Movie of the week is easy this time out, as everyone seems to love the one above. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is an adaptation of the 1974 cold war novel written by […]
Movies – 16-09-11 – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Kanye West should stick to music?
Kanye and Rhymefest bizarrely made a pilot for a ‘Hip hop version of the Muppet Show’. Strangely it wasn’t picked up, but the director Konee Rok released a high light reel from […]
Fight Night
Face off: Saturday the 17th of Sept Folk versus Hip Hop Sugar Club versus Whelans Sam Amidon vs B Dolan (with Scroobius Pip in support!). Ok, they won’t be actually fighting, but […]
WIRE: Sleeves Received
This is a charming and very simple blog from WIRE magazine. It’s basically selections of the sleeves of the releases they’ve received over the years, from vinyl, to CD to tape! The […]
Batman – Year One
Batman: Year one is one of Frank Miller’s better works. It was originally a four issue run in Detective comics between issue 404 and 407 in 1987, and featured the art work […]
Scroobius Pip – Whelans
‘You see a mouse trap, i see free cheese and a fucking challenge’ The Scroobius one returns to town, but this time without his other half. He’s just released a solo album, […]
Guest Post: Zombie Attack!
Second in the List of Guest Posts, is from another of the wonderful Candepop people, Mary (Edie’s Mum)! Their knowledge knows no bounds, and they can easily change from babies to zombies […]
Friday Free Play: Wild Nothing – Live In Dreams
From listening to mixes on 8tracks of late I stumbled upon Wild Nothing. Wild Nothing is 21-year-old Blacksburg, Virginia songwriter Jack Tatum. His songs have a very dreamy 80s feel to them […]
Movies – 09-09-11 – Post Mortem
It’s a good week at the movies, with a little something for everyone! Post Mortem is like by almost every critic I can find, and is the story of a mortuary attendant […]
Paul McGrath = Legend
As everyone knows, Paul McGrath is a complete legend, and is just plain better than most or all other normal human beings. It’s easy enough to realise, that he could be equally […]
Adrian Crowley + James Yorkston + Alasdair Roberts – Peppercanister Church
This blog was a little later than normal, as i was just buying tickets for… Adrian Crowley + James Yorkston + Alasdair Roberts The Peppercanister Church, Dublin Fri 07 Oct 2011 […]
Dublin Contemporary
Dublin Contemporary opened last night, to the great and the good, and the rest of us savages are allowed in today! It’s a bit like a Dublin Biennale I guess, and has […]
Unthanks perform odd show in Whelans
Northumberland’s finest, the Unthanks have always seemed like pretty serious musicians, but this is just showing off, isn’t it? They’re playing Whelnas (13th Dec) with a full ten piece band, with strings, […]
The influence of Alex Chilton on… everyone?
Ok, so this ground has been covered a million times but listening to Big Star the other night I was once again taken aback at how far his influence spread far and […]
Foster the People – The Academy, Dublin
I was recently asked to write a blog for bands that are ‘cool’, but you possibly haven’t heard of yet. This band were front and foremost in my mind for whatever reason. […]
Guest Post – ‘Coming of Age’ Movies
The public requested, nay demanded guest posts, and what does the workhorse give them? This is the first one, and hopefully some of the other people I’ve been nagging will come up […]
Mark Eitzel returns to the stage
Some good news, Mark Eitzel is back where he belongs; on stage. He’s co-headlining with the Late Birds in the Great American Music Hall on Saturday, the 10th of Sept 2011. Wish […]
Movies – 02-09-11 – The Kill List
The Kill List is an English movie directed by Ben Wheatley (who previously worked on BBC comedy ‘The Wrong Door’). It’s a story of middle class England and Hit men, so what […]
Friday Free Play: Gauntlet Hair – I Was Thinking
I am loving this tune from Gauntlet Hair. Shimmering guitars, massive drums, and then the breakdown! Oh man. I haven’t heard a riff that good in ages. AHHHHHH so good.
Gillian Welch – Grand Canal Theatre
Every time I listen to Gillian Welch, I think I should listen to her more. What does that mean? I don’t listen to her much, possibly. I first came accross her in […]
James Blake poll results in: Trendy and overrated? YES!
The people have spoken and it is now official. Of readers who voted in our latest poll, a staggering 91% labelled James Blake as “trendy and overrated”! There you have it folks. […]
Mountains to Sea
Is ‘Mountains to Sea’ grammatically correct? I’m not one to dwell on such issues, but seeing as it’s a literary festival, they should probably check that. It sounds like there’s something missing to […]
Atlas Sounds – Parallax
Bradford Cox is back, with his side project ‘Atlas Sounds’ from his day job (Deerhunter). While I’m not sure Bradford would be what Cork people call a ‘lovely person’, he is a […]
Movies – 26-08-11 – The skin I live in
A bit later than normal with my movie reviews, but the exciting thing is that I’ve actually seen one of the movies, and actually know things about it! Quite an achievement, so […]
Videodrome: St. Vincent – Cruel
Have to say I love story videos, where singers become actors. I’m still getting over ‘take on me’ by Aha and ‘Hello’ by Lionel Richie. St. Vincent looks amazing as every, in […]
James Blake – “trendy and overrated” – OUCH!
One of the regular posters who shall remain nameless (Morgan) has opened a veritable can of worms in his previous post saying that James Blake was “trendy and over rated”. I smell […]
Bone Ivor and James Blake
Yeah, ok, I’m always on about ol’ Bone, but this is the first song from his collaboration with James Blake (trendy and over rated). It’s almost a sin to use Auto tune […]
What is up with Noises? (The Science and Mathematics of Sound, Frequency, and Pitch)
We don’t usually get sciency on NMWH but Vi Hart’s explanation of the maths behind sound (and music) is a real treat. You can also check out her blog here: http://vihart.com.
Kristin Hersh – Workmans Club
Update: Sadly, Kristin is too ill to perform! Her voice is gone, supposedly, which I guess is important for a singer. We’ll have to wait for Throwing Muses… Update Update: New date […]
