Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Whelans, Dublin – Live Review – 21/08/18 Despite an unwieldy name, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever are making waves both in Australia and elsewhere. For their first visit […]

Neurophone – The Stag’s Head, Dublin – Sun 19th Aug – Review by Killian Laher Irish band Neurophone have reformed after 19 years to release an EP Beauty Twisted and play some […]

Joan As Policewoman – Black Box, Belfast – Live Review – 14/08/18 – by Killian Laher A sizeable crowd filled the laid back venue in the Cathedral Quarter of Belfast for the […]

Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert – Grand Social, Dublin – Live Review – 24/07/18 by Killian Laher Support was provided by Siobhan Wilson who played selections from last year’s There Are No […]

My Bloody Valentine – Meltdown Festival, London – Live Review by Killian Laher My Bloody Valentine performed in the salubrious Royal Festival Hall in London as part of the Robert Smith-curated Meltdown […]

The National – Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin, Fri 15th June – Live Review by Killian Laher The genteel surroundings of Donnybrook was the setting for the National’s first visit to Ireland since their […]

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds / Patti Smith – Royal Hospital Kilmainham – Review by Killian Laher Was startled to learn that this was the first Nick Cave and the Bad […]

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Royal Hospital Kilmainham – 6/06/18 – In Photos Nick Cave played the Royal Hospital Kilmainham (with support by Patti Smith) on a memorable night in […]

Patti Smith – Royal Hospital Kilmainham – In Photos Patti Smith played support to Nick Cave on a memorable night in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham – 6/06/18 Setlist People Have the Power […]

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 […]