No, we haven’t lost it entirely, we’re not writing about Bloom festival in the Phoenix Park, this is something worth checking out and it’s music related, not plant related! Youbloom – “To […]
Youbloom – Dublin – June 28th -30th
Dublin Writers Festival – Preview
Dublin Writers Festival runs from May 20-27th at various locations around Dublin. There’s the usual blend of Irish and International writers! The headline event is probably Dan Brown in the NCH on […]
Movies – 10-05-13 – Mud, Star Trek…
There’s a movie out today about space guff, but we’ll get to that later on. There are other movies released today! Honest, sigh. “My name is Mud. Not to be confused with […]
Mountains – Twisted Pepper – Gig Review – 09/05/13
Mountains took to the stage a little before 10 in the basement venue in Twisted Pepper. They said hello and thanked us for coming which was a little unexpected, as a lot […]
Rebekka Karijord – Saturday 18th May – Workman’s Club
Rebekka is back in town! We loved her last show so news that she’s coming back to Dublin is very exciting indeed! She’s playing the Workman’s Club on May 18th, for €16. […]
Gig Guide – 09-05-13 – the Chromatics @ the Village etc.
It’s quality rather than quantity with a couple of very good new gigs on the horizon! The Chromatics are playing the Village on the 13th of June. It’s rare to see a […]
Crazy P – Button Factory – May 11th
If you’re looking for something to do late night on Saturday, Hidden Agenda have another event in the Button Factory worth a mention. Crazy P (formerly Crazy Penis ) were formed in […]
Nick Cave – Mermaids
The latest single off Nick Cave & the Bad Seed’s lovely new album ‘Push the Sky Away’ is called ‘Mermaids’, and the video is below. It’s taken from a live performance by […]
Conversations on a Homecoming – Gaiety Theatre – Review – 07/05/13
Two young men who were inseparable during the early part of their lives have gone in different directions, Tom (Garrett Lombard) has chosen to stay at home, work as a teacher in […]
Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin – Sunday Review – 05/05/13 – Pictish Trail, Kid Canaveral, Forrests etc
The day after the night before. It’s always hard to go at day two of these things with as much vigour as you did the previous day, but where there’s a will, […]
Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin – Saturday Review – 04/05/13 Echo & the Bunnymen, Fionn Regan, PVT etc.
My biggest fear at events like this is that I’ll be at the wrong gigs, that I’ll miss the one that everyone ends up talking about, the defining point of a generation, […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 6th – 12th May 2013
Oh man, everything hurts! I can’t point at a body part that is working within normal parameters! Yes, we’re recovering form the Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin and three solid days of music! […]
Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin – Opening Party Review
The Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin kicked off festivities with an unusual collection of bands in Whelans on Friday night (3/05/13). Windings started off the night at an unexpectedly early time of 7 […]
Shiver – Declan Hughes – Free Reading Today – Project Arts Centre
Rough Magic are going hard and heavy at Declan Hughes’ work at the moment. There’s a freebie this afternoon at the Project Arts Centre, which should be worth a visit. Project Arts […]
Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin Timetable
The official one is below, and you can be dancing from 7 until 3AM! I’d be impressed if you keep going that long, especially with another day of bands tomorrow. If you’re […]
Movies – 03/05/13 – The Gatekeepers, I’m so Excited etc.
Another week at the movies, and it could possibly be described as a slow one, but maybe we’re all just recovering form the hype of Iron Man last week! The big release […]
Chris Dave – Sugar Club – 9th May
Ok, you possibly don’t know who Chris is, but that’s your fault, not his, right? You can put this right next Thursday in the Sugar club! Chris is a jazz/ hip-hop/ Gospel […]
Kim Deal – Hot Shot
This is the second in the solo 7″ inch series that Kim is releasing, and it’s quite lovely! It’s guitar drive and shouty as only Kim knows how. The singles are limited […]
Lee Noble – Ruiner – Album Review
Lee Noble’s album ‘Ruiner’ is a distant and haunting affair. From the opening sounds you know this is going to be something unusual as each song builds from layered images or fragments […]
Conversations on a homecoming – Gaiety Theatre – Review
Note: We have reviewed the latest production of ‘Conversations on a homecoming’ here. This is our review of the Druid Murphy play ‘Conversations on a homecoming’ which was in the Gaiety Theatre […]
Whistle in the Dark – Gaiety Theatre – Review
As Druid Murphy has just to the Gaiety Theatre, we thought it was a good moment to repost our reviews from the Theatre Festival last October! This is the first of the […]
Gig Guide – 01/05/2013 – Low @ Whelans, The 1975, ASAP Rocky etc.
So many new gigs announced this week, I simply don’t know where to start…. ah, ok, there isn’t that many, but the main one that tickles my fancy is that Low are […]
Glenn Jones – My Garden State – Album Review (Thrill Jockey)
“This is where the frogs live” Writing in 2009, Composer and Percussionist Gerry Hemingway spoke of ‘place’ in music. This can be the place one experiences music in and also the emotional […]
Meteor Camden Crawl Schedule/ Timetable type yokey
[Update: Official full timetable is below!] Ok, it’s not actually a time table, as they haven’t given us the times yet, but it’s an ordered list of bands in venues, so you’ll […]
Pacific Rim – Trailer
Ok, I know the trailers for Blockbusters always look amazing, but are actually generally better than the movies themselves, but this one is going to be different, right? Right? Pacific Rim is […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 29th April – 5th May 2013
This is a big week around the streets of Dublin, as it’s the May bank holiday weekend, with a variety of festivals and other junk to see and do. Meteor Dublin Camden […]
New Music: Daniel J. W!shington – Giving me my Hand
Daniel reminds me of Why? which is always a good thing. There’s a nice touch of madness about what he does, and you’re never sure what direction the song will take next. […]
End of an Era ATP – The Last Weekend ATP events ever???
Sad news, but not completely unexpected, as they have had some well publicised financial difficulties over the last few years. According to the ATP web site, these are to be the last […]
Movies – 26-04-13 – Iron Man 3, Bernie etc
The Critics were all in good form this week, and seemed to like most of the new releases, and there’s even a few surprises along the way! Iron Man 3 was meant […]
No More Workhorse 