The facts as they now stand: Prince may or may not play Malahide Castle on Saturday July 30. They’re certainly selling tickets for it, so they expect him to show up! I’ve […]
Prince of Malahide
New Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire are releasing a new ‘delux’ version of the Suburbs on June 27th. It features a few new tracks, which are as below. The first one is ‘Speaking in tongues’ which […]
Grizzly Bear Mixtape
Drowned in sound managed to get Grizzly Bear to list the songs that would soundtrack their biopics! A nice notion, and the results are as unique as you would expect. http://drownedinsound.com/news/4142655-mixtape-monday–grizzly-bear-share-the-songs-that-would-soundtrack-their-biopics
Geotic (Baths) Free Downloads
Just saw this link on twitter and thought I’d share it with the world! We’ve mentioned Baths here a few times before, which is the name under which Will Wiesenfeld works. His other project, […]
Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell is an artist and filmmaker who shoots surf movies entirely on 16mm film. Sprout, his second movie is one of my favourite movies of all time (not just surf-related). Campbell […]
Movies – 20-05-11 – Win Win
It may be obvious that I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while, but ‘Win Win’ opens today, which is the new movie by Thomas McCarthy. Thomas’ acting career is […]
Ivor Novello for the Villagers
Another statue for the Villagers, as this time he’s won an Ivor Novello for ‘Best Song Musically And Lyrically’. This statue is of ‘Euterpe’, who for those few that don’t know already (shame […]
Sufjan Stevens – Olympia – 18-05-11
Sufjan Stevens brought is larger than life stage show to the Olympia last night, complete with visuals on screens in front of and behind the band, a variety of stage costumes and […]
Bon Iver – Single and Gig
You can download ‘Calgari’ from the 4AD web site here. It is a synth and vocal based track, that just hasn’t grown on me, no matter how many times I’ve listened to […]
Kites + Snufjam = Lovely
Music: Sufjan Stevens – Movement I: In The Countenance Of Kings
The Illuminated Mixtapes
Some lovingly created playlists with illustrated covers for each. Definitely worth checking out. http://gigawattdesign.com/tunes/index.html
Matmos
Where did they get a name like Matmos from? Wiki has two answers: The name Matmos refers to the seething lake of evil slime beneath the city Sogo in the 1968 film […]
Mister Wonderful by Daniel Clowes – Free Online
Amazon recommended this one to me, with one of those wonderfully accurate mails they send you based on your other purchases, or maybe they just watch my every move, who know! Mister […]
Gig Guide – 14-05-11
It’s quite a battle tonight, between base urges and my higher brain. Should I go to Scout Niblett or should I veg out in front of the TV and watch the two […]
Movies – 13-05-11
“This Spring it’s inner city versus outer space” or something equally dreadful says the tag line for ‘Attack the Block’ the directorial debut from Joe Cornish (Adam and Joe). It’s getting fair […]
Perfume Genius
Someone I’ve been meaning to mention here for a while is Perfume Genius. Here’s what i could find out about him on the net. “Mike Hadreas, also known as Perfume Genius is […]
De La Soul & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
This one looks quite tasty actually. De La Soul will play the Button Factory on the 22nd of July, along with the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. How it all works out, I’m not […]
Daytrotter – Why?
Daytrotter are on a bit of a roll at the moment. Last week it was Bill Callahan (who was lots of fun at the Academy last week) and this week it’s Why? […]
Last Summer ATP?
Ouch, this one has hit me where it hurts. I’m now looking for a new summer festival, as ATP have announced that Animal Collective’s ATP (May 13-15th) will be the last Summer […]
Limb risking gigs
Some of the best gigs I’ve been to have been ones where I really wasn’t sure what to expect, and wandered along because someone else wanted to go, or because I was […]
Movies – 06-05-11 – One Hundred Mornings
Seems like an Irish movie is the pick of the week, this week. Hmm. I’m never sure when the Irish Times reviews an Irish movie, and glows about it. They’re sure to […]
Joanna Newsome at Marlay Park
Joanna is a bit like marmite. I must say, I’ve never quite worked it all out, but maybe I’ll come around to her with time. She is the head liner fo rthe […]
Summer Blockbusters
Trash to look forward to! 1 July Transformers: Dark of the Moon 1 July Larry Crowne – New muck from Tom Hanks (remember him?) 15 July Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, […]
Savage Dragon
Savage Dragon #145 which was last week selling for 1 dollar, is now selling for 100 dollars, and a mint condition is worth 250 dollars. America loves America.
Lost Irish #3 – Whipping Boy
“A whipping boy, was a young boy who was assigned to a young prince and was punished when the prince misbehaved or fell behind in his schooling. Whipping boys were established in […]
New Pixies Album?
I’ve checked the date twice, and it’s not April 1st! This is something that would have set my heart racing a few years ago, but at this stage, it leaves me slightly […]
Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells
Something to look foward to. Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat release an album together on May 5th. Bill of the Bill Wells trio and Aidan of Arab Strap. An unlikely combination, but […]
Bill Callahan – Daytrotter
What it says on the tin. A lovely session by the great man, who plays live in Dublin on Thursday. I still think the Academy is too large a venue for him, […]
Beastie Boys – Fight for your Right – Revisited
I’m sure most of you have seen this by this stage, but as the blog has been ‘dark’ for the last few days, it hasn’t been hosted here and to be honest, […]
No More Workhorse 