – The Go! Team – The Scene Between
Weighing In – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
Weighing In by Ger Gallagher – Review by Frank L. We are constantly being told that obesity is a killer disease and we all need to eat less, to eat more wisely […]
Ólafur Arnalds – Pavilion Theatre – Feb 19th & 20th 2015
Even if you think you don’t know Ólafur Arnald’s work, you probably do! He is the Icelandic composer who has worked on films such as the Hunger Games and 300 – Rise […]
A Tale of Samurai Cooking – A True Love Story – Movie Review
A Tale of Samurai Cooking – A True Love Story – Movie Review by Frank L. Director: Yûzô Asahara Writers: Yûzô Asahara (screenplay), Michio Kashiwada (screenplay) Stars: Aya Ueto, Kengo Kôra, Kimiko […]
Phronesis – Whelans – 8-02-15
Phronesis are visiting these shores and will arrive in Whelans on Sunday the 8th of February as part of their tour which will take them form Cork to Letterkenny and various other […]
Jens Lekman – Postcard #1
With a new year, comes the New Years Resolutions, and Jens Lekman’s one is a little different from most. His aim is to release a song every week for a year. These […]
Foxcatcher – Movie Review
Foxcatcher – Movie Review by Francis Winston Directed by: Bennett Miller Starring: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave, Sienna Miller, Anthony Michael Hall In cinemas January 9th Three of Hollywood’s […]
Things To Do In Dublin (5-01-15 – 11-01-15)
It’s a new year and it’s out with the old and in with the new. The most important thing you have to do this week is write 2014 at the end of […]
Theatre Highlights of 2014
Full Productions – This is a list of productions on the bigger stages around Dublin, the Abbey, Project (Space Upstairs), Olympia etc. These caught my attention for a variety of reasons, and […]
The Woman in Black: Angel of Death – Movie Review V2.0
The Woman in Black: Angel of Death – Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Tom Harper Starring: Phoebe Fox, Jeremy Irvine, Helen McCrory, Adrian Rawlins In cinemas January 1st The Woman in […]
Enemy – Movie Review
Enemy– Movie Review by Frank L. Directed by Denis Villeneuve Writers: José Saramago (novel), Javier Gullón Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon Jake Gyllenhaal plays the role of Adam, a university […]
Killian Laher – Top 10 Albums of 2014
When I was asked to do a year end top 10 for No More Workhorse I thought, bloody hell, haven’t we enough lists? Aren’t we done with 2014? What sort of year […]
Matthew Barks – Top 12 Songs of 2014
What better way to spend the beginning of a new year but to look back on the one that’s just passed. I decided to do a list of songs I liked (rather […]
Fringe Theatre Highlights of 2014
I’ve seen over a 100 theatre productions this year, so I thought I’d share some of the ones that caught my imagination over the course of the year. A number of them […]
Tim Moss – Top 5 Albums of 2014
And here it comes, the annual tradition of the journalists lamenting the downfall of the music industry. Whether its Silent Radio heralding the ‘silent’ year, or as the Guardian declared the year […]
The Woman in Black: Angel of Death – Movie Review
The Woman in Black: Angel of Death – Review by David Turpin Directed by Matthew Taylor Starring: Phoebe Fox, Helen McCrory, Jeremy Irvine, Oaklee Prendergast The recently resurrected Hammer Films enjoyed its […]
Best Albums of 2014 – #5 – 1
Ok, so it’s that time for the best and brightest of the year. You can leave the abuse below about the ones that we left out and what a sin it was […]
New Music – Modern Baseball – You’re Gonna Miss It All
There’s definitely nothing shockingly original here, they’re a quirky guitar band that play it loud and brash, with hints of Weezer and They Might be Giants, but it’s really quite good! A […]
A Theory of Everything – Movie Review
The Theory of Everything – Movie Review by Frances Winston Drected by: James Marsh Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Maxine Peake, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney, David Thewlis In cinemas January […]
Best Albums of 2014 – #10 – 5
10. Owen Pallet – In Conflict – Album Review – “This is Owen Pallet’s fourth album, and possibly his most complex and assured. The downside of this is that it is not as […]
Birdman – Movie Review
Birdman – Review by David Turpin Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu Starring: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Risborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts. There’s a scene in Alejandro González […]
Best Movies of 2014 – #10 – 1
Ah yes, as 2014 departs we are left with only the memories of what went before! We’d happily recommend any of them. If you’ve missed one, they’re well worth checking out. 10. […]
Things To Do In Dublin (29-12-14 – 4-01-15)
Christmas is pretty much done, and now it’s on to New Years! In particular, there’s the New Year’s Festival, which runs from the 30th to the 1st, and features a variety of […]
Best Albums of 2014 – # 20 – 11
In many ways, this end of the chart is the more interesting ones, in that there is probably a few names that you are not that familiar with! You can see what […]
Best Movies of 2014 – #20 – 11
Our first proper list of the year, and with only days remaining in this year, we’re just in time. These movies are all gems and the order hardly matters, but if we […]
The Great War – Joe Sacco – Book Review
Joe Sacco – The Great War – Book Review This book is something of a departure for Joe Sacco, known for his graphic novels based on his time as a journalist in […]
Big Eyes – Movie Review
Big Eyes– Movie Review by Frank L. Directed by Tim Burton Writers: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski Stars: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter In the late nineteen fifties, early sixties the world […]
The Drink – Company – Album Review
The Drink – Company – Album released 01/12/14 on Melodic – Written by Tim Moss It’s a rare thing to find an unsigned band so complete that Rough Trade stock their first […]
Books : Christmas Gift Ideas for the Under 5’s
Another one of our favourite lists from last year… In no particular order, here are my top ten books that me and the little ones have read together throughout the year! Oh […]
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