Beirut – Gallipoli – Album Review by M. Quinn Released – February 1st 2019 The album opens with a banjo and a distant trumpet and we know we are immediately on familiar […]
Beirut – Gallipoli – Album Review
Live Music in Dublin – 28-01-19
Live Music in Dublin – 28-01-19 A mixed bag of music this week but you can see Malcom Middleton on Friday night or even Nightmares on Wax the same night! Hobo Johnson […]
Pearl Jam: The Last Great Big Rock Band
Pearl Jam: The Last Great Big Rock Band – Ten – by Killian Laher First time I heard the name Pearl Jam, the word jam made me turn off, envisaging some flabby, […]
Live Music in Dublin – 21-01-19
Live Music in Dublin – 21-01-19 Yorkston Thorne Khan are in town and playing the Workman’s Club on Tuesday, which should not be missed! Otherwise, there’s Death Cab for Cutie, the Beths […]
New Music – Bayonne – Drastic Measures
New Music – Bayonne – Drastic Measures Something a bit more upbeat than you’re used to hearing from us, but it is hard to resist Bayonne! We have featured Bayonne before on […]
New Music – Inni-k – New Album and Tour
INNI-K ANNOUNCES TOUR + NEW ALBUM – ‘THE HARE AND THE LINE’ Release date: 1st March 2019 Inni-k is about to release her second album in March of this year, which is […]
Interview with Peter O’Brien and Simon O’Rielly – Music Minds Festival
Interview with Peter O’Brien and Simon O’Rielly – Music Minds Festival We had the chance to put some questions to the founders and co-creators of the Music Minds Festival which will take […]
Live Music in Dublin – 14-01-19
Live Music in Dublin – 14-01-19 Another week where it was a struggle to come up with 5 gigs! We do have the visit of the brilliant Adrianne Lenker and there’s also […]
Live Music in Dublin – 08-01-19
Live Music in Dublin – 08-01-19 And we’re back… a little later than expected but January is the slow kid in the corner, so we took an extended break. Here are the […]
The Twilight Sad – It Won/t Be Like This All The Time – Album Review
The Twilight Sad – It Won/t Be Like This All The Time – Album Review by Killian Laher A first album in more than four years for Scottish miserablists The Twilight Sad. […]
A Year in Music – 2018 – Fraser McGowan (Caught In The Wake Forever)
A Year in Music – 2018 – Fraser McGowan (Caught In The Wake Forever) – by Killian Laher It’s been a while since we’ve been in touch. What have you been up to? […]
Competition – Win Tickets to Music Minds Festival – Doolin Hotel, Clare – 19/01/19
Competition – Win Tickets to Music Minds Festival – Doolin Hotel, Co. Clare – 19/01/19 We have two tickets to give away to one lucky winner for the Music Minds Festival at Doolin […]
Steve Gunn – The Unseen In Between – Album Review
Steve Gunn – The Unseen In Between – Album Review by Killian Laher Steve Gunn follows up 2016’s excellent Eyes On The Lines with another collection of songs. No major departure this […]
A Year in Music – 2018 – Chris Hooson (Dakota Suite) – Part 2
A Year in Music – 2018 – Chris Hooson (Dakota Suite) – Part 2 by Killian Laher What are your favourite albums of 2018? Zinovia Arvanitidi – No 21 Ivory Wow, lovely […]
A Year in Music – 2018 – Chris Hooson (Dakota Suite) – Part 1
A Year in Music – 2018 – Chris Hooson (Dakota Suite) – Part 1 by Killian Laher What are your favourite albums of 2018? Aaron Parks – Little Big I have loved […]
Angelo de Augustine – Tomb – Album Review
Angelo de Augustine – Tomb – Album Review by Killian Laher American singer-songwriter Angelo de Augustine returns with his third album, the awkwardly-titled Tomb. The title track which opens the album sees […]
A Look Ahead to 2019 in Music
A Look Ahead to 2019 in Music – by Killian Laher It already looks like a good year in 2019 with lots of new albums on the way. First up will be […]
A Year in Music – 2018 – Jamie Cameron (The Last Dinosaur)
A Year in Music – 2018 – Jamie Cameron (The Last Dinosaur) by Killian Laher It’s been a while since we’ve been in touch. What have you been up to? This year […]
Top 10 Albums of the Year – 2018 – Editor’s Choice
Top 10 Albums of the Year – 2018 – by Morgan Quinn Another good year for music, and isn’t it always! I get very frustrated when people say it was a bad […]
A Year in Music – 2018 – Cathal Cully (Girls Names)
A Year in Music – 2018 – Cathal Cully (Girls Names) by Killian Laher What are your favourite albums of 2018? Pendant – Make Me Know You Sweet Lesilie Winer + Jay […]
A Year in Music – 2018 – Patrick M Barrett (Hedge Schools)
A Year in Music 2018 – Patrick M Barrett (Hedge Schools) – by Killian Laher What are your favourite albums of 2018? Kathryn Joseph – From When I Wake The Want Is. […]
A Year in Music – 2018 – Paul Page (ex-Whipping Boy)
A Year in Music – 2018 – Paul Page (ex-Whipping Boy) – by Killian Laher What are your favourite albums of 2018? Kathryn Joseph’s ‘From When I Wake the Want Is’ was […]
A Year In Music – Niall McCann (Film Director)
A Year In Music – Niall McCann (Film Director) by Killian Laher Records of the year 2018 As usual I didn’t get to listen to as many records as I’d have wished […]
A Year in Music – 2018 – RM Hubbert
A Year in Music – 2018 – RM Hubbert – by Killian Laher What are your favourite albums of 2018? In no particular order : Bananas – Malcolm Middleton Daphne & Celeste […]
A Year in Music – 2018 – Mark Eitzel
A Year in Music – 2018 – Mark Eitzel by Killian Laher It’s been a while since we’ve been in touch. What have you been up to? Ah – I’ve been co-writing […]
A Year In Music – 2018 – Nadine O’Regan (Journalist)
A Year In Music – 2018 – Nadine O’Regan (Journalist) – Interview by Killian Laher What are your favourite albums of 2018? Tough question, but the albums I’ve returned to again and […]
Love Letter to Okkervil River
Love Letter to Okkervil River – by Thomas Slattery Written shortly after Okkervil River’s two recent dates in Ireland (12/10/18- Roisin Dubh, Galway & 13/10/18 – Grand Social, Dublin). One of the gigs […]
Hammock – Universalis – Album Review
Hammock – Universalis – Album Review by Killian Laher After the choral explorations of last year’s Mysterium, Hammock return with a fully instrumental album. This one is unremiittingly lovely. Early on in […]
Albums of the Year – 2018 – Killian Laher
Albums of the Year – 2018 – by Killian Laher Always a struggle to distil the year’s releases into a concise ranking of 10 albums, but here goes: 10. Yo La Tengo […]
No More Workhorse 