It’s a pretty damn fine week ahead, with some great music. Too much actually, with a couple of tough choices to make. Mark Lanegan is in the Academy for a couple of […]
Dublin Event Guide (25-04-16 – 1-05-16)
Recovery – Project Arts Centre – Review
Recovery – Project Arts Centre – Review 19 April 2016-23 April 2016 8.15pm The programme for this production is in the form of a slightly over sized inlay booklet for a CD. […]
The Barber of Seville – Bord Gáis Energy Theatre – Review
The Barber of Seville – Wide Open Opera Company at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre – Review by P McGovern 20 Apr 2016 – 23 Apr 2016 If the first performance of Rossini’s […]
New Music – Star Parks – Loose Ends
The track below ‘Loose Ends’ by Star Parks is a blissed out piano sound that builds with horns and backing singers to something big and bold. It comes off the album ‘Don’t […]
Basia Bulat – Workman’s Club – Live Review – 17-04-16
Basia Bulat – Workman’s Club – Live Review – 17-04-16 A Canadian invasion took place in the Workman’s Club last night. It was a surprise to get the Weather Station as the […]
Irish Festival Guide 2016 – Interlude @ RHA
Another Festival to add to the list, and this one does not require wellies or a tent! The Interlude Festival takes place at the RHA between June 24th and 26th and has […]
Dublin Event Guide (18-04-16 – 24-04-16)
There’s some really good gigs this week with Explosions in the Sky, Kimya Dawson & Little Wings and Ought among many others. It’s rare to have so many to choose from! Cascando […]
Damien Jurado – Whelans – Live Review – 15-04-16
Damien Jurado – Whelans – 15-04-16 Damien Jurado’s first major release came in the form of Waters Ave S on Sub Pop in 1997. Now some thirteen albums and nearly twenty years […]
New Music – David Collier – Smacht
David Collier – Smacht Irish Composer David Collier has just released an album by the name of Smacht on the Ergodos label. It’s a collection of three songs with Smacht featuring twice […]
New Music – M Craft – Blood Moon
I’ve always been a fan of music written in cabins, or at least press releases written in them! Am I being too cynical? This was written in a cabin on the edge […]
Good Gig Guide – April 2016
So, there’s lots of gig guides around, not not like this one. This is a gig guide of the events that tickle our fancy in some random sense. Think of it as […]
Clint Mansell – High-Rise OST – Album Review
Clint Mansell – High-Rise OST – Album Review by Killian Laher Clint Mansell, formerly of Pop Will Eat Itself, has moved far beyond that band with a career in film composition stretching […]
Dublin Event Guide (11-04-16 – 17-04-16)
The MusicTown Festival is in full swing and has lots of odd ball events to check out! Otherwise, there’s a good selection of gigs including Damien Jurado and Giant Sand in Whelans […]
Parquet Courts – Human Performance – Album Review
Parquet Courts – Human Performance – Album Review by Killian Laher Album number five from New York band Parquet Courts is very much business as usual, with a bunch of slacker guitar-rock […]
New Music – Frankie Cosmos – Outside with the Cuties
“I haven’t written this part yet Will you help me write it?” – Frankie Cosmos – Outside with the Cuties This is as gentle, delicate song by the wonderful Frankie Cosmos, who […]
Aidan Moffat – Where You’re Meant To Be – Album Review
Aidan Moffat – Where You’re Meant To Be – Album Review by Killian Laher In 2014, Aidan Moffat made a film documenting traditional Scottish music, rewriting and touring these songs. He has […]
Sons of Kemet – Sugar Club – Review
Sons of Kemet – Sugar Club – 07-04-16 – Review – Promoted by ChoiceCuts and IMC Sons of Kemet are a four piece from Britain that have been making waves over the […]
New Music – Trashcan Sinatras – Wild Pendulum
Trashcan Sinatras Announce New Album Wild Pendulum, produced by Mike Mogis, for May 13th. Without exaggeration, the Trashcan Sinatras are in my top five live bands of all time! They really capture […]
Mogwai – Atomic OST – Album Review
Mogwai – Atomic OST – Album Review by Killian Laher Mogwai’s eleventh album, and third full soundtrack is their most electronic to date. A soundtrack to the Mark Cousins movie Atomic about […]
Solar Bears – Advancement – Album Review
Solar Bears – Advancement – Album Review by Killian Laher Irish electronica duo Solar Bears return with their third album; Advancement. For the uninitiated, their recorded output tends to lean more towards […]
Irish Festival Guide 2016 – Borris Festival Announce Michael Chabon, Martin Hayes and More…
The Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas continues to punch above its weight, with a new list of artists announced which includes Michael Chabon, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures […]
Farewell to TXFM
Farewell to TXFM, we hardly knew ye! Yesterday we were greeted with the news that TXFM would cease to trade with the loss of 6 full time jobs. It’s a little over […]
Irish Festival Guide 2016 – Body&Soul Festival Announces Second Round of Acts
One of the strangest head liners in a while have just been announced in the Gloaming, but when you think about it, it makes perfect sense. Anyone that can sell out the […]
New Irish Music – Dylan Tighe – Wabi-Sabi Soul
Dylan Tighe is back with a new album ‘Wabi-Sabi Soul’ which will be released next month. He also has a couple of interesting gigs/ events including a 3D Listening party at the […]
Bob Mould – Patch The Sky – Album Review
Bob Mould – Patch The Sky – Album Review by Killian Laher Bob Mould’s twelfth solo album arrives less than two years after his last, 2014’s Beauty & Ruin. That album was […]
Win Tickets to Sons of Kemet – Wednesday 6th April – Sugar Club
We have two tickets to give away to one lucky winner for Sons of Kemet on Wednesday 6th April at the Sugar Club. To be in with a chance of winning – […]
Dublin Event Guide (28-03-16 – 3-04-16)
The revolution is upon us! The 1916 celebrations are in full swing and getting very hard to ignore! There’s lots of talks, theatre and musical events around the city celebrating the failed […]
Richmond Fontaine – You Can’t Go Back If There’s Nothing To Go Back To – Album Review
Richmond Fontaine – You Can’t Go Back If There’s Nothing To Go Back To – Album Review by Killian Laher Richmond Fontaine release their tenth album of a twenty-odd year career, and […]
Irish Festival Guide 2016 – Groove Festival Line Up Announced
The Line up for the Groove Festival has Sat 2nd & Sun 3rd July at the lovely Killruddery House, Bray, Co Wicklow. The day by day breakdown is below as well as […]
No More Workhorse 