Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Rough Trade NYC, Brooklyn, New York – Review by Killian Laher There’s quite a buzz around Australian band Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever.  Due in Ireland in August, […]

Perspectives: Circuit Des Yeux – NCH – Sunday 13th May, 8.30pm When the latest announcements for the Perspective series were made, it included some names you would expect such as Harold Budd […]

Peter Oren – Whelans – Live Review – 5-05-18 by Killian Laher A tough ask, playing upstairs to a sweaty Whelans on a warm bank holiday weekend for two solo artists accompanying […]

Yo La Tengo – Olympia Theatre – Live Review – 28-04-18 – by Killian Laher The Olympia is a relatively large venue for Yo La Tengo.  Although around more than 30 years, […]

Elbow/ John Grant – 3Arena, Dublin – Live Review – 24-02-18 by Killian Laher Dublin’s biggest date night (!) took place in the 3Arena as the large venue was crammed to capacity […]

Morrissey – Three Arena, Dublin – 20-02-18 – Review by Killian Laher The visit of Morrissey to these shores always provides a talking point or three.  The man has plenty of what […]

Malojian – Whelans, Dublin – Live Review – 18-02-18 by Killian Laher Music can be a transformative thing.  An unpromising Sunday night in February, in a sparsely occupied Whelans didn’t promise a […]

The Charlatans – The Academy – Live Review – 10-12-17 by Killian Laher It seemed strange to have perennial indie-rock contenders The Charlatans playing as small a venue as The Academy on […]

Mark Lanegan – Academy – Live Review – 6-12-17 by Killian Laher A regular visitor to these shores, Mark Lanegan returned to Dublin in the height of a European tour. First up […]

Sun Kil Moon – Vicar Street – Live Review – 28-11-17 Review by Killian Laher In a year where Mark Kozelek has released an awful lot of awful music, he and his […]

Protomartyr – The Deaf Institute, Manchester – 15-11-17 – Live Review by Killian Laher Protomartyr play Whelans tomorrw, Saturday the 17-11-17 A very excited crowd crammed into this small, eclectic venue for […]

Alice Cooper – Olympia Theatre – 9/11/17 – Live Reviewby Fran Winston November 8th and 9th 2017 Alice Cooper has morphed from being the much maligned shock rocker that caused uproar with […]

Lisa Canny live at The Bowery – Review by Fran Winston The Bowery – 196 Rathmines Road Lower, Dublin 6 Part of the Oktobersest Live Sereis The Bowery in Rathmines has quickly […]

Ryan Adams – The Olympia, Dublin, 11th September – Review by Killian Laher The question with a Ryan Adams live show is always: which Ryan are you going to get?  The temperamental […]

Courtney Marie Andrews – Whelans – 29-08-17 – Live Review About half way through her set, Courtney told the audience about her first trip to Whelans. She used to jam with an […]

Eric Bibb – National Concert Hall – Live Review – 10-08-17 Part of the Perspectives Series at the National Concert Hall You have to have a lot of charisma to get away […]

Kristin Hersh – National Concert Hall – Live Review – 23-07-17 Part of the Perspectives Series. ‘That was a new song,’ said Kristin as the final chords of Bright faded away. ‘My […]

Alt-J – Trinity College – Review Alt -J have enjoyed a relatively rapid rise to the top. Some bands spend many years surfing the smaller venues before making the break through, whereas […]

Bell X1 – Trinity College – Live Review First off, the logistics. The gigs are held on the cricket pitch. You enter through the Lincoln Place (rear entrance) of Trinity. Less than […]

Radiohead – 3 Arena, Dublin – Live Review by Killian Laher Perhaps the hottest ticket of the year was Radiohead playing for one night only in the 3 Arena.  How would the […]