Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer – Album Review Released on 1st of June LIVE :: BBC Biggest Weekend, Belfast – 25 May Vicar Street, Dublin – 28, 29 & 30 […]
Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer – Album Review
Live Music in Dublin – 21-05-18
Live Music in Dublin – 21-05-18 Hurricanes couldn’t stop them! The Breeders are back in town after their last gig was cancelled. It should be a special one. There’s also a number […]
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Sparkle Hard – Album Review
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Sparkle Hard – Album Review by Killian Laher Stephen Malkmus returns with his seventh album with his rockist band the Jicks. Cast Off opens with plaintive […]
Ryley Walker – Deafman Glance – Album Review
Ryley Walker – Deafman Glance – Album Review by Killian Laher Ryley Walker first came to prominence with a pair of folky, singer-songwriter albums (All Kinds of You and Primrose Green), both […]
3 best ambient albums of 2018 (so far)
We’re only in May and already there have been some excellent ambient releases in 2018. Thanks to our friends at The Mouthchew, here are three superb, headphone-ready releases to transport you to […]
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Rough Trade NYC – Live Review
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, […]
Circuit Des Yeux – NCH – Live Review – 13-05-18
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 […]
Live Music in Dublin – 14-05-18
Live Music in Dublin – 14-05-18 Yes, I’m ignoring the monster gigs, what of it! There’s plenty of small cool ones, so I suggest you ignore Ed and Mick also… Gigs of […]
Beach House – 7 – Album Review
Beach House – 7 – Album Review by Cathy Brown 7 is Beach House’s seventh album and it sees duo Victoria LeGrand and Alex Scally explore new territory without sacrificing the quintessential […]
Launder – Pink Cloud – EP Review
Launder – Pink Cloud – Review by Killian Laher Pink Cloud is the debut EP of John Cudlip. It opens with the lazy, hazy guitar riffs of Wonder, underpinned by an airtight […]
Live Music in Dublin – 07-05-18
Live Music in Dublin – 07-05-18 It’s not a classic week, but there’s still more than enough to keep you occupied if you want to hear some tunes… Gigs of the Week […]
Peter Oren – Whelans – Live Review – 5-05-18
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 […]
Interview with Frances McNamee – The Last Ship – Bord Gais Theatre
Interview with Frances McNamee – The Last Ship 4 Jun 2018 – 9 Jun 2018 When a bona fide rock superstar announces that they are dipping their foot in the world of […]
Circuit Des Yeux – National Concert Hall – Preview
Circuit Des Yeux – National Concert Hall – Preview One band in the Perspective series that may have passed you by is Circuit Des Yeux, who play on the 13th of May. […]
Okkervil River – In The Rainbow Rain – Album Review
Okkervil River – In The Rainbow Rain – Album Review “When I had my tracheotomy, I was blue and stopped breathing, there was something wrong with me.” We are introduced to this […]
Grouper – Grid Of Points – Album Review
Grouper – Grid Of Points – Album Review by Cathy Brown When Liz Harris began recording as Grouper twelve years ago, her elusive songs were guitar focused affairs making judicious use of […]
Live Music in Dublin – 30-04-18
Live Music in Dublin – 30-04-18 Some good music in Dublin this week with Sir Was and the Go! Team being among the highlights! There are lots of interesting sounds to check […]
Yo La Tengo – Olympia Theatre – Live Review – 28-04-18
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, […]
Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert – Here Lies The Body – Album Review
Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert – Here Lies The Body – Album Review by Killian Laher One of the highlights of both Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert’s material in the last six […]
VINYL Dublin – Times
Details of the Vinyl Festival next weekend have just dropped, so we thought we’d share! Full details can be found here!
The Hedge Schools – Magnificent Birds – Album Review
The Hedge Schools – Magnificent Birds – Album Review by Killian Laher Released on 5th May 2018 In an age of short attention spans, online outrage over just about anything, and a […]
Live Music in Dublin – 23-04-18
Live Music in Dublin – 23-04-18 Another good week for gigs in Dublin. The highlight is probably Yo La Tengo in the Olympia next Saturday, but there’s also William McCathy, Ultimate Painting […]
New Music – Cosmo Sheldrake – Come Along
New Music – Cosmo Sheldrake – Come Along Cosmo Sheldrake is a 27 year old from London who released the album “The Much Much How How & I” earlier this month. It […]
Interview with Patrick M Barrett (The Hedge Schools) – Part Two
Interview with Patrick M Barrett (The Hedge Schools) – Part Two by Killian Laher No More Workhorse visited Pat Barrett in his adopted hometown of Kilkenny and had a wide ranging interview […]
Mozart’s The Marriage Of Figaro – Gaiety Theatre – Review
Mozart’s The Marriage Of Figaro – Gaiety Theatre – Review by Patrick Viale 17 April 2018 – 21 April 2018 In its publicity for their production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, […]
Damien Jurado – The Horizon Just Laughed – Album Review
Damien Jurado – The Horizon Just Laughed (Secretly Canadian) – Released on May 4th The album opens with the guitar and string track Allocate, which drifts softly past the listener in a […]
Live Music in Dublin – 16-04-18
Live Music in Dublin – 16-04-18 There are plenty of good things happening in Dublin this week, many of them due to the Musictown Festival, which is in full swing! There’s also […]
Interview with Patrick M Barrett (The Hedge Schools) – Part One
Interview with Patrick M Barrett (The Hedge Schools) – by Killian Laher No More Workhorse visited Pat Barrett in his adopted hometown of Kilkenny and had a wide ranging interview covering an […]
Live Music in Dublin – 09-04-18
Live Music in Dublin – 09-04-18 This week we get to celebrate the return of August Wells, with a new album and a gig in the Workman’s Club! There’s also Goat Girl […]
