You can hear or download some songs from the Bonnie one, from his intervew at WBEZ91.5 (chicago) here! Its a nice live version, with some conversation also. He performs Troublesome Houses and […]
Bonnie Prince
Janelle Monae?
Quick quiz. What do you know? Ah, basically, Im really not convinced by her. I like tightrope, which is a pretty good song, but cold war and others really leave me high […]
Sam Amidon
Sam Amidon is back! He was only here on Sunday with the Whale Watching in the NCH (which I actually meant to go to, but completely forgot about!). He’s playing in Whelans […]
Best Albums… According to
I’m slow enough to put up reviews of music, as all reviewers carry so much baggage. It depends on what their taste is, what age they are, whether this is the first […]
Rat Girl
Ok, a few of you possibly knew about it for a long time, but no one told me! Kristin Hersh has written a biography, somehow finding the time between touring, being a […]
Free junk at the Gate
As it says on the tin, details here. They are part of the theatre festival which starts on Wednesday. You have to book them, and there seems to be a booking fee. […]
Nostalgia
Is Nostalgia a good thing? A yearning for the past, often in an idealized form. I’m not sure it is, but it certainly sells tickets for concerts. When asked how to have […]
Ranelagh Arts Festival
The Ranelagh arts festival is something worth keeping an eye on. Over the last few years I’ve seen Martin Parr give a talk on his work and Neil Hannon play in a […]
Something good for Culture night!
Finally, something worth doing on culture night! I know, its quite surprising, as the rest of it a nonsense really. State and IMRO are putting together a night for interview and live […]
The Social Network
Is anything by Trent Reznor worth downloading, even if its free? I think I’d be in the ‘No’ camp on that question, but i know some people who differ on that, so […]
Pavement Interview
This really is well worth having a look at, for Malkmus’ shocking performance! He is being interviewed by someone who clearly has no idea who he is, and doesn’t really care anyway, […]
Daytrotter
I was talking about this a few months ago, and its really well worth keeping an eye on from time to time. Over the last few months, they’ve had sessions by Caribou, […]
Culture Night 2010
Culture night is next friday, and it has the usual bunch of odd things on throughout the city. Most places seem to just stay open late, which isn’t really that exciting when […]
Kanye’s Good Friday
Ok, it’s Sunday evening, and Friday seems a long time away, but Kanye is trying to fill your life with some cheer! He’s listing some songs on his good friday website. The […]
State Intervention #6
I just like the idea of these things, a free gig in a random location around the city. This time its Peggy Sue and Sons Of Noel And Adrian in coppinger row on […]
To toast or not to toast
I wish I could stop myself, but I can’t! This video has nothing, I repeat, nothing to do with toast. They have the whole thing on youtube, which is pretty amazing.
Den End
RTE have officially ended the Den, to be replaced by these smiling idiots. In truth its been rubbish for years, and god knows Socky was never funny. It had a wonderful free […]
Derek Nally RIP
Derek Nally was in Irish promoter and manager who died of a heart attack last July. This is the second gig in his honor, and seems a pretty good line up. Songs […]
Pitchfork v Ireland
Following on from Morgan’s earlier post I thought I would take a quick look at how Irish bands are fairing with the Bastion of Cool (aka Pitchfork). Not too well it seems. […]
LCD Soundsystem
Remember last April’s volcano? Eyjafallajokull by name! I’m sure there’s a band called that by now. We all feared it was the end of those strange metal machines in the sky,and we’d […]
Music for Babies #5
For our 100th post (yes, where does the time go!), we’re dealing with a man that is half crazy professor, half kid’s entertainer. His gigs are the stuff of legends, and mostly […]
Camille O’Sullivan
One thing in the fringe that has been recommended to me is Camille O’Sullivan. It looks a nice mix of cabaret, burlesque and pretty good music. It might be worth a visit, […]
Fringe
The Fringe festival kicks off today, with its usual line up of things I’ve never heard of and a pretty shocking web site that’s impossible to use. I’ll try to figure out […]
Harmonies
The Harmonic series of gigs around Dublin are getting better and better! They’ve now added Titus Andronicus, Willard Grant Conspiracy, The Acorn, Polvo and Pete Molinari. I’ve never really got into Titus, […]
Pitchfork is good to orphans
Ok, i do a lot of bitching about Pitchfork, but mostly for album reviews like this and this which just seem needlessly mean. If someone is not flavor of the month, they […]
The National Return!
Some good news for a quiet Tuesday lunch time, but the National are returning to Dublin on 2nd of December, with the 3rd and 4th quite likely once the first sells out, […]
Music for Babies #4
I had vaguely heard that They might be giants had made an album for kids, but had no idea of the scale of their interest in the baby scene! They’ve taken this […]
Workman’s Revolution
No doubt of the new cool venue in Dublin, with the amount of good gigs on there over the next few months! I think I’ll be going there quite a bit over […]
Football Shocker
Is there really anything shocking about a footballer sleeping around anymore? Do they honestly think whoever they’re with won’t just go straight to the Sun or the News of the World and sell their […]
No More Workhorse