Dirty Jazz and Foreign Rhythms in Meeting House Sq this September Fri 6th Sept, 7:30pm | Sat 7th Sept 7:30pm | Sun 8th Sept 2-8pm Down With Jazz, Meeting House Square, Temple […]
Down with Jazz – Festival Preview
An Evening with David Sedaris – NCH Dublin – 1st April 2014
Aiken Promotions are bringing David Sedaris to Dublin on April 1st of next year. David has been described as “the Rockstar of Writers” and it will certainly not be a dull or […]
Dublin Gig Guide – September 2013
What do Youth Lagoon, Neon Neon, Glenn Jones, Kimya Dawson, Villagers and Josh Ritter have in common? Well, they’re all new to our gig guide! yes, it’s been a while, but it’s […]
Dublin Fringe Festival Preview – Highlights & Top Tips
The Fringe Festival starts tomorrow! Tomorrow! Hard to believe the wait is over. I’ve already written about a few of the big hitters (you can see our early preview here); such as: […]
Happening – Music and Jurassic Park in Granby Park – 7-09-13
Something really special is happening in Granby Park on Dominic Street, just at the back of the Ilac centre. It’s one of those positive news stories that rarely gets a mention, people […]
FAIR BALLS T’YIS – A Football Opera – Nees You!
Ever wanted the chance to sing in an opera? How about to cheer on the boys in blue on the eve of the football final? Well, read on below… Performed by a […]
Album Review | Grey Reverend | A Hero’s Lie | Ninja Tunes
“No one wants you quite the way I do” This summer’s haunting EP “Everlasting” from Brooklyn resident L.D. Brown AKA ‘Grey Reverend’ is followed up this September by the full length Album, […]
Campaign to bring back the Dublin Tenement Experience!
I made a couple of failed attempts to make it to the Dublin Tenement Experience, which took place in No. 14 Henrietta Street and ran for two months until August 31st. Anu […]
Movie Review – Upstream Colour
Kris is a young, successful woman who seems to have her life on track. On a night out she is attacked and made to swallow a strange bug. This bug makes her […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (02-09-13 to 08-09-13)
Now this is going to be a busy one! I know I always say that, but I really mean it this time. Not only does the Dublin Fringe Festival and Dublin Fashion […]
Book Review: Beautiful Ruins – Jess Walter
I’ve just returned from a staycation during which I read the beguiling Beautiful Ruins by American author Jess Walter. Walter began his career as a journalist writing for Newsweek, Washington Post and […]
New Music: Disappears – Power
A track taken from Chicago four piece’s new album ‘Era’, which is released this week.
New Movie Releases – 30-08-13
Upstream Color is the new film from the director of Primer, Shane Carruth. I’m not hugely a believer in the director as the only name worth mentioning in the production of a […]
Electric Picnic 2013 – Cosby and Rankin’s Wood Stage Timetables
Yes, the drip feed continues, as the time table for another couple of the stages comes into view. I’m going to include all the stages to date, as there seems to be […]
Accidental Death of an Anarchist – New Theatre – Review
In 1969, Giuseppe Pinelli fell to his death from a fourth story window of a Police station in Milan. This event formed the starting point for a work of fiction by Dario Fo, a satire […]
Bennie Reilly – Rara Avis – RHA – Sept 4th – Preview
Bennie Reilly – artist, musician and illustrator extraordinaire – opens her new solo exhibition Rara Avis on September 4th, 6 – 8pm, in the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. It’s her first solo show since last […]
Reenactment of Bloody Sunday – Sat 31st August
Ever wanted to be a Docker or Jacobs Worker? Or even one of the poor of Dublin? If so, now is your chance to be involved in an official recreation of the […]
Culture Night 2013 – 20th Sept – Music Highlights
Well, Culture Night is less than a month away, so lets have a look at what’s in store around the country. Some of the events are ticketed, so if you’re interested, check […]
Electric Picnic – Stage Timetable – Electric Arena and LIttle Big Tent
A couple of new stage timetables have been released for the Electric Picnic, as the steady trickle of information continues to make its way to us, as they continue to drive us […]
New Music: Date Palms – The Dusted Sessions
I song that wafts through your senses, and is delicate and ephemeral. A style of music that is being called desert psychedelia. The album is out now on Thrill Jockey.
Distance from the Event – Civic Theatre – Sat, 31st Aug 2013 – Preview
Collapsing Horse are one of the bright young companies of Irish theatre. Their show Monster/ Clock made a lot of people sit up and take notice, and it received praise such as […]
ELECTRIC PICNIC BODY & SOUL AREA| STAGE TIMES
The details of Electric Picnic just keep coming, so for those with the magic tickets, it’s time to start making plans! The stage times for the Body and Soul stage and Earthship […]
Movie Review – What Masie Knew
What Masie Knew is an unusual movie, told almost exclusively from the perspective of a small child. In the early part of the movie, we hear arguments in the background, while the […]
Dublin Live Art Festival 2013 – The Backloft, 25th-29th Sept 2013
The Dublin Live Arts Festiva 2013 (DKAF13) is running until Thursday and aims to “bring together some of the most exciting live performance artists and curators from both Ireland and abroad”. Visitors […]
One Two One Two – Light House Cinema – Music Documentary Festival
A mixture of old and new in this years Music Documentary Season at the Lighthouse. One Two One Two is back from October 3rd to 6th. The ones that jump out are […]
Electric Picnic 2013 Stage Times – Main Stage
I’m calling today Electric Picnic press release day, as they’re coming thick and heavy into our inbox. It really is shaping up quite nicely and there’s a huge amount of events and […]
Tower Records – 20th Anniversary
I don’t quite remember the opening day of Tower Records, but I believe it started with a flourish, with East 17 causing quite a panic on Wicklow street and Loudon Wainwright appeasing […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (26-08-13 to 01-09-13)
Is that really September creeping around the corner? The big event of this week is clearly the Picnic, but if you don’t have tickets by this stage, you won’t be going as […]
Movie Review – Elysium
Elysium is a satellite city floating high above the earth below. It is a walled garden , a place for the rich to escape the poverty and crime on Earth, a perfect […]
No More Workhorse 