It’s amazing what politicians will do for votes. It’s also amazing what they think will make us vote for them! Just heard a piece on RTE about campaign songs, and had to […]
Election special
Sufjan and Forbidden Fruit!
Its officially official, in that its definitely happening, unless there’s another volcano or if he gets a cold or something. Anyway, Sufjan is coming to town, he’s playing the Olympia on the […]
What happened to Big Numbers #4
If you don’t know what the headline means, you can stop reading…. honest, don’t bother. Grand, that’s everyone gone other than us comic nerds! It seems the art work for Big Numbers #4, […]
New Gigs
None of these will rock your world, but if you’re looking for a night out, you could do a lot worse than some of this lot. Couple of new announcements worth a […]
Queens of the Stone age – Olympia
The Queens of the stone age are definitely playing in the Olympia on the 19th of May. This may or may not be the day after Sufjan plays, we’ll have to wait […]
State Intervention #9
I’m always enjoyed the idea of the state intervnetions, a gig in an odd location, announced only hours before its due to begin. This time they’ve given us a bit more notice. […]
Musical experiments around the house
More lovely musical adventures from our friends at Lullatone
Sufjan Stevens – Olympia
I found out about this gig in a very old school fashion. It wasn’t from twitter, his myspace page or any other internet based method, but rather the board outside Soundcellar (a […]
Movies – 18-02-11
This would be a dull week at the movies, other than for one thing, the Dublin Film Festival starts today! Good news for Dublin readers. Only one new release this week of […]
Sensorium
Sensorium is a week long music festival, in the project arts centre Dublin. You can find details of it here. It is being organised by the great Judith Ring, It runs from […]
tUnE-yArDs in Whelans
Tune-yards returns to Whelans on June 17th. The first time I saw her was backing up the Dirty Projectors a few years ago, and I was very surprised to say that the […]
Online Preview – Podge and Rodge movie
I thought they’d been quiet for a while. Podge and Rodge’s first movie (mini film) will have its premier online on February 25th. To be in with a chance to get an […]
Duncan the wonder Dog – Free Online
I’ve bene trying to get Duncan the wonder dog since I blogged about it here. Its pretty much the surprise hit of the year, and the first run is completely sold out, […]
The Wicker Tree
Why tamper with perfection? If you only made one truly great movie in your life, why would you go and destroy the memory? Doesn’t make a lot of sense to me, The […]
Radiohead Return
Some critics love to hate them, some just love to love them. They’re back regardless, with a new album released on Saturday next, the 20th of February. The album is called ‘Kings […]
PJ Harvey Live Broadcast
Polly is performing her new album live in Paris, and wants to share it with the world! The performance will be on Monday (Valentine’s day!) at 8 pm GMT, and will be available […]
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we regret to inform you, that Ireland is cancelled
While walking past the department of finance, on upper Merrion St, I noticed a poster above one of Eamon Gilmore. It was a picture of a harp with broken strings, with the […]
Coen’s Return
Looking back over their career, with Blood Simple now being 27 years old, its pretty fair to say Coen bothers hardly put a foot wrong! There are a few on the list […]
Free Gig – State vs Phantom
The Mercantile has been used as a venue for a while now, but I still haven’t managed to go to anything there. This might be the first! On Friday the 18th of […]
Yo La Tengo do Seinfeld
On Yo La Tengo’s new tour, a member of the audience is called to the front, and asked to spin a wheel, at the start of each show. The wheel lets you […]
Button Factory in Examinership
A quick look back at our recent gig guide shows that a lot more gigs than normal were showing up in the Button Factory, with Deerhunter, John Grant, Matmos, Joan as Policewoman, […]
LCD Soundsystem Final Show
To be honest, I never took James Murphy in the least bit serious when he talked of breaking up the band and not performing as LCD Soundsystem anymore, but he seems to […]
Movies – 04-02-11
This week sees the release of Brighton Rock, which I was looking forward to. Unfortunately the reviews are mixed at best, with most saying the 1947 version was better! It is based […]
Gramophone Blog
This is a tip from the wonderful Candepop, a long standing blog with pretty good taste in Music is Said on the Gramophone. They have a list of the best songs of […]
Romuald Hazoume
African Artist Romuald Hazoume is from the republic of Benin, on the west coast of Africa (a new one on me, I’m afraid). He has worked with a wide range of media […]
Gig News
The Original line up of Grant Lee Buffalo play Vicar Street on Tuesday the 17th of May. Tickets at 28 euro. I loved fuzzy when it was first released in ’93 (showing […]
Grinderman in Vicar Street
Nick Cave returns to town, with his Grinderman this time. I’ve never been entirely convinced by Griderman, which is odd, as I have such a soft spot for Nick. They generally play […]
Will Oldham interviews R Kelly
I have to say, I’d love if there was a video of this interview. Those two people in the one room at the one time, just doesn’t make sense to me, they […]
John Barry RIP
Possibly the greatest composer to work in cinema, John Barry has died at the age of 77. He will be best remember for his Bond work, such as Goldfinger and From Russia […]
No More Workhorse 