You can understand why people were confused! When Efterklang announced a gig they were playing was “saying goodbye to Efterklang in its current form and to the idea of what Efterklang is”, […]
Efterklang are not breaking up!
Temple Bar TradFest 2014 – Preview
It’s a quiet time of year when footsteps echo on many an empty street but not so on the cobbles of Temple Bar next week. That’s because Temple Bar TradFest 2014 kicks […]
Not Lost – A Story about Leaving Home – Sarah Maria Griffin – Book Review
Not lost is an unusual body of work from poet, journalist and sometimes novelist Sarah Maria Griffin. It takes us from the weeks before she left Dublin to the new world she […]
Gig News – Tera Melos, Hall & Oates etc
Tera Melos are one of those bands that have been mentioned in all the right places. The Californian trio play the Workman’s Club on Saturday Feb 1st, with tickets at €10. Support […]
Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll at the IFI
What better way to start the year with some of my favourite things in the one place! This is a festival that will run for the next few months at the IFI, […]
Richard Dreyfuss & Terry Gilliam for JDIFF 2014
JDIFF have just announced the star names coming this year, and it’s another very impressive couple of Hollywood A-listers, with Richard Dreyfuss and Terry Gilliam arriving on our shores. Dreyfuss starred in […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (13-1-14 – 19-1-14)
We bid fond farewell to the first festival of the year, First Fortnight Festival will be back next year, with some luck. So what of this week? What’s in store for us […]
Cass McCombs – Workman’s Club – Gig Review – 11-01-14
You can tell a lot about a band by what drinks they bring on stage wit h them. Some bands bring a bottle of whiskey, and you know they’re not to be […]
TV this Week
So we’re finally over the Christmas TV schedule and back to business. Winter TV is infinitely better than any other time of the year, with many returning favorites coming onto our screens […]
The Year of Magical Wanking – First Fortnight – Project Arts Centre – Review
The Year of Magical Wanking tells the story of a year in a troubled man’s life. As you would expect, it is not a year without incident. He discovers he is HIV […]
New Movie Releases – 10-01-14
A relatively quiet week at the cinema, but I guess it’s early in the year, and you’d want to be brave to go up against one of the main Oscar contenders in […]
Care – Project Arts Centre – Preview
The wonder Willfred theatre company brought us Farm and Follow over the last few years, have just announced that their new creation is going to appear in the Project Arts Centre in […]
Meteor Choice Awards 2014 –
Ok, the dust has settled, and as ever there’s lots of controversy about who didn’t make the list. Personally I felt that This is how we Fly and Crayonsmith deserved a shout, […]
If You Only See One Movie this year…. Preview of 2014
by Sean Kingston If You Only See One…. A selection of some of the most exciting and critically anticipated films from the first half of the year. The Wolf of Wall Street […]
New Music – Leaders of Men – At Ease
Dublin based Leaders of Men are releasing their new single ‘For want of a Better World’ on Feb 14th, but if you want a taster of what to expect, check out the […]
Dolls – First Fortnight Festival – Project Arts Centre – Review
Dolls returns to the Project Arts Centre as part of the First Fortnight Festival and will run from Jan 9th – 11th. Here is our review from its run during the Fringe […]
Twin Peaks to Return?
‘She’s dead, wrapped in plasitc’ Update: This is looking like it’s not going to happen, sadly! The Guardian has a quote from Mark Frost (Co-creator) calling it a “another strange baseless rumor”. […]
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty – Movie Review
Some movies just shouldn’t work. ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ is an absolute classic as the James Thurber 1939 short story and a test case on how to do a movie […]
New Music – Champs – Only A Bullet Knows Where To Run – Free Download
Michael and David Cahmpion record under the name ‘Champs’, and it’s nicely layers piano music, with a rush of vocals wafting over. Check out the single ‘Only a bullet knows where to […]
Crookers – ‘Ghetto Guetta’ Remix Competition
Do you like the Crookers track below? Think you could do a better job? Well, now is your chance to prove it. Crookers have given you all you need to put the […]
Podcasts: (5 of the) Best of 2013
It’s officially award season and the one great advantage to this is to find a few gems that you might have missed along the way. Stitcher is an app that I’ve written […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (6-1-14 – 12-1-14)
So, things are settling down a little bit, right? Life is returning to normal after a brief spell of madness over the holidays. All the emigrants have returned to their adopted homes, […]
Whelans 25th Anniversary Celebrations
It’s been a constant for my gig going life, and definitely my favourite venue to see any singer songwriter play. I even remember Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub and the New Mendicants […]
Confusion Boats – First Fortnight Festival – New Theatre – Review
Confusion Boats is a piece of theatre that explores what it means to be a man! It deals with manly pursuits such as fighting and boxing, but don’t worry, it’s not all […]
New Movie Releases – 03-01-2014
It’s the first lot of movies released this year, and there’s a few good ones in there. It’ll be busy for the next few weeks, what with Oscar Season kicking off. American […]
Pixies talk about EP-2
Another Pixie EP just dropped this morning, the way more and more music is being released these days, no hype, no fuss, just ‘it’s available now…’. I’m liking the lead single Blue-Eyed […]
New Year’s Theatre Releases
First day back at work? Ugh, I know the feeling. Still, there’s more than a few things on the horizon to cheer you up! The world of theatre kicks into high gear, […]
Trouble in the Kingdom of Enchantasia – Mill Theatre – Review
Ofegus Theatre Company are back with another children’s show set in the fantasy land of Enchantasia. This time the Crown Princess Aliana (Niamh Hogan) is missing and her throne has been taken […]
New Year Music Releases
So, it’s out with the old and in with the new. We’re also back on even numbers with 2014, which always feels more balanced, or is that just me? Of the new […]
No More Workhorse 