Not Waving & Dark Mark – Downwelling – Album Review by Killian Laher Not Waving is the name for the electronic music of Alessio Natalizia, and Dark Mark is none other than […]
Not Waving & Dark Mark – Downwelling – Album Review
Live Music in Dublin – 06-08-19
Live Music in Dublin – 06-08-19 It’s a time of the year for festivals, so I guess the Dublin venues are not exactly packed out! If you’re looking for something to dance […]
Album of the Week – 2/08/19 – Florist – Emily Alone
Album of the Week – 2/08/19 August sure is sleepy! Another week that proves this slot wasn’t the best idea! Some weeks, there really isn’t an album of the week. Or at […]
All Together Now – All Curious Minds
All Together Now – All Curious Minds August Bank Holiday Weekend – 2nd – 4th Aug 2019 – Curraghmore Estate, County Waterford With All Together Now only days away, we’re getting more […]
Live Music in Dublin – 29-07-19
Live Music in Dublin – 29-07-19 The All Together Now Festival is easily the biggest event of the weekend! It’s long since sold out and not in Dublin, so it’s not on […]
Lloyd Cole – Guesswork – Album Review
Lloyd Cole – Guesswork – Album Review by Killian Laher These days there seem to be longer intervals between Lloyd Cole albums. It’s been six years since his last song-based output, Standards. […]
Album of the Week – 26/07/19 – Violent Femmes – Hotel Last Resort
Album of the Week – 26/07/19 Another week without anything screaming for your attention. There are some new interesting works, with Lloyd Cole (Guesswork), Dude York (Falling) and Maneka (Devin) which is […]
Ezra Furman – Button Factory – Live Review – 24/07/19
Ezra Furman – Button Factory – Live Review – 24/07/19 ‘Tell no one what happened here tonight’ said Ezra towards the end of the set. It does make the role of the […]
Live Music in Dublin – 22-07-19
Live Music in Dublin – 22-07-19 Ezra Furman returns to Dublin for possibly the highlight of the week! Otherwise, Josh Ritter is in the NCH for two nights. One you may not […]
Album of the Week – 19/07/19 – The Quiet Temple
Album of the Week – 19/07/19 – The Quiet Temple – The Quiet Temple Some weeks you’re spoiled for choice and you’d like to pick more than one! This week is the […]
Joan As Policewoman – Liberty Hall – Live Review – 13/07/19
Joan As Policewoman – Liberty Hall – Live Review – 13/07/19 Find other Selective Memory gigs here. Despite the amazing amount of gigs in Dublin in the last few weeks, it was […]
Live Music in Dublin – 15-07-19
Live Music in Dublin – 15-07-19 The Iveagh Gardens series continues, with Garbage, Burt Bacharach and more this week. If you’re looking for something in a smaller venue, we’d recommend Kevin Morby […]
IDLES – Iveagh Gardens – Live Review – 11-07-19
IDLES – Iveagh Gardens – Live Review – 11-07-19 by Killian Laher IDLES / Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever / the claque – Iveagh Gardens, Dublin There are a LOT of concerts on […]
Album of the Week – 12/07/19 – Purple Mountains
Album of the Week – 12/07/19 Some weeks it’s a struggle to come up with an album you’d recommend, and other weeks we have something as exciting as the return of David […]
Live Music in Dublin – 08-07-19
Live Music in Dublin – 08-07-19 After the Trinity Series last week, the Iveagh Gardens really kick into high gear, with Idles, the Villagers and Mac DeMarco! There really is something for […]
Damien Dempsey – Iveagh Gardens – 6-07-19 – Live Review
Damien Dempsey – Iveagh Gardens – 6-07-19 – Live Review by Killian Laher Damien Dempsey has established himself as one of the foremost ‘traditional’ Irish singers of the last 20 years. Those […]
Eddie Vedder/ Glen Hansard – 3Arena – Live Review – 03/07/19
Eddie Vedder/Glen Hansard – 3 Arena, Dublin – Live Review – 03/07/19 by Killian Laher Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder rounded off his European tour in the 3 Arena. Most of the […]
Album of the Week – 05/07/19 – Jesca Hoop – Stonechild
Album of the Week – 05/07/19 Find our Album of the Week – Spotify Playlist here So, what’s new and exciting this week? Anyone that went to see Julia Jacklin in Whelans […]
Interview with Karl Whitney – Writer of Hit Factories – Part 2
Interview with Karl Whitney – Writer of Hit Factories – Part 2 The book seems to be informed by music from the eighties and nineties, would that be fair? Is music as […]
Live Music in Dublin – 01-07-19
Live Music in Dublin – 01-07-19 The Trinity Series start this week, with Vampire Weekend, Janelle Monae and more besides. Combine that with the Iveagh Garden gigs, and outdoors is the place […]
A House is Dead – I Am Still The Greatest – NCH – Live Review
A House is Dead – I Am Still The Greatest – NCH – Live Review ‘All Art is quite useless according to Oscar Wilde’ – Dave Couse A House are one of […]
Seamus O’Muineachain – City of Lakes – Album Review
Seamus O’Muineachain – City of Lakes – Album Review by Killian Laher Instrumental composer Seamus O’Muineachain has just released his latest album, recorded in Vietnam. It opens with the reverb-y piano of […]
Album of the Week – 28/06/19 – Crumb – Jinx
Album of the Week – 28/06/19 Find our Album of the Week – Spotify Playlist here This is a week with lots and lots of great music and none of it is […]
Interview with Karl Whitney – Writer of Hit Factories – Part 1
Interview with Karl Whitney – Writer of Hit Factories – Part 1 Killian Laher go the chance to put some questions to Karl Whitney, author of Hit Factories. You can see the […]
New Music – Slow Moving Clouds – Swansong/ Starfall
Slow Moving Clouds – Swansong/Starfall (Single Version) For fans of the wonderful dance piece Swan Lake / Loch na hEala which was part of the Dublin Theatre Festival a couple of years […]
Hit Factories by Karl Whitney – Book Review
Hit Factories by Karl Whitney – Book Review by Killian Laher Irish writer Karl Whitney now bases himself in Sunderland, and a couple of years ago embarked on a journey around England, […]
Caught In The Wake Forever – Waypoints – Album Review
Caught In The Wake Forever – Waypoints – Album Review by Killian Laher After two years away, Fraser McGowan returns with a fully instrumental album as Caught In The Wake Forever. It’s […]
Body&Soul 2019 – Friday Review – 21-06-19
Body&Soul 2019 – Friday Review – 21-06-19 Body&Soul is now ten years old and its first night fitting fell on the longest day of the year! The pagan Gods were kind and […]
Live Music in Dublin – 24-06-19
Live Music in Dublin – 24-06-19 Stereolab are in Dublin this week, so what more do you need? There’s plenty more besides as Tame Impala and Roy Ayers also visit. Jessie Buckley […]
No More Workhorse 