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Thursday, March 7th, 2013

Gig :: Wolfbait / Niamh de Barra/ David Donohoe

A varied and very inviting line-up for the Joinery tomorrow night with Wolfbait, Niamh DeBarra and David Donohoe all performing in the dark back room of the weirdcool venue. That poster is without a doubt one of the most striking I’d hope to encounter this year. After hearing interesting rumours about this band at the

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Monday, March 4th, 2013

News :: Siteation

This weekend was a low-budget affair but one of choice rather than necessity. I spent Thursday night at the Fallow Records launch at the Joinery and on Friday, headed to a new arts space called Siteation in...

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Wednesday, February 20th, 2013

News :: The Joinery

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...

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Friday, January 25th, 2013

Album :: Abandon Reason

A few years ago Declan Kelly began experimenting with the acoustics of/in an abandoned car park seeping with seawater. The cavernous, dying space provided an eerie backdrop for performances by musicians of various experimental natures and resulted...

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Tuesday, November 13th, 2012

Video :: The 1s

One of the fun bands who crept in this year while making a heap of noise are The #1s, a four-piece moonlighting from an array of different bands (Crowd Control, Loose Nut, The Pacifics and The Spungos...

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Thursday, September 6th, 2012

Radio :: Abandon Reason

Abandon Reason is the name of a new eight-part series that began last night and will air on Curious Broadcast every Wednesday night at 9pm. The brainchild of Declan Q Kelly, it’s the culmination of a long...

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Friday, April 27th, 2012

Gig :: Patrick Kelleher / Legion Of Two / Donal Dineen & Niwel Tsumbu / Gentleboy

“This event is a fundraiser – monies raised will be used to allay some of the operating costs inevitable with running an alternative art space in Dublin. ” – thejoinery.org An amazing gig tonight to raise funds...

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Friday, December 9th, 2011

Interview :: Halves

After several years building up a reputation on live shows and two EPs, the release of It Goes, It Goes (Forever and Ever) in October 2010 pummelled Dublin band Halves into the strata of successful debut albums....

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Monday, November 21st, 2011

Video :: Fionn Regan & The Staves

One thing about this year that really stood out was Myles O’Reilly‘s contribution to low-budget music videos. I suspect he’s friends with most of the subjects he shoots but all the videos revolve around good editing that...

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