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 […]
Live Music in Dublin – 08-01-19
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 […]
Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert – Ghost Stories for Christmas – Album Review
Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert – Ghost Stories for Christmas – Album Review by Killian Laher After this year’s well-received Here Lies The Body album, Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert enjoyed it […]
Live Music in Dublin – 10-12-18
Live Music in Dublin – 10-12-18 We’re in the run up to Christmas and every year, this means a lot of Irish acts returning home to play their local venues! It’s mainly […]
How I Found Neil Young
How I Found Neil Young – by Killian Laher Cooler people than me dropped Neil Young’s name into conversations involving the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan. The extent of my Neil Young […]
Punch Brothers – National Concert Hall – Live Review 19-11-18
Punch Brothers – National Concert Hall – Live Review 19-11-18 – by Paula Wiseman The Punch Brothers were back in Dublin to play the final night of a three week long European […]
Jeff Tweedy – Warm – Album Review
Jeff Tweedy – Warm – Album Review by Killian Laher Maybe this should be titled: Jeff Tweedy goes back to his roots? This, his first fully-fledged solo album, is the most ‘country’ […]
Live Music in Dublin – 03-12-18
Live Music in Dublin – 03-12-18 We’re now firmly in December, which is not the best month for live music, but fear not as there are a few gems knocking around this […]
Federico Albanese – Papper Canister – 30/11/18 – Live Review
Federico Albanese – Papper Canister – 30/11/18 – Live Review Federico Albanese at the Pepper Canister Church, Dublin – Friday 30th Nov Federico Albanese is an Italian composer who lives in Berlin. […]
Hennessy Music Trail at Other Voices
Hennessy Music Trail at Other Voices – 30 Nov – 02 Dec With Other Voices starting today we thought we’d have a look at some of the artists performing as part of […]
No More Workhorse 