Chris Taylor of Grizzly bear has released a song, together with Twin Shadow and Solagne Knowles for the Music for Rain campaign. It is availabe on a ‘donate to download scheme’ which […]
Chris Taylor is good people!
Villagers – Daytrotter
Have to say i was a little annoyed when the Villagers didn’t win the Choice music prize. His new album is the best reviewed Irish album in years, and has done the […]
New Movies – 11-03-11
Norwegian Wood gets confusing reviews, the type of reviews that scare me a little, and would make me very slow to go to it. The Guardian loves it, the English Independent doesn’t, […]
Kurt Vile
I’m digging the new Kurt Vile album, Smoke Ring For My Halo. Vile seems to be channelling Grant Lee Buffalo, Neil Young, The Velvet Underground… stoner rock for the soul. I like.
And you will know us…
…And You Will Know Know Us By The Trail Of Dead play in Whelans on Wednesday May 25. They’re a band i’ve always thought I’d eventually get into, but so far it hasn’t […]
Foxes vs Bears
Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold has been working with Grizzly Bear’s own Ed Droste. It’s a tasty comibination as both are responsible or at least have had a hand in, some of the better albums […]
Gig Guide – 07-03-11
A busy few months ahead. Must crack open my piggy bank! 14/03/11 Iron and Wine – Olympia – Mon 16/03/11 Raekwon the Chef – Button Factory – Wed 17/03/11 Hercules and Love […]
New sounds from the Dodos
The Dodos new album is being streamed on hypem. Have to say I think the Dodos are a hugely under rated band, and their album Visiter from 2007 is a thing of […]
New gigs
James Blake is the trendiest thing in trend town, everyone in trend town thinks he’s great, and have nothing but good things to say about him. I’m….. not overly convinced about him, […]
Movie Glut – 04-03-11
Yes, this week seems to be the day to release your movie. Maybe they were all holding them back, due to the oscars. Who knows. Archipelago is the story of an unsuccessful […]
ATP – A nightmare before Christmas
This one is a little exciting, as ATP have just announced their second Nightmare before Christmas. It is to be curated by Battles, Les Savy Fav & Caribou, which sounds just about […]
ATP Soundcloud
ATP’s sound cloud site is one worth keeping an eye on, it has tracks and mix tapes with a lot of their bands and those that appear in their festivals. Go have […]
Dublin Book Festival
The Dublin Book Fesitval starts tomorrow, the 2nd of March and runs on until Sunday the 6th. It is a mix of readings and discussion on various topics around the city. From […]
Interpol Tour EP
You can get a free Interpol tour ep here. It is based around their tour, which has support acts Matthew Dear and School of Seven Bells. Tracks: Interpol – Lights Matthew Dear […]
Oscar Surprises
Ah, there was none! Ok, I’m slightly surprised they gave everything to a movie that is essentially English, but according to the bookies, it went exactly with form! I had to look […]
William Basinski
William Basinski is an ambient pioneer who frequently uses tape loops to create dazzling soundscapes. Better known for his Disintegration Loops series where he used old tape loops which had degraded over time. […]
Movies – 25-02-11
The Dublin Film Festival is still on, I’ve dabbled in it, going to two movies, one good, one bad! I think that’s the danger with the film festival, is that you’re basing […]
Still Confused?
Then votomatic may be your man! Ok, it may not be as much fun as the Fine Gael computer game, but if you have ignored studiously any media discussions of the topics […]
Election special
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 […]
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 […]
No More Workhorse 