Homeboy Sandman took the stage in the Sugar club (a seated venue not ideal for a hip-hop gig) a little after 11. The crowd was an average Saturday night crew, with everyone […]
Homeboy Sandman – Sugar Club – 09-03-13 – Review
Stoker – Movie Review
Stoker is the new movie by director Chan-wook Park, who previously made such movies as Oldboy (soon to have a Hollywood remake by Spike Lee!) and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, among others. […]
Movies – 08-03-13
Lots of movies this week, and even a few good ones thrown in there, which is always welcome! Side Effects is supposedly Steven Sodebergh’s last ever movie. He’s announced it and no […]
Benoît Pioulard: Hymnal (Kranky: March 2013)
Hymnal is the fourth kranky album by Thomas Meluch under his musical alias Benoit Pioulard and it’s an interesting blend of ambient drone and what I would describe as ambient folk. According […]
Gig News – Different Strokes
Warning: This actually has nothing to do with Different Strokes, I just wanted to use the picture! Right so, I think there’s enough new gigs knocking around for it to be worthy […]
Detriot Swindle – Button Factory – 23-03-13
If you’re in the mood for a boogie, I can think of worse places than the Button Factory on the 23rd of this month! I’m currently listening to ‘Derrière la scène’ and […]
Theatre: On Raftery’s Hill
Full disclosure here! My niece (Molly Crilly) who is a first-year college student composed the music for the play On Raftery’s Hill. Molly is also a brilliant fiddle player (among other instruments). I […]
Krapp’s Last Tapes – Gate Theatre
It’s turning into a Beckett season here at the Workhorse, with Before Vanishing and All that Fall reviewed or previewed over the last few days! John Hurt’s version of Krapp’s Last Tapes […]
New Music: Thalia Zedek – Winning Hand
Brooding and quite beautiful, ‘Winning Hand’ is new song by Thalia Zedek. The former Uzi, Live Skull and Come is back with a solo project that can’t be ignored! Her new album […]
Forbidden Fruit – Line up
In the grounds of IMMA (Royal Hospital Kilmainham) the two day festival returns on Saturday June 1st and Sunday June 2nd. The line up is pretty damn good! Always good to have […]
Project Arts Centre Presents: IETM Dublin
Another mini festival hits Dublin in early April, with the IETM “Project Arts Centre presents a new season of work by some of Ireland’s best performing artists for IETM Dublin this April.” […]
Before Vanishing… – New Theatre – Review
Before Vanishing is a collection of four short plays by Beckett, consisting of ‘Ohio Impromptu’, ‘Footfalls’, ‘That Time’ and ‘Come and Go’ (and an Irish version of the same, ‘Teacht is Imeacht’). […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 4th – 10th March 2013
Art – Analysing Cubism – IMMA Kilmainham – until 19th May. Kathy Moran’s exhibition starts at the Douglas Hyde (until March 28th), along with Andrew Vickery in Gallery 2. Sleepwalkers is at […]
The Unthanks – Peppercanister Church – Review
Lisa O’Neill opened the evening, as she has done at a number of folk gigs I’ve been to recently! Her wit and charm work the crowd nicely, and there’s talk of a […]
Linnea Olsson – Workman’s Club – 02/03/13 – Review
A nicely packed, candlelit Workman’s club greeted Linnea as she came on stage to perform the first gig of her UK and Ireland tour of her debut album Ah! After sneaking onstage […]
Tongues of Fire/ Uptimes – Smock Alley – Review
Collaborations – Block Five – Finished yesterday at 2.30 in the Boy’s School – Smock Alley The Collaborations festival has a number of shorter plays, grouped together into Blocks (2 or 3 […]
Movies – 01/03/2013
So, what’s new in the picture houses this week then? Well, the answers to this and many other important questions are below. Richard Gere is growing old gracefully! There, I’ve said it. […]
New Music: Barn Owl – The Long Shadow
This really is pretty epic stuff from Barn Owl. Definitely whets my appetite for more so stay tuned for a full review. From the forthcoming album ‘V’ out 15th April on Thrill […]
New Music: Black Pus – 1000 Years
Great animated pencil-drawn video. Taken from ‘ALL MY RELATIONS’ out 18th March on Thrill Jockey.
Longitude Festival – Line up announced!
Wow, this is much, much better than I was expecting! Really, really, much, much better. MCD’s new boutique festival (when is a festival not boutique these days?) hits Marlay park on July […]
The Sylvia – Smock Alley Theatre – Review
The Sylvia is an interesting and well constructed new play written by Philip St. John, which deals with topics such as addiction, love and art. The story starts with a middle-aged artist […]
Ana Gog – Unitarian Church – 1/03/13
‘Making Trails’ is the first release from Irish band Ana Gog, and to celebrate this fact, they’re playing the Unitarian Church, Dublin on Friday (1st March). Tickets are €10 or (€15 with […]
Sam Amidon – My Old Friend
This is the first taster from Sam’s album ‘Bright Sunny South’ which is being released on May 14th, on posh label nonesuch! All the details and press blurb are here, but mostly […]
Gig Guide – 26/02/2013
Who are the new additions to this lot? Well, Tame Impala are the coolest one anyway, and featured quite highly in our end of year list as I recall. Otherwise, there’s all […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 25th Feb – 3rd March 2013
This week, there’s three events on Saturday that I’d love to be at (don’t you just hate it when that happens?). Linnea Olsson, A Winged Victory and the Unthanks! There’s a lot […]
Pageant – Project Arts Centre – Review
“Inspired by life and the extra-ordinary of the everyday, Pageant celebrates the performer in us all.” The opening scene involves a single dancer on stage with no music, whirling a massive flag […]
Workhorse meets Linnea Olsson (Plus Competition!)
Fantasy cello pop is a term used by Linnea Olsson to describe her music and upon listening you can hear exactly why she coined this phrase. Her cello playing and vocal musings […]
Mark Eitzel – Workman’s Club – 22/02/2013 – Review
‘Welcome to my second annual farewell tour’ are the words that Mark greets his audience with, and so it begins, another night of self-deprecating humor and some of the best love songs […]
Movies – 22-02-13
One of my friends has a theory that the Wachowski brothers actually died in a car crash (or something) after the first Matrix movie, and were replaced by by the two bungling […]
No More Workhorse 