Seamus Heaney was Ireland’s greatest living poet and a Nobel prize winner, who sadly died in August of last year. Poetry Ireland and One City: One Book have organised a night to […]
Celebrating Seamus Heaney – Tribute Night – National Concert Hall – 23-04-14
September Girls – Cursing the Sea – Album Review
‘September Girls are a five piece garagepop band from Dublin, Ireland’ or so their Wikipedia page says. This came as quite a surprise to me, when I saw them at last years […]
Things to do in Dublin (03-02-14 – 09-03-14)
This week a legend of our times arrives in Dublin, with John Grant playing the Olympia on March 3rd. There are other great gigs such as Damien Jurado, Dylan Tighe, Sean Millar […]
Mark Kermode – The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex: What’s Wrong with Modern Movies – Book Review
Mark Kermode is a grumpy man. He is made more grumpy by the state of our cinemas- how they show movies, what they are showing, how they sell their tickets. Remember when […]
Angel – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Angel – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Helen O’Leary Angel is a short and powerful production directed by Anarosa de Eizaguire Butler. It is currently running at the Theatre Upstairs on Eden […]
Collaborations – Twit – Preview – Smock Alley
The Collaborations Festival is in full flow in Smock Alley. One show that is not to be missed is ‘Twit’ which is being run with Twelve Tales of Sea Road and The […]
Gig Guide – 28-02-2014 – Eels, Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté etc.
I guess The Eels are the big addition to the list below, but Doom live in the Sugar club could be interesting also. Otherwise, Christie Moore has been added to the Iveagh […]
New Movie Releases – 28-02-14
Yes, it’s another week, and in those various darkened rooms around the city, in art house cinemas and multiplexes, everything’s coming up sexy, with Lars Von Trier back in town! There is […]
Gruff Rhys – American Interior
Gruff is back, with a new ablum, but also a film, book and an app! He’s back in a big way, as he says himself, it’s a “multisensory experience telling the incredible […]
Body & Soul 2014 – Line Up
Body and Soul are at it again! They seem to sneak into my room and pick out the bands I listen to the most, and then add them to the list. It’s […]
Dublin Writers Festival 2014 – Preview – Emma Donoghue, Ray Davies etc.
Dublin Writers Festival kicks off this May, running from the 17th to the 25th. They’ve just announced a few events, with Ray Davies of the Kinks possibly the most the exciting of […]
The Free – Willy Vlautin – Book Review
The Free by Willy Vlautin – Review by Helen O’Leary Willy Vlautin’s reputation as a novelist is slowly growing. His last book was short listed for the IMPAC Prize but he still […]
John Scofield & Vince Mendoza – National Concert Hall – March 12th
John Scofield is a jazz guitarist who has been recording music since the late 70’s. Vince Mendoza is a composer and musical arranger who has worked with Joni Mitchell and Björk. What […]
Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire for No Witness – Album Reviews
‘i quit my dreaming the moment that i found you. I started dancing, just to be around you’. Is the opening couplet on the new album from Angel Olsen ‘Burn your fire […]
New Music – Sisyphus – Calm it down
Who the hell are Sisyphus, I hear you scream? Well, it’s Sufjan and a couple of others. That’s enough for me anyway, check out the blurb and videos below. Update: I’m not […]
Liam Hallahan buries his Da live on Stage – Collaboration Festival – Smock Alley – Review
Liam is the son of Charles Hallahan, who was an actor you have probably seen a hundred times and never really noticed. He’s one of those guys that was in a variety […]
Fabulous Females – Ticket Competition
Fabulous Females is a one woman show that will run at the National Leprechaun museum from Feb 27th until the 8th of March. We have four tickets to give away, and will […]
Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined – Royal Academy of Arts, London – Review
Photo © Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2014. Photography: James Harris. / © Pezo von Ellrichshausen Review by Sean Sheehan Give them an inch and some architects will go the Zen mile, […]
Things to do in Dublin (24-02-14 – 02-03-14)
So, the Film Festival disappears for another year, and what are we left with on the streets of Dublin? Don’t worry, we’ve got lots to keep you happy. What about the Collaboration […]
TV REVIEW: The Netflix files: Safety Not Guaranteed, Nesting, Veronica Mars
Hitting a run of bad luck recently what with plague and now the act of God that took the satellite dish out in the bad storms. So I am bereft without my […]
Collaborations 2014 – This is it – Smock Alley
This is a play that deals with the simple events of life, and tries to put them into perspective with a humourous, light touch. We are shown the various nights in and […]
Stargaze – Helix – 9th March 2014
The best of Poland hits the Helix, with three of the best coming to Dublin for one night only… “the very first time the three top vocalists from Poland will be performing […]
New Music: Emily Danger – Easy Remix
Sometimes you find a gem in amongst the hundreds of meandering PR mails you get every day, and this is one of those. This is a tack from New York based band […]
24 Hour Plays – Abbey Theatre – 2nd March 2014
I saw this last year, and it really is a lot of fun. The premise is simple, give a bunch of talented writers, actors and directors 24 hours to come up with […]
New Movie Releases – 21-02-14
Don’t even think of going to a new release movie this week, without checking out JDIFF. They need your love, care and support until the end! It runs until Sunday. Strangers by […]
Only Lovers left Alive – Movie Review
“Only lovers left alive” is a new film from director Jim Jarmusch. It is a love story intertwined with a vampire story and it’s in keeping with the artistic and idiosyncratic style […]
Songs for Amy – Preview
Songs for Amy is a new Irish love story set in the west, that will hit Irish cinemas later in the year (May 2nd). His aim is to ‘write the perfect album […]
St. Vincent – St. Vincent – Album Review
St. Vincent or Annie Clark as her mother called her, has kicked off her little known side kick David Byrne, and returned with an album of her own! This is her fourth […]
Film Review – Strangers By the Lake – Movie Review
Review by Niall Curran Strangers by the Lake is a thriller set at a lake in the mountains of Southern France during the height of summer and won the Un Certain Regard […]
No More Workhorse 