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Queens of the Stone Age – 3Arena – Review
Johnny Jewel – Sugar Club – Review
Johnny Jewel – Sugar Club – Review Johnny Jewel – Live at the Sugar Club – 16-11-23 Jorja Chalmers is known as a saxophonist with bands/ performers such as Bryan Ferry, Take […]
Death Cult – 3Olympia – Live Review
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Slowdive – The National Stadium – Live Review
Slowdive – The National Stadium – Live Review by Killian Laher Slowdive at The National Stadium on 6/11/23 Something of an old-fashioned venue, The National Stadium played host to what I believe […]
Arab Strap – Button Factory – Live Review
Arab Strap – Button Factory – Live Review by Killian Laher Philophobia Undressed- Button Factory, Dublin – 27/10/23 A quick return to Dublin for Arab Strap after being here in summer 2022, […]
Protomartyr – The Button Factory – Review
Protomartyr – The Button Factory – Review by Killian Laher Protomartyr – Live at the Button Factory, Dublin – 21-10-23 A quick return visit to Dublin for Protomartyr for a Saturday night […]
The National – 3 Arena – Live Review – 21/09/23
The National – 3 Arena – Live Review – 21/09/23 by Killian Laher The National always struck me as one of these bands that got very popular by accident, never really meant […]
Wilco – 3Olympia – Live Review
Wilco – 3Olympia – Live Review by Killian Laher Friday 8th September 2023 Wilco’s first Dublin gig in seven years sold out some time ago. Forget your “dadrock’ clichés, there was a […]
Glassworks, Philip Glass – Crash Ensemble – The Complex – Review
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Bulmers Live at Leopardstown – 27/07/23
Bulmers Live at Leopardstown – 27/07/23 “Let me see the colts That will run next year Show them to a gambling man Thinking of the future” Let Me See the Colts by […]
Music Town – The Complex – 27/07/23 – Live Review
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 […]
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
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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
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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 […]
No More Workhorse 