Last week, I wrote of the dangers of nostalgia in modern living in relation to the reunion of At The Drive-In. It is a testament to Leonard Cohen that I could never shoehorn in such finger wagging into a review about one … Continue reading
Folk music is not necessarily the type of music you want to go and see for a night out. For me the trick to getting an engaging and enjoyable folk gig is with interaction with the performer. RM Hubbert (another) … Continue reading
Photos by Laura Nolan. What is there left to write or say about The Fall? The numerous books and documentaries about them, as well as the band’s own releases and Mark E Smith’s spoken word shows and interviews, have left … Continue reading
Photos by Sean Smyth. The Iveagh Gardens were packed on Saturday night for the PIAS Nites gig headlined by Lisa Hannigan. It was a slightly drawn-out affair with four bands over the course of the day. However, the relaxed atmosphere … Continue reading
It is only so far that you can stretch words like incredible, jovial, life-assuring, amazing, stupendous, riveting and religious to describe a Bruce Springsteen gig. Bruce and the E Street Band put on a show that ticks all those boxes and when … Continue reading
Back in April while touring on the back of their debut album Shallow Bed, we met Dry The River on a typical Irish rainy day before their show in Whelan’s. In this video they treated us to an old favourite … Continue reading
We sent the wonderful Laura Nolan to the Button Factory at the end of May to take some snaps of the legendary Gary Numan, check ‘em out!
Check out some of Laura Nolan‘s snaps from the second night of the Dublin Camden Crawl, featuring Ghostpoet and the Rubberbandits.
Great news for those of us who love dreamy, nightmare-y Canadian indie pop, Destroyer have announced a show in Whelan’s on November 15th. Some one here has a special fondness for Dan Bejar and all his various musical projects, but … Continue reading
Photos by Luke Byrne. You have certain friends that when you agree to a night out with them, you are signing yourself into having a great time. You do serious damage to yourself all in the name of a good time. YACHT … Continue reading
The Magnetic Fields are one of those bands that elicit devotion from their more loyal fanbase; twenty years into their career, they have never really troubled the mainstream but have consistently released interesting records, most notably their three volume classic 69 Love … Continue reading
Photos by Laura Nolan. THEESatisfaction brought the heat to the Twisted Pepper on a drizzly Wednesday night. The neo-soul/rap duo had the audience mesmerised from the off. They were supported by the excellent Temper-Mental Miss Elayneous. Often, it can seem … Continue reading
This E.P. landed in my inbox a few days ago and it is – in its four song entirety – quite beautiful.Electro-soundscapes that nod to the 80’s with rolling synth lines and strong-yet-measured drums, it vascilates between the utterly epic … Continue reading
