Live Review
Delorentos – Button Factory, Dublin
The Button Factory is completely sold out, the stage is set, the lights are down – the time has come for Delorentos to put their much-revered third studio album to the test in a live setting. Tonight marks the opening night of a national tour in support of Little Sparks… – not only an...READ »
First Aid Kit – Dublin
Impressionable in youth, the siblings Söderberg aren’t influenced by the Gothic electro-flavoured art-pop that is indigenous to their native Sweden, rather their references lie in the rustic roots of the United States. The girls’ debut record The Big Black & The Blue… is indebted to the woodsy nu-folk of Fleet Foxes and Joanna Newsom,...READ »
M83 – Vega, Copenhagen
Not only was M83’s night in Copenhagen’s Vega sold out at the end of 2011 but in the weeks coming up to the concert there was a scramble from those without tickets to get hold of them, and chat amongst those who did of how awesome it was going to be. Yep – the...READ »
We Have Band – Dublin
There’s a lot of buzz around Abbey Street this Saturday evening what with Errors taking over the Grand Social, MMOTHS much-anticipated EP launch in the Twisted Pepper, and Ham Sandwhich’s sold-out Academy show – even the ticket touts have come out to play for the latter. Meanwhile, the Academy 2 plays host to two-boy...READ »
Trinity Orchestra perform Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon
From the tech get-up of Daft Punk’s Discovery… to the indie-chic of their Arcade Fire love-in, Trinity Orchestra’s recent explorations of the contemporary music scene – performed with a full on rock band set-up down the front – have won admiring glances from the likes NME and the BBC. They’ve clearly made an impression...READ »
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Dublin
It’s the second gig in Dublin in less than six months for Noel Gallagher‘s High Flying Birds, this time in a sold-out O2 Arena after they made their live debut at the Olympia Theatre. Safely back in the big league again, the risk free approach he’s taking this time round seems to suggest that...READ »
Rodrigo Y Gabriela & Wallis Bird – Dublin
You rarely come across a character as charmingly happy-go-lucky as Wallis Bird. Having risen from de facto headliner of many an open mic session at The Mezz, the hippie purveyor of loveable pop ditties and wonderfully rock out moments is a larger-than-life character. With a third full-length in These Mistakes Are Intentional… just around...READ »
Ham Sandwich – Dublin
Middle Abbey Street isn’t always the natural home for the Dublin music scene (that location lies across town somewhere along Wexford Street), but tonight most gig goers seemed to have decamped to the northside. They’re joined by a number of touts who can sniff some potential business as the two Irish acts have sold...READ »
Nightbox – Dublin
For a young band who play dance-rock tunes that conjure up energy and summer love, what better audience than an excited underage crowd? Nightbox have all cards in their hands tonight, opening for Canadian emo-electro-pop artist Lights, in the warm and cosy basement of the Academy 2. They don’t beat around the bush: the...READ »
tUnE-yArDs – Dublin
Merrill Garbus, the woman who is for all intents and purposes tUnE-yArDs, stands alone centre stage, flanked by a floor tom and a snare with two microphones and a pedal board in front of her and begins to build a sound collage with her extraordinary voice, over a looped drum figure. Like a lost...READ »
Azealia Banks – Dublin
Up, down. In, out. A trial by Twitter can see a career soar, crash, then burn before a single is released or live show played; a rising star can burn white hot only to be quenched without becoming a household name. The ascent of Azealia Banks would appear to be on such a trajectory...READ »
Cathy Davey – Dublin
It’s been 18 months since Cathy Davey has graced a Dublin venue with her presence, and tonight marks the beginning of a three date residency at Whelan’s. One of the forthcoming shows is to be a reprise of Davey’s 2008 Fringe Festival show Songs That Scare Children…, the other a celebration of her...READ »
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Galway
The long gestation period between their last two albums sparked rumours that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, once a blogosphere phenomenon, were en route to splitting up. Hysterical was considered a return to form after the sometimes faltering Some Loud Thunder… and a barn-storming set a last year’s Electric Picnic seemed to cast away...READ »
The Cast Of Cheers – London
The young and beautiful of London town are gathered in to see a four band bill of the up and the coming. Recent blog exposure means the bulk of the crowd at the Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen are here for hotly tipped Theme Park but State is more interested in the return of...READ »
