The Darklight festival is one I’ve largely ignored, and i can’t really put a finger on why! It should be right up my alley, but I’ve only gone to a handful of […]
Darklight Festival 2012 – Preview
Mark Eitzel – I love you but you’re dead
Oh happy day! One that almost didn’t happen, but good to have him back, with the first track off his new album ‘Don’t be a stranger’. ‘Lets go toast the twilight at […]
Tall Ships – Bulmers Live Music – George’s Dock
I mentioned this in passing in the ‘Things to do…’ section, but I think it’s more than worthy of a blog in it’s own right (high praise indeed!). It features some of […]
James Yorkston – I was a cat from a book
A new album by James Yorkston is always something to get excited about, so looking forward to this one. And as for the album title, well that is explained here. Where did […]
Samsara
Baraka is one of those movies that really captured my imagination. The right movie at the right time, I guess. Dazzling cinematography with a great sound track of music by Dead can […]
What to do in Dublin – 20th to 26th August
“Music borrowed from the savages of Africa by the anti-God society, with the object of destroying morals and religion” (Father Peter Conefrey, 1934) At what moment does a ship become tall? At […]
Mark Kozelek – UK Blues
One of the stand out tracks on Mark Kozelek’s excellent new album is ‘UK Blues’ in which he details why he doesn’t like the UK, city by city! It features such gems […]
Movies – 17-08-12 – Stranger than Fiction – Documentary Season
This worked out nicely, as there’s next to nothing of any quality released this week so I can focus on the Documentaries! Sly and his crew of older action heroes are back […]
Much Ado about Nothing – Project Arts Centre – Cube – Review
This is a bright, fast paced production of one of Shakespeare’s finest comedy. The large ensemble cast of 16 actors on the tiny stage, vary in age from the very young to […]
New Music: Mac DeMarco – My Kind Of Woman
Lovely new release from Brooklyn label, Captured Tracks who are also home to the band Wild Nothing. This is a gorgeously languid track from Mac DeMarco with a full album on the way […]
Dublin Theatre Festival – Top Picks
Booking in the Dublin Theatre Festival opens tomorrow! You can see the full line up here, and as ever, there’s quite a few to get through.There’s no way anyone could go to […]
What to do in Dublin – 13th to 19th August
I hope everyone got out to see Cracked Lights production of ‘The Tempest’ in Iveagh Gardens. It was our top tip from last week, and thankfully the weather was generally to Prospero […]
Movies – 10-08-12 – Grabbers
Two movies of note this week, and about very different subjects. One is about the life and work of Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist responsible for a piece recently shown in the turbine […]
Kilkenny Arts Fever
Yes, that’s right, it all kicks off tomorrow, and it should be banging! Definitely worth a road trip from the big smoke (and all other quarters). Here’s some of our top picks… […]
Beautiful and poignant: Homemade Super 8 movie for Broken Social Scene track
Sometimes it’s the simple things that get me. Someone posted a homemade Super 8 movie as a backdrop to the incredibly beautiful Broken Social Scene track, Guilty Cubicles. We all have memories […]
Things to do in Dublin – 7th to 13th August
A day late but worth the wait… We’ll not really. It’s a quiet week in Dublin after some fun weeks over the last while. 1.Free Shakespeare in the Park – The Tempest […]
Movies – 03-08-12
Ok, first off, the unexpected has happened, Ted has got good reviews from almost every critic I’ve seen! Have they been kidnapped and replaced with a bunch of teenage boys? Maybe it’s […]
Free Shakespeare – The Tempest – Iveagh Gardens
Judging on the Irish summer, I think the Tempest is quite a fitting production for Fortune’s Fool to put on. Last summer it was Romeo and Juliet, but this time out, it’s […]
Two Door Cinema Club – Album Leak
So, their album leaked, they’re not the first, they won’t be the last. The fact that it’s over a month until their album will be available for a fee (Aug 31st) is […]
Shut up and play the hits – IFI, Lighthouse
The IFI and Lighthouse are showing ‘Shut up and play the hits’ the documentary on the last show ever by LCD Soundsystem, but there’s more…. a Q&A with James Murphy (via Satellite, […]
Things to do in Dublin – 30th July to 5th August
Ok, this kicks into the August Bank Holiday weekend, so lots and lots of events on around the city. 1. Teenage Kicks – A season of ‘American Teens on film’ at the […]
Movies – 27-7-12
I declare this week a blockbuster free zone! So, what of the movies without super heroes? A slow Irish movie called Silence, that gets good reviews in all places Irish. Can they […]
Sebadoh – Secret EP
I’ll always have a special place in my heart for Lou Barlow. I saw Sebadoh, Folk Implosion and Lou in various incarnations in Whelans on many occasions, and he never disappointed. Some […]
Gig Guide – 25-07-2012
It’s been ages since put out a gig guide, so here you are! New additions include Django, Django (which I haven’t heard anyone else talk about, but could be good!), Tim Brugess […]
Big Bang Festival
The Big Bang festival describes itself as a festival of rhythm, and there are worse things you could describe yourself as! You can find all the details here, with gigs by Donal […]
A fishy tale: Jürgen Müller – Science of the Sea
Jürgen Müller’s Science of the Sea was released last year but I’ve only really gotten into it in the last month. The story behind the album (below) is an interesting one […]
Things to do in Dublin – 23rd to 29th July
Yeah, Batman didn’t really happen for me, I’m afraid to say. Maybe there was just too much hype, but let us never mention it again. So what’s new in Dublin this week […]
Movies -20-07-12 – Batman vs…
Who dares to take on the mighty Batman? Well, Ice T, the Lorax and a frenchie movie. Actually, it is a much smaller crop of movies than usual, and none are even […]
Black Francis and Kristin Hersh
Let’s call it ‘Monsters of Grunge’? No, they were pre grunge, weren’t they. ‘Monsters of Alternative’? Anyway, two of my teenage self’s favorite artists in the one place at the one time. […]
No More Workhorse 