I went to the Oliver Sears Gallery on Molesworth street recently, and was pretty stunned by the work on display. The work itself is dazzling in it’s complexity, and the level of […]
Joe Walsh – Oliver Sears Gallery
Small Hours Wake
As mentioned previously, Irish radio is losing one of it’s best shows this week, when Donal Dineen’s Small Hours finally comes to an end on the 1st of December. To mark the […]
The Winged Victory of Will Oldham
Two new gigs for you from various parts of left field. Well, one of them anyway. A Winged Victory for the Sullen were mentioned before by us here, and are strangely making […]
Kim & Thurston – Sonic Youth
Ok, so this is oldish news. As fans of Sonic Youth probably know Kim & Thurston separated after 27 (yes 27!!) years of marriage. This happened a couple of weeks ago and […]
Music for Babies #8 – Laura Veirs
It’s the first Music for Babies in a long, long time, which I think is number 8! Laura was born in Colarado in 1973 and already has a fine selection of folk […]
O Emperor Freebie
One of the best Irish bands around ‘O Emperor’ are giving away a free track. It’s actually pretty good, see what you think below.
Movies 25-11-11 – Deep Blue Sea
Deep Blue Sea seems to be the critics choice of the week. It’s a Terence Davies’ adaptation of the Terrence Rattigan play from 1952, and sounds like it’s top notch. Other movies […]
The Music of John Carpenter
I’ve been thinking about this for a while and it really hit me how much I a) love John Carpenter movies and b) love the music in his films (which he largely […]
A Tribe Called Quest – The Movie
‘Beats Rhymes and Phife’ is a documentary on the life and times of one of the best hip hop acts of our recent past, ‘A Tribe called Quest. The screening is on […]
New Lenny
Ok, everyone is hosting this today, but that doesn’t make it any less special. Leonard Cohen’s new album ‘Old Ideas’ is out at the end of January, and he’s dropped a new […]
Kurt Vile and the Violators – Whelans
As proved earlier, we’re big fans of Bank of America and Kurt Vile. He’s coming to Whelans on the 19th of Feb next, but I’m not sure he’s bringing the Bank with […]
Achewood Comic
While wandering the depths of the Internet, I came upon this. It’s nice and odd, and some of them leave you scratching your head, but they’re free, so you can’t really complain. […]
Lambchop Return
Lambchop return with a new album, and you can download a taster from it here.The song itself is called ‘If not, I’ll just die’ and is from their forthcoming album ‘Mr. M’. […]
Movies – 18-11-11 – Snowtown
Snowtown is the story of a serial killer in small town Australia. It is based on real life events, as three men were convicted in 2004 when eight bodies were found in […]
Jagermeister Freezer Sessions – More free junk!
After the Heineken debacle from last week, I hope their ticketing scheme works a little better. Heineken’s server collapsed within seconds of people logging on. I’m sure they’re blaming unprecedented demand, but […]
Prepare for the Flood!
All be ready, there’s water coming, and a lot of it. There’s a wave coming that’s going to wash all the sinners away, all the bad people, the evil do-ers, and leave […]
Gig Guide – 15-11-11
One very important new gig on this list, that seems to have escaped most people’s notice, but for some reason has me excited. Clap your hands say yeah return to town, for […]
Trip down (90s) memory lane – 8tracks
A superb 8tracks playlist devoted to the 90s. I’ve been listening to it while working and it’s great fun. All the usual suspects are here from Pavement, Mercury Rev, Sonic Youth, Wilco, […]
Alice Neel – Douglas Hyde Gallery
First with the news as ever, I eventually got to see the Alice Neel show in the Douglas Hyde Gallery on Saturday. It has been on since early September, but comes down […]
Movies – 11-11-11 The Silence
It’s finally that day, the one with all the ones! I’ve been looking forward to it for ages, well, at least a week. I was just listening to RTE One who were […]
Mark Eitzel Update – or why Doctor Who’s companion love to sing AMC!
Mark is currently on a mini tour of England, the details of which you can find here. There’s a fun interview with him in walesonline here, in which he discusses touring (see […]
Seven Psychopaths
Something to look forward to, with a very impressive cast and a director who I’ve always liked. Seven Psychopaths stars Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell and Tom Waits, and […]
I’ll be your mirror – ATP
The second year of ‘I’ll be your mirror’ has been announced on the ATP Web site and will again be held in the Alexandra Palace in London from May 25th to 27th. […]
Mark Lanegan – Academy
Don’t dates in 2012 just seem very far away at the moment? I guess it’s the same amount of notice we get about gigs at other times during the year, but next […]
Tom Waits will scratch where he’s been itching
I have to admit, I was listening to the new Tom Waits album in my car, and thinking that a lot of the songs sounded quite samey, and then realised I just […]
Song Fu #1
Update: The Winner is Kurt Vile and Bank of America! Ok, so our top team of lawyers have told us to issue a full apology to Adam and Joe, and to change […]
Movies – 04-11-11 – Sensation
Just look at that date, you know what that means? Next week’s one is going to be 11-11-11, now how exciting is that? Ok, not that exciting, but it’ll look pretty, none […]
Max Keiser
This sounds kind of fascinating, so if you’re in the area, you should head along! We’re so used to being forced news from our particular slant, it would be interesting to see […]
Brassland turns 10
Brassland is a music label run by members of the National and Clogs. It is 10 years old this month and they’re celebrating in fine form by giving away lots of free […]
No More Workhorse