Some good news for folks who like folk! You can let out your inner hillbilly with some serious bango music by the Southern Tenant Folk Union. They are a seven piece, largely […]
Southern Tenant Folk Union – Whelans – 15-02-13
Things to Do in Dublin – 21st – 26th Jan 2013
Today is Blue Monday, according to the radio, and yes, it’s not the most exciting out there on the streets of Dublin, but there’s a few things worth a mention. Art – […]
Movies – 18-01-13
Yes, it’s Oscar season, so Hollywood has thrown open the flood gates from their usual trickle of dross to a steady flow of good ones (or at least ones they think will […]
New music: Youth Lagoon – Dropla
A new track, Dropla, has surfaced from Trevor Powers’ Youth Lagoon. His first album, The Year of Hibernation, made my Best of 2011 list and was a lo-fi thing of beauty. A new album, Wondrous Bughouse, […]
Movie Review – Django Unchained
Set in 1858 in America’s Deep South and Old West, Django Unchained tells the story of Django, a slave played by Jamie Foxx, who is separated from his wife by a cruel […]
Movie Review – The Sessions
The Sessions, directed by Ben Lewin, is a badly titled but charming little film based on the life of Mark O’Brien, a real life poet and journalist (1949 – 1999) – played by […]
The Life and sort of Death of Eric Argyle – Smock Alley – Review
Eric Argyle decides to save time while crossing the road by not looking. This is not the best decision Eric has made during his 58 years of life, and brings it to […]
Beth Orton – Irish Tour
I missed Beth when she played in the Peppercanister Church at Christmas, due to the madness of that time of year! I’ve no idea where I was, but I’m sure there was […]
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Push the sky away
All the signs are there of a what could be something a bit special from our and your friend, Nick Cave (and his bad seeds!). It’s 5 years since Dig Lazarus, Dig!!! […]
Inspiring article about Ian Rogers
Ian Rogers it seems was there when the music industry was about to be changed forever by the Internet. The Beastie Boys were right there with him, as was Roger’s daughter Zoe. […]
The Theatre Machine turns you on – Vol 3 – Review
The Theatre Machine turns you on is a series of 24 short plays running at the Project arts centre until January 19th. Here is a sample what can be seen! Germans Don’t […]
New Yo La Tengo album – Fade
A new Yo La Tengo album is always a good thing and there’s one out today! Fade is the band’s 200th record and they’re mostly all good. Here’s the track Ohm from […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 14th – 20th Jan 2013
Art – Sidney Nolan exhibition is at the other IMMA; Kilmainham. It closes on the 27th of Jan, so just go this week. No more excuses! It’s a beautiful show with great landscape […]
The Theatre Machine turns you on – Vol 3 – Dolls – Review
This is a collection of short plays/ theatrical events, 24 in total and all vaguely experimental in nature. Most of the shows only run for one or two nights, so it’s a […]
Oscar Predictions
Ok, the workhorse has never been wrong with one of it’s predictions on Oscar winners, (on a small note, I don’t think we’ve made any either, but that’s beside the point)! Cross […]
Movies – 11-01-13
Les Misérables, or Lesley to give her her full name is the story of a down trodden secretary working… nah, it’s not sadly. It’s the stupid musical that Tim Hooper (King’s Speech) […]
John Talabot – fIN
This album only came under my radar at the end of last year and it meant that musically 2012 ended on a high for me. I love my guitars and I love […]
Son of Rogues Gallery – Tom Waits and Keith Richards
Yes, indeed, the Rogue Gallery is back, with a few of the suspects from last time around, and a few new names to add to the list. The full list of pirates […]
Thurston Moore & John Moloney – Whelans – 19th January 2013
This one just came out of nowhere! It’s a labour of love, no doubt, as I doubt Thurston has to play Whelans at this stage of his career, but surely this is […]
Bite Sized Movie Reviews – Movie Roundup – The Life of Pi | Seven Psychopaths | Argo | Silver Linings Playbook
The Life of Pi – This is the adaptation of the movie that helped me find God! The movie is as good an adaptation as you could have made of a book […]
WOUNDS are for life…not just for Fibbers!
It looks like Ireland finally has a convincing ‘scream-till-your-ears-bleed’, rock, cock n’ balls, hardcore, all-male, noisy guitar group! I’m not sure where they came from – the blackest of depths obviously! – […]
Linnea Olsson – Workmans Club – Sat 2nd March
‘Ah!’ is the debut album from Swedish fantasy-pop cellist (?) Linnea Olsson, which is getting some good reviews at the moment on various sites. Her first gig in Dublin is in the […]
New David Bowie Release
It’s the first release from Bowie in ten years and is to celebrate his 66th birthday, or to stop the world forgetting he existed! There has been much talk around Bowie’s health […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 7th – 13th Jan 2013
Art – Sidney Nolan exhibition is at the other IMMA; Kilmainham. I made it to the show over the Chrismas, and was hugely impressed. It closes on the 27th of Jan, so get […]
Jerusalem – Chronicles from the Holy City – By Guy Delisle – Review
This book is a great insight into life in the Holy city, from what the traffic is like during the school run, to the variety of problems caused by the clashing religious […]
Movie Review – Safety Not Guaranteed
I’m always worried about a movie that bills itself as being ‘From the producers’ of another movie, as what does that really mean? I’m not sure what impact that really has on […]
Movie Reviews – Hors Satan
This is a difficult, painfully slow movie that will leave you with more questions than answers! Despite the glowing praise that is in the press at the moment for this movie, it […]
Movies – 04-01-13
Our first movie preview post of the new year, and where better to start with a gem from 1974! Still, the Polanski season at the IFI is far and away the hottest […]
Beck’s New Album – Kinda!
About a year ago, Beck released sheet music for a new album ‘Song Reader‘, which he wasn’t going to record. It made the press for several seconds, before the world moved on […]
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