In a lead up to a guest post by L.A, I thought this was worth a mention. Kevin Smith used to be a director that split the vote, some loved him and […]
Red State
Jeffery Lewis
Jeffery Lewis has the life. Really he does. By day, he’s a comic book writer and artist, and by night a rock star. It doesn’t come much better than that in my […]
St. Vincent
St. Vincent was almost sold out, and then it wasn’t! I was almost too late, and now I’m not. St. Vincent has moved from the Workman’s club to the Button Factory. It’s […]
Dublin Contemporary – Culture night
I think maybe I was a bit dismissive about Dublin Contemporary when I mentioned it first, but that was mostly as I had no idea of the size and scale of it. […]
Movies – 23-09-11 – Drive
The choice of movie of the week was a bit more difficult this week than last. Nothing was jumping out at me, so I went with the only one that all the […]
Culture night – 2011
Is it that time of the year again already? Seems to be. This Friday is culture night. You can find the culture map here, and see if there’s anything on in your […]
R.E.M. R.I.P.
“A wise man once said–’the skill in attending a party is knowing when it’s time to leave” – Michael Stipe It is with mixed emotions I see REM head for the hills. […]
Fringe Festival – Pope Bededict: Bond Villain
I Fringed for the first time last night! I went to Pope Benedict: Bond Villain, mostly on the strength of the title, and as I hadn’t been to anything in the festival […]
Mariachi El Bronx – Workmans Club
These guys were one of the highlights of the Breeder’s ATP a couple of years back. I never figured I’d see them again, but they’re coming to Dublin on Friday the 18/11/11. Cool […]
Guest Post – Hal Hartley
Another Saturday, another guest post. This time it’s by a blogless person, Lesley Ann Whelan, whose knowledge of obscure movie directors knows no bounds. Hal Hartley is an American independent movie director […]
Videodrome: The Middle East – Blood
Directed by Sydney art collective Greedy Hen, the video for The Middle East’s track, Blood, employs techniques such as using paper, watercolours, cut outs and paint to create this heart-breaking piece that […]
Friday Free Play: The Field – Then It’s White
The Field is Axel Willner, an electronic artist based in Stockholm and his new album, Looping State of Mind, is out now. The standout track for me is “Then It’s White”. It’s […]
Movies – 16-09-11 – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Movie of the week is easy this time out, as everyone seems to love the one above. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is an adaptation of the 1974 cold war novel written by […]
Kanye West should stick to music?
Kanye and Rhymefest bizarrely made a pilot for a ‘Hip hop version of the Muppet Show’. Strangely it wasn’t picked up, but the director Konee Rok released a high light reel from […]
Fight Night
Face off: Saturday the 17th of Sept Folk versus Hip Hop Sugar Club versus Whelans Sam Amidon vs B Dolan (with Scroobius Pip in support!). Ok, they won’t be actually fighting, but […]
WIRE: Sleeves Received
This is a charming and very simple blog from WIRE magazine. It’s basically selections of the sleeves of the releases they’ve received over the years, from vinyl, to CD to tape! The […]
Batman – Year One
Batman: Year one is one of Frank Miller’s better works. It was originally a four issue run in Detective comics between issue 404 and 407 in 1987, and featured the art work […]
Scroobius Pip – Whelans
‘You see a mouse trap, i see free cheese and a fucking challenge’ The Scroobius one returns to town, but this time without his other half. He’s just released a solo album, […]
Guest Post: Zombie Attack!
Second in the List of Guest Posts, is from another of the wonderful Candepop people, Mary (Edie’s Mum)! Their knowledge knows no bounds, and they can easily change from babies to zombies […]
Friday Free Play: Wild Nothing – Live In Dreams
From listening to mixes on 8tracks of late I stumbled upon Wild Nothing. Wild Nothing is 21-year-old Blacksburg, Virginia songwriter Jack Tatum. His songs have a very dreamy 80s feel to them […]
Movies – 09-09-11 – Post Mortem
It’s a good week at the movies, with a little something for everyone! Post Mortem is like by almost every critic I can find, and is the story of a mortuary attendant […]
Paul McGrath = Legend
As everyone knows, Paul McGrath is a complete legend, and is just plain better than most or all other normal human beings. It’s easy enough to realise, that he could be equally […]
Adrian Crowley + James Yorkston + Alasdair Roberts – Peppercanister Church
This blog was a little later than normal, as i was just buying tickets for… Adrian Crowley + James Yorkston + Alasdair Roberts The Peppercanister Church, Dublin Fri 07 Oct 2011 […]
Dublin Contemporary
Dublin Contemporary opened last night, to the great and the good, and the rest of us savages are allowed in today! It’s a bit like a Dublin Biennale I guess, and has […]
Unthanks perform odd show in Whelans
Northumberland’s finest, the Unthanks have always seemed like pretty serious musicians, but this is just showing off, isn’t it? They’re playing Whelnas (13th Dec) with a full ten piece band, with strings, […]
The influence of Alex Chilton on… everyone?
Ok, so this ground has been covered a million times but listening to Big Star the other night I was once again taken aback at how far his influence spread far and […]
Foster the People – The Academy, Dublin
I was recently asked to write a blog for bands that are ‘cool’, but you possibly haven’t heard of yet. This band were front and foremost in my mind for whatever reason. […]
Guest Post – ‘Coming of Age’ Movies
The public requested, nay demanded guest posts, and what does the workhorse give them? This is the first one, and hopefully some of the other people I’ve been nagging will come up […]
Mark Eitzel returns to the stage
Some good news, Mark Eitzel is back where he belongs; on stage. He’s co-headlining with the Late Birds in the Great American Music Hall on Saturday, the 10th of Sept 2011. Wish […]
No More Workhorse 