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 – Mark Eitzel
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 […]
Flasher – Constant Image – Album Review
Flasher – Constant Image – Album Review by Killian Laher The unfortunately named Flasher are making serious waves in their native Washington DC. The trio recently released their debut full-length album and […]
How I learned to Love Lloyd
How I learned to Love Lloyd – Lloyd Cole and the Commotions – Rattlesnakes by Killian Laher Lloyd Cole popped up in the mid-eighties at a time of bookish, literate guitar groups […]
Live Music in Dublin – 26-11-18
Live Music in Dublin – 26-11-18 As we hit December, you can see a lot of home grown talent on stage in Dublin. This week could be the start of it, with […]
Preview – Glasshouse – Orphée by Jóhann Jóhannsson – Unitarian Church – 9/12/18
Preview – Glasshouse – Orphée by Jóhann Jóhannsson – Unitarian Church – 9/12/18 Photo by Kasia Kaminska Glasshouse have been putting on some interesting gigs around Dublin for the last few years […]
Looking back to Lou Reed
Looking back to Lou Reed (via the Velvet Underground and Nico) – by Killian Laher Not so long after becoming a teenager, I became aware of Lou Reed, through the one song […]
Smashing Pumpkins – Shiny And Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP – Album Review
Smashing Pumpkins – Shiny And Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. – Album Review by Killian Laher Four years on from Monuments for an Elegy, […]
Woman Undone – Project Arts Centre – Review
Woman Undone – Project Arts Centre – Review by Frank L. Woman Undone – Brokentalkers with Project Arts Centre, Mermaid Arts Centre and LÓKAL Performing Arts Photos by Fionn McCann Feidlim Cannon […]
Interpol – Olympia Theatre – Live Review – 18/11/18
Interpol – Olympia Theatre – Live Review – 18/11/18 – by Killian Laher Fifteen or so years on after their heyday, Interpol still manage to play three pretty much sold out shows […]
Live Music in Dublin – 19-11-18
Live Music in Dublin – 19-11-18 The last time the Unknown Mortal Orchestra were seen in Dublin, they were blowing away Forbidden Fruit in the height of Summer! Now, it’s back to […]
Ed Harcourt – Beyond the End – Album Review
Ed Harcourt – Beyond the End – Album Review by Killian Laher Ed Harcourt has released seven albums of singer-songwriter music, ranging in intensity and mood since his debut in 2001, Here […]
Interview with Gary Keegan – Brokentalkers – Woman Undone
Interview with Gary Keegan – Brokentalkers – Woman Undone Find out more about Brokentalkers here. Gary Keegan of Brokentalkers talks about “Woman Undone”, a re-imagining of the extraordinary life of one of […]
Recovery – Project Arts Centre – Review
Recovery – Project Arts Centre – Review From 08 – 10 Nov The production starts with a screening of Bruce Springsteen and band playing ‘Dancing in the Dark’ in front of a massive […]
Interview with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh – This is How we Fly – Pavilion Theatre – 15/11/18
Interview with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh – This is How we Fly – Pavilion Theatre – 15/11/18 We had the chance to put some questions to Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh of This is How […]
Ryley Walker – The Lillywhite Sessions – Album Review
Ryley Walker – The Lillywhite Sessions – Album Review by Killian Laher Ryley Walker follows up his prog-rock messy Deafman Glance album just six months later with a cover of an unreleased […]
Live Music in Dublin – 12-11-18
Live Music in Dublin – 12-11-18 We’ve been waiting for this week for a while now, as Courtney Barnett is finally in town! Strangely, her collaborator Kurt Vile is also playing Dublin […]
Live Music in Dublin – 05-11-18
Live Music in Dublin – 05-11-18 This is a week dominated by U2’s return to Dublin, with their various performances at the 3Arena. For those willing to ignore their presence, there are […]
No More Workhorse 