Sharon Van Etten is coming to town, for supposedly the first time! She’ll be playing Whelans on Friday May 18th. We mentioned her here before when she sang on the National’s lovely […]
Sharon Van Etten – Whelans
Sad news for live music fans
The Tripod and Crawdaddy have closed, with various reports that the venue has been sold. By all accounts, it will be set up as competition to Copper Face Jacks, I presume on […]
Movies – 10-02-12 – The Muppets
Another week of good news, as not only is there a new Muppet movie on the streets, but it’s also meant to be good! The strange thing is that most of the […]
Lenny Simply Rules!
There’s Lenny fever in the air, with the new Leonard Cohen album hitting the streets. There’s a couple of cover version albums doing the rounds, just to remind us of how good […]
Shlohmo – Bad Vibes & Vacation EP
Released last year, Bad Vibes by Shlohmo would probably have snuck into my top 10 of the year. It’s rarely been off rotation the last week. It kinda just gets under your […]
The Amazing Spiderman… again!
Ok, it looks pretty good, but I can’t help but feel we just saw this movie! Can Hollywood keep rebooting these franchises? Surely they should wait a few years before they kick […]
Is Lana Del Rey real or fake?
Ok, people have officially turned on Lana, and it was always going to happen. She released her first album under the name Lizzy Grant and looked like the photo above (cute girl […]
Movies – 03-02-12 – Chronicle
Oh happy day, I think we have a good sci fi movie on our hands! Even more exciting is that it’s one of those found footage movies that just make you think […]
New Gigs in odd venues
A few new gigs have cropped up in the last few days that are worth a mention. First up it’s Grouper in the Unitarian Church, where a lot of my friends have […]
David Shrigley
David Shrigley is an interesting character. It’s hard to argue otherwise, as he gets up to a lot! He’s an artist, song writer and video director among other things. Many of his […]
Mercury Music Prize points to lazy Irish bands!
It is conclusive evidence, and cannot be argued with in any way shape or form, Irish bands are lazy! When they should be off selling their wares in foreign countries, they all […]
Movies – 27-01-12
First up, the Descendants, which I was lucky enough to get to see as part of the le cool preview. This is the new movie by Alexandre Payne (Sideways and About Schmidt) […]
A Plastic Rose
Full disclosure, my brother-in-law, Ian, is in the band A Plastic Rose but I want to congratulate the guys on their incredible performance supporting Snow Patrol in the Belfast Odyssey last night. […]
Dunlaoghaire Pavilion Theatre Events
The same venue that also gives you ‘An evening of nostalgia with Johnny McEvoy’ also has some events that are aimed at a younger audience! In their Spring Catalogue, there’s a few […]
Factory Floor play the Tripod?
Well, maybe. Who knows. On Banquet’s facebook page they have: “Delighted to inform you that on February 4th we’ve got the amazing FACTORY FLOOR playing live @ Banquet! These guys are incredible […]
Jamie XX and Caribou mixtape
I’m only listening to this now, so no idea what it’s like, but it’s free and it’s by people who you’d normally respect! I’m still recovering from Caribou’s headline set at ATP, […]
New music: Natural Traits – Ernest Gonzales
Listen to the entire record below. Lovely new electronic album from Ernest Gonzales
New music: Oneohtrix Point Never – Rubio
There was a lot of hype about Oneohtrix Point Never’s album Replica in 2011. Oddly enough, I would normally be looking forward to hearing an album that is ambient/electronic etc but the first […]
Movies – 20-01-12 – Lighthouse Cinema Reopens!
It’s old news at this stage, as it was announced on Tuesday, but it’s only happening today, so I thought it was worth a mention. That and the fact that there’s not […]
The National curate ATP
This is something I’ve hoped for, for a while anyway, and I thought they had nearly gone too big to do it, but thankfully it’s not the case. The National are picking […]
Daniel Rossen – Saint Nothing
If it sounds like Grizzly Bear or Department of Eagles, it’s because Daniel is part of both bands! He has a lovely voice and this song builds from a very simple piano […]
New music: Nicolas Jaar – With Just One Glance (feat. Scout LaRue)
Nicolas Jaar has put out a new track featuring Scout LaRue on vocals (the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore). And damn fine vocals they are too. It’s a smoldering beauty and very hard to […]
Asterios Polyp – David Mazzuchelli
David Mazzuchelli has had an interesting career, from his early days as an artist in Marvel and DC, he worked on some of the best comics of the time in Year One […]
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is an American race car driver. He’s won Nascar’s ‘Most Popular Driver’ award from 2003-2011. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. is an indie two piece from Detroit, who released their […]
Music to work to: Lucky Dragons – Shape Tape
I know we only mentioned these guys last night, but on further digging I found this piece and it’s a work lifesaver. Released last year it is a “90 minute tonal workout […]
Movies – 13-01-11 – Shame
Shame is the second movie by Steve McQueen. He’s a video artist turned movie maker, and I’m sure he’s getting much more notoriety from making movies than the other. He actually won […]
New Music: Lucky Dragons – EXISTERS
This caught my ear today. To be released on 14 February 2012, a new album from Lucky Dragons called EXISTERS. They are giving away the first track here. It’s a hazy mix […]
Magnetic Fields – Andrew in Drag
The first single from the Magnetic Field’s new album has hit the net and as ever, it’s lots of fun. “I’ve always been a ladies man and I don’t have to brag, […]
No More Workhorse selected for Hype Machine 2011 Zeitgeist series!
In Hype Machine’s 2011 version of their Zeitgeist series they have selected No More Workhorse as one of the blogs to determine the top 50 albums of the year! As the Hype […]
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