Protomartyr – Relatives in Descent – Album Review by Killian Laher Bands reviving the post-punk sound were everywhere in the early to mid noughties. They captured that nervous, jerky rhythm, slow brooding […]
This is How we Fly – Foreign Fields – Album Review 2018 / 28th Jan: Templebar Trad Fest, St Michan’s Church, Dublin With the minimum of fuss, the second album from four […]
Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions – Son of a Lady – Review by Killian Laher Hope Sandoval, with Colm O’Ciosóg release a sort of short, companion EP to last year’s fine […]
Lisa Canny live at The Bowery – Review by Fran Winston The Bowery – 196 Rathmines Road Lower, Dublin 6 Part of the Oktobersest Live Sereis The Bowery in Rathmines has quickly […]
The Horrors – V – Album Review by Killian Laher After a gap of three years since the uninspired Luminous album, The Horrors are back with their fifth album. Here they have […]
New Music – The Breeders – Wait in the Car This will be the first album from the Breeders since Mountain Battles in 2008? That is a seriously long time. Kim Deal […]
RM Hubbert – Recovery Ep 2 – Review by Killian Laher Scottish guitarist RM Hubbert has been channeling his recovery from depression into his music. A couple of months ago he released […]
Live Music in Dublin – 2-10-17 So, as you’re probably aware the big music event this week is Grizzly Bear for two nights in Vicar Street! Otherwise, check out the Bowery which […]
Mark Kozelek with Ben Boye and Jim White – Album Review by Killian Laher Or another review of another Mark Kozelek-related release. Even by Mark Kozelek’s standards this has been an extremely […]
New Music – Wolf Parade – Valley Boy A taster for the new Wolf Parade Album, which is released next week, on the 6th of October. It should be a lot of […]
Radio Rosario – axis:Ballymun – DTF – Review Sept 28-29 “If love is losing, what are you going to do? Start hating just so you can be on the winning side?” This […]
Clang Sayne – Irish Tour Dates Clang Sayne are a four piece from Ireland deserving of your attention. They have an usual mix of instruments and tender vocal harmonies. If you haven’t […]
New Music – Shigeto – Don’t Trip (ft. Silas Green) Something a bit different, but will keep the dance floors packed… With his new album due Oct 6th via Ghostly International, Shigeto has shared new single “Don’t […]
Live Music in Dublin – 25-09-17 Did you manage to get tickets for LCD Soundsystem? If so, you can feel very smug! If not, there’s lots of other things that are worth […]
Mark Lanegan – Still Life With Roses – Gargoyle Remixes – Album Review by Killian Laher Over Mark Lanegan’s lengthy recording career, he has been very gradually introducing electronic instruments into his […]
Tomboy Survival Guide – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review Dates Sep 21 – 23 @ 21:00 Tickets €18/ €16 conc. Duration 90 mins Venue: Abbey Theatre on the Peacock Stage Ivan Coyote […]
Misery Hill: The Songs & Tall Tales of Jerry Fish – Part One – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review Dates Sep 20 – 23 @ 21:00 – Tickets €20/ €18 conc. Duration […]
Live Music in Dublin – 18-09-17 Not a classic, but hard to complain when you have The National in town! There’s also Ennio Morricone and Siv Jakobsen, along with a host of […]
MDLSX – Project Arts Centre – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review Dates Sep 15 – 16 @ 20:30 – Tickets €16/ €14 conc. Duration 80 mins – Venue: Project Arts Centre, Space […]
This Is How We Fly – Foreign Fields Album Launch If you are not up to your eyes with the Fringe Festival, then we’d strongly recommend you check out This Is How […]
Gladys and the Gutter Stars – Smock Alley – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review by David Minogue Dates Sep 12-14 @18:45 Tickets €14/ €12 conc. Duration 60 mins Other performance Sep 16-17 @ […]
Ryan Adams – The Olympia, Dublin, 11th September – Review by Killian Laher The question with a Ryan Adams live show is always: which Ryan are you going to get? The temperamental […]
NEON Western – Samuel Beckett Theatre – Dublin Fringe Festival – Review by David Minogue Dates Sep 09 -10/13 -17 @ 20:00 – Tickets€16/ €14 conc. Duration 90 mins – Other performance […]
Live Music in Dublin – 11-09-17 Some big hitters on the Indie scene this week, with Ryan Adams and The National both playing. There are also bands such as Clap Your Hands […]
Micah P. Hinson – The Holy Strangers – Album Review IRISH TOUR – 05 October – Voodoo, Belfast 06 October – Roisin Dubh, Galway 07 October – Cyprus Avenue, Cork 08 October […]
Lee Ranaldo – Electric Trim – Album Review by Killian Laher Former Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo follows up 2012’s Between The Times and Tides by teaming up with ex bandmate Steve […]
Interview with Timmy Creed – Spliced – Dublin Fringe Festival We had the chance to talk to Timmy Creed, writer/ performer of Spliced at the Dublin Fringe Festival. We asked him about […]
Neil Young – Hitchhiker – Album Review by Killian Laher Not a new album as such, but a previously unearthed collection of acoustic Neil Young songs from 1976. He was clearly on […]
Live Music in Dublin – 04-09-17 Tori Amos is in town, and it’s hard to look any further for our gig of the week! There’s also American Football, a band I seem […]
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