Eddie Vedder – 3Arena – Live Review – 09-06-17 – Review by Killian Laher Eddie Vedder has been touring with Glen Hansard for the last few weeks. Unusually, there doesn’t seem to […]

Forbidden Fruit Monday – Kilmainham – Photos – 05-06-17 Bon Iver visited Dublin for the first time in 5 years and the first time since the release of their 22, A Million […]

Perspectives: Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Andy Sheppard – National Concert Hall – 25-05-17 – Live Review Find out more about the Perspectives Series here. How do you hope to celebrate your 80th […]

Angel Olsen – Vicar Street – Live Review – 20-05-17 Saturday 20 May 2017  – Angel Olsen – Cork Opera House, Cork Sunday 21 May 2017  – Angel Olsen – Empire Music […]

Perisonic – Smock Alley – Music Current 2017 – Review by Frank L. Created by Grainne Mulvey, Fergal Dowling, Scott McLaughlin and Mihail Cucu. Music Current 2017 – Dublin Sound Lab Sat […]

Joe Chester – Unitarian Church, Dublin with special guests The Hedge Schools and Pine the Pilcrow Review by Killian Laher Photo by Julie Bienvenu A concert in a church certainly has a […]

Ryley Walker, Whelans, Dublin – Gig Review – 16-04-17 – by Killian Laher A quick return visit by Ryley Walker to Ireland, just under a year since his last. As a vocal […]

The Jesus and Mary Chain, Academy, Dublin – Review by Killian Laher The Jesus and Mary Chain played their second gig in Dublin inside 3 years. Significantly, this took place in the […]

Jens Lekman – Whelans – Gig Review – 28-03-17 In February of this year, Jens Lekman released his fourth album ‘Life Will See You Now’ on Secretly Canadian. The Swedish folk singer […]

Emma Pollock / RM Hubbert live at The Workmans Club, Dublin Dolittle presents Chemikal Underground’s Emma Pollack and RM Hubbert Friday March 3rd – Review by Killian Laher Emma Pollock, formerly of […]

The Divine Comedy – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Gig Review – 26-02-17 Lisa O’Neill was the support on the night. She came on stage a little after eight and sang an […]

Josh Ritter (Solo) – Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire – Gig Review – 18-02-17 Josh arrived on stage a little after eight pm last night to a huge ovation from the audience. He’s […]

Mark Eitzel – Whelans – Gig Review – 12-02-17 by Killian Laher Photos by M Quinn It’s easy to think the moment has passed for Mark Eitzel. Not that he or his […]

The much loved, lauded and lionized ‘Good Gig Guide’ is back with its February 2017 edition. See what you can find below and let me know if I left anything tasty out! February […]

Low: A Christmas Performance, Christchurch, Dublin – 13-12-16 – Gig Review by Killian Laher Tickets sold out weeks ago for a rare chance to hear Low perform their Christmas album in a […]

Glasshouse Perform Ólafur Arnalds – “…And They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness” – Pepper Canister Church – 1-12-16 – Gig Review by Frank L. “…and they have escaped the weight of […]

Agnes Obel – Vicar Street – Gig Review – 01-12-16 Danish singer Agnes Obel has recently released her third studio album ‘Citizen of Glass’. It is a complex and subtle album, with […]

Primal Scream – Olympia, Dublin – Gig Review – 30-11-16 by Killian Laher When Primal Scream first appeared in the back end of the eighties, they seemed like they would be a […]

Dinosaur Jr. – Vicar Street – Gig Review by Killian Laher Dinosaur Jr have been around for 30 years.  They were never part of any movement or trend, they pre-dated grunge and […]

An Evening with Kristin Hersh – Pavilion Theatre – Review by Peter McNally The Pavillion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire, November 2nd 2016 Ostensibly ‘An Evening with Kristin Hersh’ is a showcase for her […]

Le Butcherettes – The Workman’s Club, October 19 2016 – Live Review by Peter McNally Le Butcherettes’ Teri Gender Bender begins the evening with a classic misdirect. Standing well back from the microphone […]

Stars of the Lid – National Concert Hall, Dublin – 09-10-16 – Review by Killian Laher Stars of the Lid have been unfurling carefully put together compositions at a painstakingly slow pace […]