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 […]
Live Music in Dublin – 22-07-19
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 […]
Album of the Week – 21/06/19 – Black Pumas
Album of the Week – 21/06/19 The problem with picking an album of the week, is that there’s some week where nothing really grabs your attention! The new Hot Chip release would […]
Body&Soul – Sunday Music Guide
Body&Soul – Sunday Music Guide Find full details on Sunday’s line up here. With the festival only hours away, it’s so close I can feel it! In most festivals, Sunday is the […]
Red House Painters – Songs for a Blue Guitar
Red House Painters – Songs for a Blue Guitar by Killian Laher As grunge fizzled out and the nineties wore on, I found myself in need of more thoughtful, quieter music. A […]
Body&Soul – Saturday Music Guide
Body&Soul – Saturday Music Guide Get the Time Table for Saturday here. This is when the festival really kicks into high gear, with Modeselektor and the Sleaford Mods on the main Body&Soul […]
Body&Soul – Friday Music Guide
Body&Soul – Friday Music Guide Full Timetable is available here. We’ll attempt to ignore the headliners which you should already know! Here are some of the other interesting bands to discover. The […]
Live Music in Dublin – 17-06-19
Live Music in Dublin – 17-06-19 Festival season is in full swing and the big event this week is Body&Soul! It’s only a short hop from Dublin, so it’s included here! There […]
Album of the Week – 14-06-19 – Bill Callahan – Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest – Album Review
Album of the Week – 14-06-19 Ok, so everyone knows we love Bill Callahan. If you’re not sure about it, you can read our review here. “The songs here are brittle and […]
Screaming Trees – Dust
Screaming Trees – Dust – by Killian Laher The Screaming Trees never got the attention that Alice In Chains or Soundgarden received in the nineties, nor the adulation bestowed on Nirvana and […]
No More Workhorse 