A music blog from Ireland.
Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
A venue as valuable as The Joinery should not struggle to stay open, but then, there are a lot of things in Ireland right now that are not as they should be. On Monday a Fundit campaign for €16,000 was launched for help in keeping the Stoneybatter art/music gallery/space going in 2013. Almost €3000 has
Monday, January 14th, 2013
Start your week with magnificent music: listen to Goldmine. I’ve been playing it a couple of times a day since last week and tweeted yesterday that this fourth album is the best thing Nina Hynes has ever...
Thursday, December 13th, 2012
Buckle up for 19 minutes of space rock exploration with this new track and video by Sean Zissou from The Jimmy Cake: Observatory Destroyer. I’ve played it about six times since the link surfaced last night which...
Thursday, March 15th, 2012
Quite some time since I last posted about Overhead, The Albatross considering what a busy year the instrumental sextet had in 2011 with the release of their first EP Lads With Sticks on the ElevenEleven label. There...
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Get listening: today, 8 March, is International Women’s Day. Pointless celebrations (pancake day, really?) often annoy me but I stand behind International Women’s Day because it’s an important global event that highlights progress. It marks a point...
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
With a keen sense of appreciation for the finest musical and visual pleasures, Chequerboard is preparing to make a fourth album The Unfolding, using the crowd-source method of FundIt. Now with a week and less than €1000...
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Last night @luberachi wrote a blog post about her particular experiences of working as a music journalist in Dublin. Titled Staring At Crotches Should Be My Only Problem, Lou outlined the challenges faced by gig-goers with mobility...
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
A great video for Simon Bird‘s song Stillborn In Autumn and a very interesting bit of news indeed: he’s asking for your help to raise €800 to release his latest EP V on very limited edition 12″...
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
For some time now resentment has been brewing amongst members of the music community who feel disillusioned with the practice of paying venue hire in order to perform. While playing free gigs is a necessary evil for...