My soft spot for Josh Haden’s music goes back to one song ‘Every time I try’, which became the soundtrack to a summer in Sydney, Australia. The wonderful Triple J radio station […]
Josh (Spain) Haden’s new solo project – Dead Sea Scrolls
The Boys of Foley Street – Anu Productions – Review
Having seen Anu productions two previous pieces in last years festival, this was probably the play I was most looking forward to in the festival, and it did not disappoint! While last […]
Conversations on a homecoming – Gaiety Theatre – Druid Murphy
This is the first of the Druid Murphy cycle, and is set in Galway in the 70’s. The story revolves around an actor returning to see his old childhood friends, after ten […]
Things to do in Dublin – 8th – 14th Oct
I’m sure you’re asking ‘is he really still banging on about the theatre festival’ and the answer is YES! Another busy week, and the last of the theatre festival, you’ll miss it […]
Whistle in the Dark – Gaiety Theatre
This is the first of the Druid Murphy plays I saw, as I seem to have booked them out of order! As they were not originally meant to be a trilogy, and […]
Movies – 7-10-12
I’m late with the movies this week, due to my international jet set life style and a 4 year old’s birthday party! Still, enough with the excuses and back to the movies. […]
HWCH 2012 Review – Thursday 4th October
After getting over the feeling of major déjà-vu as I viewed the list of bands playing this year, I decided to try and go along to the first night of Hard Working […]
Sufjan Stevens knows Christmas!
Remember that crazy guy who released a five e.p. Christmas box set a few years ago? Yep, he’s at it again! Another five e.p’s will be on their way called ‘Silver & […]
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – ‘ALLELUJAH! DON’T BEND! ASCEND!
These are the facts (well, as I see them anyway). It’s out on the 15th of October. It only has four songs! Tracklist 1. MLADIC 2. THEIR HELICOPTERS’ SING 3. WE DRIFT […]
Heineken Live – Passion Pit – Olympia – 11th Nov
More free tickets from Heineken, and a couple of good gigs around the country! You can get the tickets here. Cork, November 1st – Labrinth at The Savoy. (Tickets released on October […]
Things to do – 1st – 7th Oct
The Theatre festival versus Hard Working Class Heroes is a death match this week! Who will win? Music – Temper Trap play the Academy on Tuesday, with Chris Isaak in the Olympia. […]
Movies – 28-09-12
Looper, looper, looper, looper, looper… this decade’s Matrix, supposedly. I’ve seen the side of too many buses and billboards not to be sucked into the hype around this one, lets hope it […]
First Listen: Flying Lotus, ‘Until The Quiet Comes’
Listen to the new Flying Lotus album “Until The Quiet Comes” courtesy of NPR.
Static Weekend – U:mack
A whole weekend of new sounds! If you’re staying in Dublin for the October long weekend, this is the place to be… Thursday 25th Oct – Prince Fatty with Holly Cook & […]
Silent – Axis: Ballymun – Ticket Giveaway
The nice people at the Axis have offered us two tickets for Fishamble’s production of Silent on Wednesday, October 10th and a bottle of wine. Silent runs from the 10th to the […]
Dublin Theatre Festival – Special Events.
As well as the big events in the DTF there’s a number of Special Events! And how special are they, I hear you cry? Well, it varies, but there’s a few nice […]
Ballymun Axis – Autumn/ Winter 2012 Schedule
Is it that time again? Do we really have to face into Autumn/ Winter schedules? At least there’s a few good thing on to keep us entertained during the colder months and […]
ATP Summer 2013 Festivals
I’m still all grumpy ATP has moved back to the smelly hole that is Camber sands. My first ATP was there, and while it was alright after tasting heaven (Minehead, ok, it […]
Things to do in Dublin – 24th – 30th Sept
Ok, the Fringe is over, and we’re sad to see it go. I enjoyed all the madness that it contains! Still, this week sees Arthur’s Day and the start of the Theatre […]
Saint – Project Arts Centre – Review
First off, this play is mostly in Irish! Strangely enough the fringe brochure doesn’t mention this. There is also a splattering of French, but the story is mostly told through imagery and […]
Book Review: The Death of Jim Loney by James Welch (1979)
Set in a small town in Montana, this is an excellent portrayal of Jim Loney’s self-destruction. Now I’m not one for the “troubled macho man who has to be alone” stuff. This […]
Grizzly Bear Live – NPR
I don’t think we’ve mentioned the new Grizzly Bear album ‘Shields’ but it goes without saying it’s on the essential reading lists, so get it immediately, if you haven’t already. I’d imagine […]
Movies – 21-09-12
Killing them softly looks to be the best of the bunch this week. It’s directed by Andrew Dominik who previously directed Chopper and The Assasination of Jessie James, so someone I should […]
New contributor! Yay!
We’re delighted to announce a new contributor to No More Workhorse, Ailish Larkin. Ailish will be sharing her thoughts on what she’s reading and generally pointing us in the right direction on […]
We Belong Dead – Project Arts Centre – Fringe Festival
We Belong Dead is David Turpin’s self proclaimed ‘Musickal Ritual’ and featured the talents of Cathy Davey, Ivan St John and Hunter- Gatherer as part of the piece band/ choir. In all […]
Conor Oberst – National Concert Hall – 2-05-13
It does seem a long way away, but Conor will be in town next May! A nice venue also, it’s part of a special solo tour according to his web site. He […]
ATP Mix Tapes
ATP have knocked out a couple of mix tapes to advertise their next ‘I’ll be your mirror’ weekend in New York. See the evidence below. One is by Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs) […]
Beautiful short film: Of Steel
I’ve always loved the art of bike building. Dario Pegoretti is an Italian bicycle framebuilder based in Caldonazzo. Watch this short film about his company Pegoretti Cicli and I promise you will be utterly inspired no matter if you […]
Culture night preview
So, what to do on a night where the city is your oyster (well, some of it anyway), yes, that’s right, it’s Culture Night! Remember, do not feed the artists! I like […]
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