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! […]
22 new bands for Electric Picnic 2013
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 […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 20th – 26th May 2013
The Dublin Writers Festival starts today! We did a preview a while back, which will give you our thoughts on what not to miss! It’s a week where the IQ of Dublin […]
Rebekka Karijord – Workman’s Club – Review – 18-05-13
Rebekka Karijord returned to the Workman’s club four months after her last visit. She said she was delighted to be back in Dublin, and that their previous gig was the best in […]
Videodrome: Marie Fisker – On the beach
Marie Fisker is from Denmark and this song is from her 2012 album “So, Hoes & Heroes”. It’s a dreamy pop song with keyboards, drums and lap steel guitar (which added to […]
Andrew McCarthy In Conversation – Pavilion Theatre – Review
The excitement was palpable in our house on Friday. Perhaps more specifically, the mother of the house was bursting with excitement. One of her teenage idols was coming to Dublin and she […]
Movies – 17-05-13 The Great Gatsby, Simon Killer, Fast & Furious 6!
The critics got their mojo back this week, and started to hate once more! After the debacle of reviews for Iron Man 3 and Star Trek being not only positive but glowing, […]
The Magic Tricks of JJ Abrams – Culture Show Special – TV Review
JJ Abrams Boldly Goes Never having liked ‘Lost’ – there said it – nor ‘Cloverfield’ either, this reviewer was somewhat wary on hearing that JJ Abrams would be directing the new Star […]
The Lesson – Project Arts Centre – Review
A young woman arrives at a Professor’s house, to prepare for a number of exams she is due to take next week. She is greeted by the Housekeeper Marie, and told to […]
Sweet Jane – Grand Social – 18-05-2013
You have to feel sorry for Donagh, he’s the lone member of the five piece ‘Sweet Jane‘ that isn’t a brother Paxton. Do they gang up and pick on him? Do they […]
New Music: Glenn Jones – Across the Tappan Zee (w/ Laura Baird)
Ok, we’ve been banging on about Glenn for a while now, so nothing that new in it, but we love what he does! I guess the video is new and that’s enough. […]
Not Like Any Other Love – Culture Show – TV Review
Panic on the Streets of Dublin – a Tribute to the Smiths The Smiths…if you’re of a certain age, you’ll remember them with a quasi-religious reverence, a band of ironic miserabilists from […]
Words on the Street – European Literature Night – 15-04-13
The Words on the Street – European Literature Night – mini festival runs tomorrow night (May 15th 2013) and is billed as “Twelve Countries, Twelve Voices, Twelve Venues, One Great Evening“. It’s […]
The Fear Project – Jaimal Yogis – Book Review (Rodale)
The tag line for Jaimal Yogis’ book The Fear Project is “What our Most Primal Emotion Taught Me About Survival, Success, Surfing… And Love”. As a husband, dad of two boys, surfer (albeit […]
Sam Amidon – Bright Sunny South – Nonesuch – Album Review
Sam Amidon has been making quiet, subtle and lovely folk music for some time now. If you include his early recordings, this is his 7th album. His first release ‘Solo Fiddle’ came […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 13th – 19th May 2013
Dance, dance, dance…shake that booty, dominate the dance floor! Yes, it’s the dance festival in Dublin this week, and it’s hard to sit still. It runs from the 14-26th of May, and […]
Youbloom – Dublin – June 28th -30th
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 […]
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 […]
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