Music Town – The Complex – 27/07/23 – Live Review by Killian Laher Full details of MusicTown 2023 can be found here. Leagues O’Toole and the crew at MusicTown have put together […]
Music Town – The Complex – 27/07/23 – Live Review
Thurston Moore Group – Whelans – Live Review – 24/07/23
Thurston Moore Group – Whelans – Live Review – 24/07/23 by Killian Laher An old-school lengthy queue greeted the first visit of Thurston Moore and his band to Dublin in a decade. […]
Continuous Patterns – IMMA – 15/07/23
Continuous Patterns – IMMA – 15/07/23 ‘Should we talk about the Weather’ – Pop Song 89 by R.E.M. On Saturday, the Weather Gods were relatively kind to the festival again. There was […]
Morrissey – Vicar St – Live Review – 15/07/23
Morrissey – Vicar St – Live Review – 15/07/23 by Killian Laher The air was thick with anticipation for the first visit of Morrissey to Dublin in five years. Or at least […]
Continuous Patterns – IMMA – 14/07/23
Continuous Patterns – IMMA – 14/07/23 Continuous Patterns continue tonight at IMMA. The IMMA Summer Party is definitely not just another music festival! The evening started with a guided walk in the […]
Body & Soul – 2023 – Sunday Review
Body & Soul – 2023 – Sunday Review It was the final day of the Festival, and unfortunately, the rain continued with a number of heavy showers making the going ‘soft’, to […]
Body & Soul – 2023 – Saturday Review
Body & Soul – 2023 – Saturday Review It would be fair to say Saturday at Body & Soul had everything; music, laughs, dancing and even some extreme weather conditions! We started […]
Body & Soul – 2023 – Friday Review
Body & Soul – 2023 – Friday Review The first thing to note at Body & Soul was a change in the layout, with the main stage moved to a new location. […]
Depeche Mode – Malahide Castle – Live Review
Depeche Mode – Malahide Castle – Live Review by Fran Winston Malahide Castle Gardens, 14th June 2023 If you look at early footage of Depeche Mode performing, it’s hard to believe that […]
Pulp – St Annes Park – Live Review
Pulp – St Annes Park – Live Review by Killian Laher Pulp were bundled in with what was known as Britpop, but they actually were around since the early 80s, taking their […]
Cian Nugent – The Workmans Club Cellar – Live Review – 25/05/23
Cian Nugent – The Workmans Club Cellar, Dublin – Live Review – 25/05/23 by Killian Laher There was excitement in the air in the Workman’s Cellar for the Cian Nugent album launch […]
Boa Morte – Whelans – Live Review
Boa Morte – Whelans – Live Review by Killian Laher Whelan’s Upstairs | May 11, 2023 A rare opportunity to see Boa Morte in Dublin presented itself upstairs in Whelans. First up […]
Aldous Harding – National Concert Hall – Live Review
Aldous Harding – National Concert Hall – Live Review – 18th April 2023 There was a long wait for this gig for the average Aldous Harding fan. It was originally scheduled for […]
Chequerboard – National Concert Hall – Review
Chequerboard – The Studio, National Concert Hall, Dublin – Review by Killian Laher Homebeat are putting on some interesting gigs in unexpected venues. Battling through the Bob Odenkirk (Breaking Bad) crowd in […]
Yo La Tengo – 3Olympia – Live Review – 10/04/23
Yo La Tengo – 3Olympia – Live Review – 10/04/23 by Killian Laher Yo La Tengo kicked off their European tour with a two-set show in the 3Olympia. Acting as both support […]
Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball – Whelans – Live Review
Live Review: Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball – Whelans – 27th March 2023 by Matt Rutherford 25 years ago, Gomez released Bring it On, an album that pipped The Verve, Pulp and […]
The Scratch – The Academy – Live Review
The Scratch – The Academy – Live Review by Killian Laher The Scratch – The Academy – 5/03/23 On the evidence of this, Sunday nights out are alive and well in Dublin. […]
Tales from the Holywell – Abbey Theatre – Review
Tales from the Holywell – Abbey Theatre – Review 30 January – 18 February 2023 Written by Damien Dempsey Directed by Conor McPherson Dates: 30 January – 18 February on the Abbey […]
Joseph Chester – Fragments of Lucia – Smock Alley – Live Review
Joseph Chester – Fragments of Lucia – Smock Alley, Dublin – Live Review by Killian Laher – 8:15pm, 27 JAN – Boys’ School Smock Alley was the venue for Joseph Chester’s performance […]
Sun Mahshene / Keeley – Workman’s Cellar – Gig Review – 22/12/22
Sun Mahshene / Keeley – Workman’s Cellar, Dublin – Gig Review – 22/12/22 by Killian Laher The Workman’s Cellar was the venue for a pre-Christmas show b/y Irish band Sun Mahshene. First […]
The Cure – 3Arena – Live Review – 1/12/22
The Cure – 3Arena – Live Review – 1/12/22 by Killian Laher The return of The Cure to Ireland after 3 years meant the sold-out signs went up some time ago for […]
bdrmm – The Workmans Club – Live Review – 13-11-22
bdrmm – The Workmans Club – Live Review – 13-11-22 by Killian Laher A damp Sunday night in November provided the backdrop for the headline show from Hull post-punk band, the strangely-named […]
Pavement – Vicar St – Live Review – 10/11/22
Pavement – Vicar St – Live Review – 10/11/22 by Killian Laher Pavement wrapped up their ‘reunion of a reunion’ tour with the first of two sold out shows at Vicar Street, […]
God Is An Astronaut – Opium – Live Review – 22-10-22
God Is An Astronaut – Opium – Live Review – 22-10-22 by Killian Laher God Is An Astronaut have been playing high-octane, instrumental rock for twenty years, and the four-piece are marking […]
Dinosaur Jr – Vicar St – Live Review – 10/10/22
Dinosaur Jr – Vicar St, Dublin – Live Review – 10/10/22 by Killian Laher Dinosaur Jr kicked off their European tour on a cool Monday night in Dublin. Support came from American […]
The Lemonheads – Opium – Live Review – 22-09-22
The Lemonheads – Opium, Dublin – Live Review – 22-09-22 by Killian Laher Opium, the sister venue of Whelans was packed to the rafters for the first visit in a few years […]
A Lazarus Soul & Arrivalists – Pavilion Theatre – Review
A Lazarus Soul & Arrivalists – Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire – Review By Killian Laher Sunday night provided the chance to see two of Ireland’s finest songwriters with A Lazarus Soul and […]
Fleet Foxes – National Museum of Ireland – Review
Fleet Foxes – National Museum of Ireland – Review Live at the National Museum of Ireland – 28/08/22 Part of the Wider than Pictures series. The setting for this series of gigs […]
Ryley Walker – The Pavilion Theatre – Review
Ryley Walker – The Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire – Review by Killian Laher As part of the Dún Laoghaire Folk Festival 2022 One of the more interesting American artists of recent years, […]
No More Workhorse 