Another good week ahead, with a few gems out there. I’m looking forward to the Yellow Wallpaper in the Project Arts, and The Dirty Three on Friday! Art – Eithne Jordan’s new […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 19th – 25th November
Christopher Owens – Lysandre’s Theme
Girls are no more! The band, not the fairer sex, obviously. Girls snuck into my top ten albums of last year at number 10, but it seems that’ll be their last appearance. […]
Movies – 16-11-12
First off, I’ve found a new favorite movie critic. Here he is on Prometheus – “The characters seemed to exist only there to die. Like slaves in an Egyptian tomb. And good […]
Mono – Button Factory – December 6th
A bit of a rare treat to see Mono in Dublin. The Japanese four piece have 6 albums of quite lovely mellow post rock. Check them out below, and if you like […]
The Poor Mouth – Project Arts Centre – Review
This is a stage adaptation of the Flann O’Brien’s 1946 novel ‘An Béal Bocht’, which is a loving parody of the Gaeltacht autobiographies such as Peig Sayers and An t-Oileánach (The Islandman). […]
Gig Guide – 14-11-2012
Another month passes, and the real struggle is to remember to write 2013 after all those dates! That will take a while to get used to. There’s a few nice additions to […]
God Is An Astronaut – 10th Anniversary Show
Has it really been that long? I guess bands are around for a long time before you eventually hear of them, but it certainly doesn’t seem like ten years since God Is […]
The Villagers – Whelans – Review
After all the praise and attention that the Villagers first album generated, it was always going to be a tough one to follow. The difficult second album is a cliché, but more […]
Geotic Minimal / Ambient music project of Will Wiesenfeld
Will Wiesenfeld is the man behind Baths and a rather excellent electronic musician who we have featured on NMWH before. I recently discoverd a side project of Wiesenfeld’s called Geotic which as the […]
Bon Iver, O2 Dublin – Review
The first time I saw Bon Iver was at 2pm in the afternoon at All Tomorrow’s Parties in Camber Sands (the South of England) in 2008. It was a week before ‘For […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 12th – 18th November
So, what’s new in town then? Not a bad week actually, with a few good gigs in Bon Iver tonight and the Villagers, The Poor Mouth in the Project and Eithne Jordan’s […]
Wonder by R.J. Palacio (2012)
I read this interview a while ago with the author R.J. Palacio about her book, Wonder, and something about it sparked my interest. Off I went to the public library where a […]
Girl Band – The Grand Social – Review
They may have taken their sweet time setting up after support band Tandem Felix finished, but once all-male Dublin 4-piece Girl Band finally took to the stage, they played hard, fast and loud […]
Solpadeine is My Boyfriend – RTE Radio Play
Solpadeine was one of the best things from this year’s Fringe Festival! It was an interesting take on a young girl coming to Dublin from Cork, and facing into a new world, […]
Movies – 09-11-12
Two movies of note this week and a few to avoid, take note which is which, and don’t confuse ’em! The two that are meant to be good are ‘The Alps’ and […]
Richie (Jape) Egan’s Black Abbott – Free Download
With the following words, Richie dropped this onto Soundcloud… “i always wanted to try to write and record an album in a day or so – this week i gave it a […]
Mark Kozelek – Button Factory – Review
“Thank you Dublin, we love you!” “Dublin fans are the best in the world!” Two things I’ve heard a hundred times before, from various bands and singers and it’s a lie. We […]
Dirty Three – Button Factory – 23rd Nov
The first time I saw the Dirty Three (circa 98?) was as a support act to P J Harvey at the Olympia and it was the perfect way to see them, with […]
Seti the First – Sugar Club – 10th Nov (Saturday)
I have to say this is very, very good! The venue couldn’t be much nicer either, so think this might tick all the boxes. If you like what you hear, there’s more […]
Ulysses – Project Arts Centre – Review
It was quite a task to create a new stage adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulysses, and that is what Dermot Bolger set out to do. To tame the wild beast, a sprawling […]
Ladyhawke – The Academy – Review
I thought I wasn’t very familiar with Ladyhawke’s music but, as she worked her way through her set tonight (Nov 6th), it became clear that I was far more familiar than I initially realised! […]
ATP – Camber Sands line ups – June 2013
I’ve been to a few ATP’s over the years, but must admit to be a bit put off by the move back to Camber Sands (those evil mutant Seagulls will be there!). […]
Other Voices – Dingle, Derry and London
Other Voices just got bigger, as in three times the size! It’s now taking place in it’s normal home of Dingle, as well as Derry (to celebrate it’s Capitcal of Culture) and […]
Deep Sea Diver
Heard about these guys from Dan Phelps from the Modular Project. He’s playing live with them this month. He hangs around with some good people! They sound interesting enough, so check them […]
Kaleidoscope Night – 6th Nov – Odessa Club – Featuring Judith Ring
Kaleidoscope night is tomorrow and features work from the quite wonderful Judith Ring (‘To pull an eerie twist’ as below) along with J.S. Bach, John Cage, Mark O’Connor and Arnold Schoenberg. It’s […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 5th – 11th November
Another week is upon us, and this week it’s all about Ulysses. Yes, that’s right, Joyce is out of copyright about fifteen minutes, and already we’ve had a version of Dubliners with […]
Bite Size Movie Reviews – Beast of the Southern Wild
The Beast of the Southern Wild is the story of a young girl growing up on an island called the ‘Bathtub’ which is threatened to be washed away by the rising of […]
Days like these – Van Morrison – An Explanation!
I’ve just listened to a football commentator say about Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen who inadvertently set up United’s first goal, that ‘His Mama told him, there’d be days like these”. Ok, I’m […]
Bite Size Movie Reviews – Ruby Sparks
This is the first movie by directorial team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris since the worldwide success of ‘Little Miss Sunshine‘ in 2006. No pressure guys! They’ve taken six years to get […]
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