The first day of Dublin’s newest music festival kicked off last night (28-06-13), with a variety of new and interesting bands descending on the capital. It was one of those evenings where […]
Youbloom – Review – Friday 28-06-13
The Breeders – Vicar St. 14/6/13 – Review
The last time the Breeders graced these shores was back in 2008. They played Vicar St. then too but they were touring their ‘not-so-great-so-maybe-they-should-stop-for-while-because-they’ve-lost-their-mojo-and-all-of-their-orginal-line-up’ album Mountain Battles. Thankfully tonight, their joyous and […]
Widowspeak – Workman’s Club – 26-05-13
Widowspeak are an indie rock band from New York and consists of guitarist and vocalist Molly Hamilton and guitarist Robert Earl Thomas. Last night in the Workman’s Club Dublin (25-05-13) they took […]
Mac DeMarco – Workman’s Club – 19-05-13 – Review
On entering the venue last night, I was greeted by one of the strangest sites I’ve seen in recent times. Sean Nicholas Savage on stage, looking like an office worker at an […]
Rebekka Karijord – Workman’s Club – Review – 18-05-13
Rebekka Karijord returned to the Workman’s club four months after her last visit. She said she was delighted to be back in Dublin, and that their previous gig was the best in […]
Mountains – Twisted Pepper – Gig Review – 09/05/13
Mountains took to the stage a little before 10 in the basement venue in Twisted Pepper. They said hello and thanked us for coming which was a little unexpected, as a lot […]
Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin – Sunday Review – 05/05/13 – Pictish Trail, Kid Canaveral, Forrests etc
The day after the night before. It’s always hard to go at day two of these things with as much vigour as you did the previous day, but where there’s a will, […]
Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin – Saturday Review – 04/05/13 Echo & the Bunnymen, Fionn Regan, PVT etc.
My biggest fear at events like this is that I’ll be at the wrong gigs, that I’ll miss the one that everyone ends up talking about, the defining point of a generation, […]
Night Beds – Workman’s Club – 19-04-13 – Review
Night Beds are a five piece from Nashville, and the brain child of ‘Rocky mountain reared‘ Winston Yellen. Their music is guitar driven but not in a loud/ triumphant fashion and often […]
Rachel Zeffira – Unitarian Church – 14-04-13 – Review
‘You can talk if you want’ said Rachel as she took her seat in front of the piano to a deadly silent crowd after the initial clapping and cheers had died down! […]
Willy Mason – Whelans – 14-03-13 – Review
Willy Mason arrived on stage to in Whelans a little after half nine to a huge cheer from the crowd! I had forgotten how much people like him. It surprised me last […]
Homeboy Sandman – Sugar Club – 09-03-13 – Review
Homeboy Sandman took the stage in the Sugar club (a seated venue not ideal for a hip-hop gig) a little after 11. The crowd was an average Saturday night crew, with everyone […]
The Unthanks – Peppercanister Church – Review
Lisa O’Neill opened the evening, as she has done at a number of folk gigs I’ve been to recently! Her wit and charm work the crowd nicely, and there’s talk of a […]
Linnea Olsson – Workman’s Club – 02/03/13 – Review
A nicely packed, candlelit Workman’s club greeted Linnea as she came on stage to perform the first gig of her UK and Ireland tour of her debut album Ah! After sneaking onstage […]
Mark Eitzel – Workman’s Club – 22/02/2013 – Review
‘Welcome to my second annual farewell tour’ are the words that Mark greets his audience with, and so it begins, another night of self-deprecating humor and some of the best love songs […]
Southern Tenant Folk Union – Whelans – 15/02/13 – Review
It would be hard not to enjoy a Southern Tenant Folk Union gig. They bustle with positive energy on the stage, playing their instruments with wide smiles and telling quirky stories in […]
Rebekka Karijord – The Workmans Club – 18/01/13 – Review
The cosy red walls of The Workman’s Club give the venue a certain warmth, a welcomed contrast to the miserable winters night that Dublin city had become. Dimly lit with candle’s, the […]
Father John Misty – Workmans Club – Review
Father John Misty or J TIllman or Joshua as his parents called him is an unusual man. He left the happy confines of a very successful band, as he was the drummer […]
Dirty Three – Button Factory – Review
I arrived at the Button factory to hear the end of the Zun Zun Egui set, who played support on the night. They are a lively four piece band, with guitars and […]
Bon Iver, O2 Dublin – Review
The first time I saw Bon Iver was at 2pm in the afternoon at All Tomorrow’s Parties in Camber Sands (the South of England) in 2008. It was a week before ‘For […]
Beck’s Vier Weekender – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Meeting House Square – Review
Part two of the all brass challenge took place in Meeting House square last night, underneath the strange umbrellas that now dominate the square. I say umbrella, but they’re concave not convex […]
Beck’s Vier Weekender – Hot 8 Brass Band – Meeting House Square – Review
I managed to get to this gig, despite being hard hit by man flu, but sadly not in time to see the North Strand Kontra Band, who are generally top notch, […]
