Mark Lanegan – Academy – 26-04-16 – Live Review This gig was listed as ‘An Evening with Mark Lanegan’ which always causes concern. Is he going to do a spoken word set […]

Ought – Whelans – 24-04-16 Ought came on stage at half nine to much excitement. They’re a band who have a growing reputation, based on a couple of impressive albums in their […]

Enthusiastic Eunuch Presents – Glenn Jones (Thrill Jockey) Support – Landless & Rue Saturday 23rd April – Arthur’s Bar, Thomas St The last time Glenn Jones played Dublin, it was in an […]

Basia Bulat – Workman’s Club – Live Review – 17-04-16 A Canadian invasion took place in the Workman’s Club last night. It was a surprise to get the Weather Station as the […]

Damien Jurado – Whelans – 15-04-16 Damien Jurado’s first major release came in the form of Waters Ave S on Sub Pop in 1997. Now some thirteen albums and nearly twenty years […]

Sons of Kemet – Sugar Club – 07-04-16 – Review – Promoted by ChoiceCuts and IMC Sons of Kemet are a four piece from Britain that have been making waves over the […]

Abdullah Ibrahim – NCH – Live Review 4-3-16 Abdullah Ibrahim was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1934. He started playing the piano at age nine and performed his first professional […]

Baio – Workman’s Club – 22nd Feb 2016 – Live Review It has been three years since the last Vampire Weekend album ‘Modern Vampires of the City’ and while there is talk […]

Suede – Olympia, Dublin – Live Review by Killian Laher – Photos by M Quinn Passing the Olympia over an hour before the gig there was an old-fashioned queue waiting to see […]

Lanterns On The Lake – The Workman’s Club – Jan 30th 2016 – Gig Review by Andrew Darley Vocalist of Lanterns On The Lake, Hazel Wilde, admitted that the band made a […]

EL VY – Vicar Street – 13-12-15 – Gig Review EL VY’s existence as a band was announced in August of this year, comprising of Matt Berninger, vocalist and lyricist of The […]

Ane Brun – Vicar Street – Live Review by Andrew Darley There was an upbeat mood in Dublin’s Vicar Street as Ane Brun marked the final night of her Directions tour. Backed […]

Glen Austin and the RTE Contempo Quartet – Concert Review by Fran Winston The Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoighre, Co Dublin Saturday 5th December 2015 They say you can tell a good song […]

Chelsea Wolfe – Live Review – at the Button Factory, Dublin by Killian Laher From what I can make out, Chelsea Wolfe is a bit like Blondie, i.e. the name can refer […]

John Grant – Vicar Street – Live Review – 09-11-15 We are the Greatest Mother Fuckers, according to John Grant at least, or so he told us on numerous occasions last night. […]

METZ – Whelans, Dublin, 6th November 2015 – Review by Killian Laher Maybe it was the time of year. Or the murky weather. Or the absence of ‘SOLD OUT’ signs at Whelans. […]

Metropolis – 7/11/15 -Live Review This is the dawning of a new age, the winter festival! Yes, Metropolis is the first to venture into the sleepy pre-Christmas months, and I think it […]

Hot Chip – Metropolis – 7-11-15 – Review Looking slightly like they just stayed on from the web summit after the release of their new killer app, Hot Chip took to the […]

The last time I saw Kristian Matsson live was in Whelans, in June 2010. He was a relatively unknown folk singer playing a small venue. You see a lot of such folk […]

Ezra Furman – Academy – Live Review – 20-10-15 Due to phenomenal demand Ezra Furman was moved to the Academy from the original venue of Whelans, or so the blurb says. He […]

Yo La Tengo – National Concert Hall, Dublin – Live Review by Killian Laher – 15-10-15 The plush National Concert Hall was the venue for Yo La Tengo’s visit to Dublin.  Often […]

The Lemonheads – Academy, Dublin – Gig Review by Killian Laher It was hard to know what to expect from the Lemonheads on a damp Monday night in Dublin in 2015. With […]