This sounds a fascinating event and definitely a good way to spend a Friday afternoon! You can go along and watch the live recording of the Shooes new time lapse video. “Dublin […]
The Shoos – Time Lapse Video Recording Event – 7-06-13
Kiss me and you’ll see how important I am – Porject Arts Centre – Review
‘They teach you how to cope, there’s a formula, and if you stick to it, you’ll make it to your next birthday’. Alex is a troubled young woman suffering from severe depression […]
The Festival of Writing & Ideas – Borris House, Carlow – 8th & 9th June – Preview
Borris House is an hour and a half outside Dublin, and this weekend its ‘Festival of Writing and Ideas‘ takes place. Not bothering to define itself as a writers/ artists/ music festival […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (03-06-13 to 9-06-13)
We are entering the last part of the long weekend, the bit that makes it long I guess, a Monday to enjoy! Forbidden Fruit has ended, and all the madness that went […]
Arrested Development – Season 4 – Review
I was having an on line chat with an old friend a few nights ago. We are both Arrested Development fans so I asked her how she was getting on with season […]
Colleen – Unitarian Church – 31-05-13 – Review
It would be fair to say that Colleen is not a natural on the stage, but she is definitely a talented musician. She proved that as she swapped between various instruments, electronic […]
Movies – 31-05-13 Byzantium, The Purge…
Byzantium is Neil Jordan’s latest step into the world of the super natural, it stars Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan and Sam Riley and is a tale of vampires! Ok, I’m not sure […]
BOARDS OF CANADA – Tomorrow’s Harvest – Live Album Transmission
We’ve been trying to ignore the hints and hype surrounding the new Boards of Canada Album, but that just boiled over when we heard about this! Join us. http://boardsofcanada.com/ Monday 3rd June: […]
New Music: Plankton Wat – Fabric of Life
Plankton Wat is the name for the solo recordings of Dewey Mahood, who is best know as the keyboard player with Eternal Tapestry. This is a dreamy guitar track that wafts over […]
Tumbling Bones – Irish Tour
Tumbling Bones are two dates into a monster 13 date tour of the country. Tumbling Bones are a three piece form Maine in the northeast of the USA. They play some down […]
Forbidden Fruit Preview
What to expect When You Walk in the Garden at this weekend’s festival by Sarah Gilmartin Sunshine, cupcakes and a surprise set from Fight Like Apes – there was plenty to tempt […]
3epkano score the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari – Fitzwilliam Square – 30-05-13
The latest happenings of the summer, and they’re going all out for this one, as it’s a band AND a movie in Fitzwilliam Square. 3epkano score the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari -Thursday […]
Man of Valour – Project Arts Centre – Review
Man of Valour is the story of a man battling demons from his past, quite literally! Farrell Blinks is your average young man dealing with the normal problems of day to day […]
Forbidden Fruit Night
The people behind Forbidden Fruit just made their fesitval a whole lot more exciting! Generally with out door gigs you expect them to finish by 11, when you shuffle off home, or […]
An Enemy of the People – Gate Theatre – Review
The development of Kirsten Springs promises to change the lives of all those in its locality. New wealth has come to the area and land prices are starting to increase rapidly. It […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (27-05-13 to 2-06-13)
We’re just heading into the Bank Holiday weekend and there’s more than a few events around the streets of Dublin. There’s a few new plays doing the rounds as well as the […]
Widowspeak – Workman’s Club – 26-05-13
Widowspeak are an indie rock band from New York and consists of guitarist and vocalist Molly Hamilton and guitarist Robert Earl Thomas. Last night in the Workman’s Club Dublin (25-05-13) they took […]
Pure X – Crawling Up The Stairs (Acéphale) – New Music
One of my fav releases of 2011 was Pleasure by Pure X. Well the guys have a new album out called Crawling Up The Stairs. Initial glimpses suggest the haze has been […]
Aleksandar Hemon – Dublin Writers Festival – 23-05-13 – Review
Aleksandar Hemon was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, (then Yugoslavia) in 1964. He is the winner of many literary awards and most tellingly has been heaped with praise by his fellow […]
Movies – 24-05-13 – My Neighbour Totoro, Grigris…
With the multi-plex cinemas clogged up with Iron Man and Star Trek, this could be described as a slow week at the cinemas. Still, there’s some good re-issues doing the rounds, especially […]
Thundercat: Heartbreaks + Setbacks (Brainfeeder) New Music
New music from Los Angeles’ bassist/songwriter/vocalist Stephen Bruner, aka Thundercat. Heartbreaks + Setbacks is from Bruner’s forthcoming album Apocalypse out 3rd June on Brainfeeder. It’s a glorious slice of pop and soul which somehow manages […]
Dublin Gig Guide – 23-05-2013
Lenny is back in town on his tour that seems to have been going on solid for about the past decade! Still, here at the horse we have nothing but love for […]
Forbidden Fruit Timetable and Map
Is June really next weekend? Is the wait finally over? I guess it is. The first of Dublin’s big outdoor festivals arrives next weekend, and we’re all a titter with excitement. Yes, […]
Listen at Lilliput – Sunday 26th May
Listen at Lilliput is one of those musical experiences that gives you the warm fuzzies! There’s a homely air to the venue and everyone seems very friendly in the place. The last […]
Kitesurfing and Sup Championships/ Music Festival – 25 & 26-05-13 – Dollymount Strand
‘BATTLE FOR THE BAY’ KITESURFING AND SUP CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013 Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th May Dollymount Strand, Dublin 3 Free Entry from 10.30am-6pm An event out of left field, but looks like […]
Jon Ronson – Dublin Writers Festival – 21-05-13 – Review
While being involved in a slow moving car chase, where members of the security team of the secret rulers of the earth (The Bilderberg group) were following Ron, he rang the English […]
Competition – OMD Tickets – Vicar Street – 30th May 2013
Amazingly enough, this is OMD’s 35th year anniversary, and the original line up of Andy, Paul, Martin and Malcolm are currently touring Europe and will soon be playing our own lovely little […]
22 new bands for Electric Picnic 2013
Another batch of announcements made for the Picnic, and the line up is starting to plump up nicely! Yes, they should be ready to be cooked right about the end of August! […]
Mac DeMarco – Workman’s Club – 19-05-13 – Review
On entering the venue last night, I was greeted by one of the strangest sites I’ve seen in recent times. Sean Nicholas Savage on stage, looking like an office worker at an […]
No More Workhorse 