March 19th, 2012
Having debuted in 2004, Rough Magic’s Improbable Frequency is by no stretch a new production but its current run is our first time to see it. Although it was new to us we heard many good things before settling into Thursday night’s performance at The Gaiety. Set during World War Two, the production which describes [...]
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March 14th, 2012
We get a lorra movie trailers in. We largely posted this one because we liked the title we came up with. Self-congratulatory? Us? Well, only on Thursdays. Looks quite good though. Will Smith in anything is quite good. Have a looksee (we don’t say goo in Culch Towers, ‘have a goo’ is one of the [...]
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March 13th, 2012
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Audioslave fame is taking his solo show, ‘Songbook’, on its European leg over the next few months including a Dublin date on June 13th at the Olympia Theatre. Known for his amazing vocal range, Cornell’s ‘Songbook’ offering showcases music from across his career… Soundgarden to Audioslave to Temple of the [...]
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March 13th, 2012
Between Twilight and period drama, we’ve never seen Robert Pattinson with normal hair. Perhaps, like Sampson, his hair is the source of all of Pattinson’s power. But whether long, sideburned and flopsy for period drama or styled to unnatural perfection for his role as vampy heartthrob Edward Cullen, it is just as well Pattinson’s hair [...]
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March 12th, 2012
This isn’t normally our sort of thing, but we’re feeling patriotic for the week that’s in it, and we’re always in the mood to alert Culch.ie readers to how they can win prizes. The folk at Discover Ireland launched their new ‘Jump into Ireland’ video campaign at the end of last week and they’re out [...]
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March 9th, 2012
The Olympia Theatre was jammers last night for Choice Music Prize 2011 which saw performances from all ten of the nominated acts. Highlights included a rousing performance of Here Be Monsters from Tieranniesaur, Pugwash being joined on stage for a spot of kazoo playing by Phantom Pure Morning‘s Richie McCormack and Michelle Doherty, Jape having [...]
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March 5th, 2012
Our mates over at Goldenplec are much nicer folk than us and they’re doing a deadly thing for charity. As part of their 10th birthday celebrations (we didn’t even know the internet was that old) they’re doing an event called Coast to Coast – Tea and Toast to raise money for the very worthy [...]
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February 24th, 2012
Comedian Andrew Stanley is probably best known around these parts as the regular MC at The International Bar, but the Swords funnyman is about to do his very first solo show and he had a chat to us about what we can expect from ‘Come On‘, his comedy influences, and being an armchair sports commentator [...]
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February 21st, 2012
Sunday May 6th will see siblings Kitty, Daisy and Lewis take to the stage at Whelan’s. The trio released LP ‘Smoking in Heaven’ last year featuring their signature multi-instrumentalist skills from harmonica to trombone to ukulele to lap steel and everything in between. Tunes included ‘Messing With My Life’ which is vaguely reminiscent of ‘Naive’ [...]
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February 21st, 2012
If you’re a musician or a vocalist and you’re heading down to the RDS at the weekend for The Music Show then we’ve just heard about a really cool thing that you’ll want to get in on. The WholeWorldBand app will be on-hand accepting contributions to tracks by Cathy Davey, Gemma Hayes and Liam O’Maonlai. The app, [...]
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February 9th, 2012
We caught comedy sketch gang FAH in Whelan’s last year, at which time our Andy pronounced them ‘a perfect balance between the surreal and observational, with sketches going from a disgruntled visit to the Samaritans to – possibly my favorite of the night – a twenty-second sketch in slow motion about a Dublin dance floor’. [...]
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February 8th, 2012
Storyfold, who released their debut album ‘Rocket Science’ last year, are wetting the head of their 4th single release, ‘The Sweetest Silence’ with a headliner in Whelan’s on March 23rd. Frontman Paddy McKenna gives over lead vocals to pianist Lindsey Hogan for ‘…Silence’ and it’s well worth hearing: Support comes from Jet Set Radio and [...]
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February 8th, 2012
Aussie offering The Jezabels are a two-girl, two-boy setup (what we like to call a ‘two up, two down outfit’ here in Culch Towers… oh use your imagination). Featuring keyboardist Heather Shannon, drummer Nik Kaloper, guitarist Sam Lockwood and Hayley Mary full of pace, (owner the Florence-esque skyscraper vocals that completely sell them), the genre-spanning four-piece [...]
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February 4th, 2012
The ever-innovative gang over at axis theatre sent us their spring programme. It’s jammers with good stuff but the standout highlight for us is this offering from Fishamble: It’s running from February 27th to March 2nd nightly at 8pm. We may have picked it because we also look back on our nerdface childhoods through bottle-thick glasses, [...]
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February 1st, 2012
‘Cracked Eggs’, the lead track from upcoming My Best Fiend debut album In Ghostlike Fading, landed in our inbox today like a present. Full of haunting vocals and a punky, melodic sound it has us straining on our pop culture lead for the full album. Go on, have a listen, it’s Tuesday, it’s not like you [...]
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