Valet – Nature – Album Review by Killian Laher Valet’s latest album Nature sure as hell conjures up lazy summer days, from the languid chords and Honey Owen’s blissed out vocal on […]
Valet – Nature – Album Review
Things To Do In Dublin (25-05-15 – 31-05-15)
I guess it’s officially summer? This week is packed with festivals and events. This week there’s the Foo Fighters at Slaine and Forbidden Fruit, along with the Life Festival in Belvedere House. […]
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – Loin Des Hommes OST – Album Review
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – Loin Des Hommes OST – Album Review by Killian Laher Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have dipped into instrumental soundtrack work with increasing regularity in the […]
Yes
Ireland, it’s time to change the world. Time to be the first country in the world to vote in Gay Marriage. Let’s make history. Get out and vote… Yes We Can Can […]
Steve Gunn – Workman’s Club – 21-05-15
A gig that almost slipped through our net, is Steve Gunn tonight in the Workman’s club! We reviewed his album back in February, and it’s one that you go back to time […]
KBC Great Music In Irish Houses Festival – June 9th to 14th
If you like your festivals a little more relaxed than the beer fuelled experiences around the country for the next few months, then the KBC Great Music in Irish Houses might be […]
New Music: Ríona Sally Hartman – Show Me
Ríona Sally Hartman is the lead singer of the band Monster, Monster. This is the first single off her debut album, which will be launched in Smock Alley on June 14th. As […]
Kid606 – Recollected Ambient Works Vol 1: Bored of Excitement – Album Review
Kid606 – Recollected Ambient Works Vol 1: Bored of Excitement – Album Review by Killian Laher The latest album from Kid606 is a major departure from his glitchy, techno work. As indicated […]
Metz – II – Album Review
Metz – II – Album Review by Killian Laher Canadian trio Metz kick up one hell of a racket on second album, II. It roars out of the speakers right from powerful […]
Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie – Travels In Constant Vol 24 EP – Review
Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie – Travels In Constant Vol 24 EP – Review by Killian Laher Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie, one half of ambient duo A Winged Victory For The Sullen and ex-Stars of […]
And So I Watch You From Afar – Heirs – Album Review
And So I Watch You From Afar – Heirs – Review by Killian Laher And So I Watch From Afar have gone on quite a journey from their hardcore roots. While keeping […]
The Soft Moon – Deeper – Album Review
The Soft Moon – Deeper – Album Review by Killian Laher The Soft Moon is a project dreamed up by the disturbed brain of Luis Vazquez. On the evidence of these eleven […]
A Place To Bury Strangers – Transfixiation – Album Review
A Place To Bury Strangers – Transfixiation – Album Review by Killian Laher So you miss the dark, goth sound of the 80s? Fear not, the self-styled loudest band in New York, […]
Paul Tiernan – The Mystery of Others – Album Review
Paul Tiernan – The Mystery of Others – Album Review by Killian Laher Paul Tiernan, formerly of Interference has several solo albums under his belt, his latest, The Mystery of Others is […]
Electric Picnic 2015 – New Acts Added!
Electric Picnic just added a bunch of new names to their list of performers, with one standing out in the form of Grace Jones. Blur too obviously! Otherwise there’s Interpol, Mac DeMarco […]
The Twilight Sad – Whelans – 02-05-15 – Gig Review
The Twilight Sad, Whelans, Dublin, May 2nd – Review by Killian Laher On a rainy night in May, a sizeable crowd braved the elements for the penultimate night of the curiously named […]
Interview With Adrian Fitz-Simon On Faking His Own Reviews
Adrian Fitz-Simon is a crook, plain and simple, but you have to admire his moxy! If you click on his website, you will see a page of glowing reviews for his new […]
Things To Do In Dublin (04-04-15 – 10-05-15)
Some good gigs around Dublin this week, with Philip Glass, Calexico, Public Service Broadcasting and Tobias Jesso Jr to name but a few. There’s also Canalaphonic 2015 in the Rathmines and Portobello […]
The Districts – Academy – 02-05-15 – Preview
Have you your Saturday night sorted yet? If not, then the Academy 2 is possibly the place to be, with one of those bands that could explode over the course of the […]
Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld – Never Were The Way She Was – Album Review
Colin Stetson is a familiar name to many who follow the indie scene, having played with royalty such as Bon Iver and Arcade Fire. He plays the bass saxophone in a wild […]
Tobias Jesso Jr. – The Button Factory – Friday December 4th
He hasn’t even played his sold out gig in the Unitarian Church (May 10th) and Tobias has already booked his next gig in Dublin in a substantially bigger venue! Pitchfork have the […]
White Men Are Black Men Too – Young Fathers – Album Review
‘Here’s another ticket’ says the whispered voice at the start of the wonderfully titled ‘White men are black men too’, the second studio release for the three piece form Edinburgh. It is […]
The third instalment of the Busker Diaries has just been released – this time about Stephen Paul Taylor – the guy behind the “Everybody know’s shit’s fucked“. In the instalment, we follow this very […]
Competition – The April Verch – Sugar Club – May 13th
We have two tickets to give away to one lucky winner for The April Verch Band at the Sugar Club on May 13th. To be in with a chance of winning, just […]
Brian Eno at Hay Kells, Meath – June 25th – 28th 2015
Another literary festival in small town Ireland that is punching above its weight is the Hay Kells festival, Co. Meath. They’ve somehow managed to get producer/ musician Brian Eno to appear at […]
Sufjan Stevens – Helix, Dublin – 28th & 29th August
Sufjan is coming! Sufjan. Is. Coming! Ok, so I did predict he’d be in part of Electric Picnic, due to his presence at another festival in England that same weekend, but he’s […]
Things To Do In Dublin (20-04-15 – 26-04-15)
Musictown is sadly gone! It was fun while it lasted, and will hopefully visit again next year. This week we have Sharon Von Etten, Le Galaxie, Will Butler, UFO and the Avant […]
Monochromie – Behind Black Clouds – Album Review
Monochromie – Behind Black Clouds – Album Review by Killian Laher Monochromie is the recorded music project of French composer Wilson Trouvé, who deals in ambient, contemporary classical fare. This is serious […]
New Music – Tallest Man on Earth – Dark Bird Is Home
It’s Kristian Matsson and a guitar, and that’s all well and good, but then something happens and it becomes BIG! See what you think of the first single from the tall one’s […]
No More Workhorse 