Samantha Crain – Whelans – Gig Review – 7-04-17 Musictown Festival runs until April 17th. Samantha Crain played the smaller ‘Upstairs’ venue in Whelans last night. Despite the drum kit in the […]
Samantha Crain – Whelans – Gig Review – 7-04-17
Jens Lekman – Whelans – Gig Review – 28-03-17
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 – Workmans Club – Gig Review – 03-03-17
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
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 – Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire – Gig Review – 18-02-17
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
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 […]
Good Gig Guide – Feb 2017
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 – Gig Review – 13-12-16
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 – Pepper Canister Church – 1-12-16 – Gig Review
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
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
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 – 15-11-16
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 – Gig Review – 2-11-16
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 – Gig Review – 19-10-16
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 – Gig Review
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 […]
Bleed – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Bleed – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review Dates Sep 21 – 25 @ 19:30 & 21:15 – Tickets €15 / €13 conc. Duration 60 mins – Venue: 13 North Great George’s Street North […]
This Is How We Fly – Spiegeltent – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
This Is How We Fly – Spiegeltent – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review Date Sep 18 @ 19:00 / Site opens 18:00 – Tickets €18 Duration 90 mins – Venue: Spiegeltent @ Merrion […]
Music in Monkstown – 11th September – Navarra Shine
Music in Monkstown – 11th September – Navarra Shine in MIM – Review by P McGovern The Navarra String Quartet’s concert which closed MIM last evening was chamber music at its best. […]
Music in Monkstown – Mairead Buicke and Anthony Byrne – Concert Review
Music in Monkstown – 9 – 11 September – Mairead Buicke and Anthony Byrne – Review by P McGovern In the second of this year’s concerts in Monkstown Parish Church, Mairead Buicke, […]
Music in Monkstown – John O’Conor – Review
Music in Monkstown 9 – 11 September 2016 – Review by P McGovern Most Dubliners know Monkstown Parish Church, an unmissable landmark on the village triangle. What they may not know is […]
Lloyd Cole – Vicar Street – Gig Review – 26-08-16
Lloyd Cole – Vicar St, Dublin – Gig Review by Killian Laher – 26-08-16 Lloyd Cole was always a kind of nearly man. Best remembered as frontman of Lloyd Cole and the […]
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Vicar Street – Gig Review – 21-08-16
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Vicar Street – Gig Review – 21-08-16 Godspeed You! Black Emperor are much revered in Post-rock circles, if there are such things! They disappeared after the release […]
Yorkston/ Thorne/ Khan – Workman’s Club – Gig Review – 07-08-16
Yorkston/ Thorne/ Khan – Workman’s Club – Gig Review – 07-08-16 For the last night of their Irish tour, Yorkston/ Thorne/ Khan played the Workman’s club last Sunday evening. The trio arrived […]
Suede – Absolut Big Top – 23-07-16 – GIAF – Live Review
Suede – Absolut Big Top – 23-07-16 – Live Review @ the Galway International Arts Festival Suede were the last band to play the Absolut Big Top, after an impressive run of […]
Body & Soul Festival Review 2016 – Sat 18-06-16
Day Two of the festival and spirits remained high. The rain had held off so far, but there was little sign of the sun despite weather reports to the contrary! The day […]
Forbidden Fruit 2016 – Sunday Review
Forbidden Fruit Festival 2016 – Sunday Review by Fran Winston Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8 – Sunday June 5th 2016 I’m not gonna lie – having undertaken a mammoth amount of work […]
Bulmers Forbidden Fruit 2016 – Saturday Review
Bulmers Forbidden Fruit 2016 – Saturday Review This day had a good mix of sounds, with the main stage finishing with the wonderful Tame Impala but also included acts such as Battles […]
Tame Impala – Forbidden Fruit – 04-06-16
Tame Impala – Forbidden Fruit – 04-06-16 I was slightly concerned about Tame Impala headlining a music festival. They are a band whose popularity has rocketed in recent years, with their third […]
Max Richter – National Concert Hall – 29-05-16 – Live Review
Perspectives: Max Richter Ensemble – National Concert Hall, Dublin, 29th May – Live Review by Killian Laher Anybody foregoing the delights of Bruce Springsteen in Croke Park for the more salubrious surrounds […]
No More Workhorse 