
(Probably) not the best minute of guitar for 20 years as some might suggest… but pretty damn special none the less. Listen as loud as your ears can bear. Thank you Kevin.
(Probably) not the best minute of guitar for 20 years as some might suggest… but pretty damn special none the less. Listen as loud as your ears can bear. Thank you Kevin.
Airbound is a floating festival! I kid you not. It is a travelling Irish mini-festival taking place on Good Friday March 29th in London with a night time cruise down the Thames in […]
Charity Children are a two piece from New Zealand who ended up in Berlin, where they live and work, creating simple and quite lovely songs, such as the one below. Elizabeth is […]
Good lord, does this seem a long way away! Talking about October already, and it’s only just February. Still, Local Natives are coming back to town, after their sold out show in […]
The 12 Point Festival is a short festival of new Jazz, held in the Project Arts Centre for the next four nights. 12 bands will play over the four nights, and from […]
It is the first time since the 1930’s that King Lear has been on the stage of the national theatre, and to be honest, I’m not surprised. It’s a difficult play due […]
It’s all about Love this week at the Workhorse, and we’ll be whispering sweet nothings to anyone prepared to listen! Yes, it’s the time of year created by florists, chocolatiers and card […]
Ireland really does an odd ball thing for singer songwriters. David Gray was huge here and nowhere else, after Donal Dineen played him for a few months on ‘No Disco’. The next […]
Even at 32, Conor Oberest has done enough to be discussed in Indie circles in hushed tones. He started making music at the tender age of 13 and hasn’t looked back since, […]
No seems to be the movie of the week, as the rest just didn’t put the effort in, or live up to expectation (I’m looking at you Hitchcock!). It’s a movie about […]
This is a nice looking free event in the wonderful Whelans. I can’t say I’ve ever watched a movie in Whelans, although I’ve done most everything else there (a discussion for another […]
Jamie xx seems to have the world at his feet right about now. His day job, the xx have just announced their first gig in the biggest indoor venue in Dublin, the […]
Dario Marianelli Always nice to spend an evening with an Oscar winner, and that’s what you’ll be doing if you’re in the National Concert Hall on the 19th of this month! Dario […]
Set in a futuristic London, where society has broken down due to the proliferation of hallucinogenic butterflies (yes, actual butterflies!), two brothers Elliot and Darren break into an abandoned flat to prepare […]
15 gems, each can fill you with rapture, can dazzle you to the core of your being (I don’t think I’m over stating it, am I?). Yes, you can hear the Breeders […]
February arrives and the bleak month of January is nothing buy a memory. So what’s worth seeing this week? There’s the Chinese New Year Festival around Dublin, as well as the list […]
From Thom Yorke: HI ALL. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS BUT I HAVE A PROJECT CALLED ATOMS FOR PEACE. A KIND OF CONTINUATION OF THE ERASER .. BUT NO […]
Yes, they’re back! It’s official and you can order or download the new album here. It’s called M B V and the full track list is below: 01. she found now 02. […]
Early march is a good time to visit the National Concert Hall. Yes, I’m all excited as ‘A Winged Victory for the Sullen’ are in town, along with Johan Johannsson (3rd March) […]
Ask yourself a simple question, do you want a new Jimmy Cake album? Is the world ready for a new Jimmy Cake Album? If the answer is yes, then click here, and […]
Something worth checking out, are the super cheap tickets for the Crawl, which you can get here. Today’s lot of €1 tickets sold out in less than a minute, so expect a […]
Oscar season is almost at an end, with only Flight (with Denzel Washington) released this week among the runners. Oscar season is like a sugar rush, with two or three movies per […]
Robert Zemeckis’ latest film, Flight, explores the role and affect of alcoholism in the life of airline captain William ‘Whip’ Whitaker, played by Denzel Washington, and the winding course his life takes […]
You know what’s really odd? It’s that Dan Deacon’s gig in Whelans on Saturday week and it hasn’t sold out! I bought my tickets as soon as they came out, but for […]
Ryan Hemsworth is a young Canadian producer that’s been making waves over the past few years, with his take on hip-hop and R&B production. In his early career he was a singer […]
Yes I know it’s a little late into January for a ‘ones to watch’ music list but here’s my tuppence worth all the same! I’m keeping it short and simple: a Top […]
How can a band be impossible to google after four pretty successful albums? Call yourself !!! of course! It’s pronounced Chk Chk Chk according to most sources, and the workhorse likes what […]
Ok, it’s official, I want to go! I may have already said that, but Sunday looks dazzling, with Beth Orton, Daughter and James Yorkston on in the same day! From the Other […]
[Kevin wasn’t toying with us (much), the details of the new album MBV, released on Saturday the 2nd of Feb are here] Is Kevin toying with us? I think he is, but […]