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 […]
PJ Harvey Live Broadcast
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 […]
Movies – 28-01-11
Is it possible for a newspaper to wake up in a bad mood? Well, the Guardian doesn’t like anything this week, and especially not the new Clint Eastwood movie Hereafter (well, ok, […]
The Comics Code Authority
A sad day, as the comics code authority has come to any end. Those familiar with Marvel and DC from the 70’s and 80’s will know the symbol on the bottom left […]
Baths
I’ve been listening to Baths a bit of late (the album Cerulean). Will Wiesenfeld is the Californian behind the music and he creates a lovely blend of electronica and hip-hop, being simultaneously […]
Gig guide – 26-01-11 – Marco’s Delight!
Some good new addictinos to the line up for the next few months, and a few you might even have to move quickly on! Well, probably not. Matmos, John Grant and the […]
Oscar Nominations
First off, any surprises? People they missed out? I don’t think so really. All comes within standard parameters of what we know as ‘Oscars’! The long list of ‘best movie’ nominations makes […]
The National – Other voices
The much discussed appearance of the National on Other voices will be aired on the Wednesday the 16th of Feb on RTE 2, at 11.25. The appearance itself almost didn’t happen, due […]
A Gig for Saturday night.
Just one gig I noticed on Nialler9’s list, and while the name itself didn’t mean much to me, the brackets after it did! Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A tribe called quest!) is playing […]
Exciting week at the movies!
Yes, this is one that we’ve been waiting for, for a long time and is a definite for the oscars if you ask me. I’m of course talking about John Carpenter’s ‘The […]
More money than sense?
I never post on football, and felt the need to indulge myself today. I’m claiming it’s a general interest piece anyway! The Mirror is reporting that footballer Jermaine Pennant left his car […]
Kristin Hersh – Paradoxical Undressing Book Tour
Kristin Hersh is playing in Waterstone’s on Friday night! How annoying is it that I don’t have tickets for it. It is part of a book tour for Paradoxical Undressing, where she […]
Phosperescent return!
Hotpress are reporting that Phosperescent are making their debut headline performance in Ireland in the workman’s club on June 2nd. It must be my imagination that I saw them play in Whelans in […]
Neil Hannon and Friends perform Vampire Weekend?
This is as odd as it sounds, with Neill Hannon, Cathy Davey and Jape performing Vampire Weekends first album, on April 1st in the Button Factory. That date does sound funny, but […]
One that got away – 2010 albums – Brian McBride
Composed for the film, Vanishing of the Bees, Brian McBride’s Effective Disconnect was released in 2010 and as a big fan of both McBride’s solo work and his main project Stars of […]
Defending my honour. No More WorkHorse v Pitchfork – Best Ofs
To respond to a recent comment suggesting my top 10 for 2010 was similar to Pitchfork’s top 10 for 2010, here’s a very quick breakdown of the stats for the three contributors […]
Broadcast singer Trish Keenan dies
Sad news, as the lead singer of Broadcast Trish Keenan died yesterday aged 42. Not a very rock star end, as she seems to have had H1N1 flu, which ended up as […]
No More Workhorse 