Dublin act Little Green Cars called it a day in 2019, after a few years building up a a grassroots following with their subtle indie-rock with nods to London Grammar and The xx. Four of […]
Category: Gig previews
Real Lies’ MELANCHOLY rave contradictions
London act Real Lies are all about contrasts and contradictions, with rave-inspired pop music that’s about so much more than the obvious signifiers. Their 2015 debut album Real Life was poetic, heartfelt recount of a […]
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis talk Carnage
As surprise album drops go, this year’s Carnage by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis was always coming. Since 2013’s Push the Sky Away, Warren Ellis has become the leader of the Bad Seeds, with his […]
Bad Religion’s 90s deep dive
Los Angeles punk veterans Bad Religion released an authorised biography last year on their 40th anniversary, and they’re continuing the retrospective with a month of weekly streamed gigs cramming the best of their four decades. […]
Your city to burn – 30 years of Smashing Pumpkins’ Gish
Before Billy Corgan became known as a meme-ready eccentric megalomaniac, with bizarre appearances in the wrestling ring, and a hire and fire policy straight from the Mark E Smith playbook, he led Smashing Pumpkins’ early […]
Iggy Pop — Still growing old disgracefully
James Newell Osterberg is celebrating 74 years on this Earth — nearly 60 of them fully locked in to the feral, transcendent power of loud music. The undisputed king of hellraising rock’n’roll still standing, the […]
With Phil Anselmo it’s always about to get ugly
The early 90s was a gold rush for heavy music, with some mega success stories that seem kinda baffling in hindsight. In the few years after Nirvana’s Nevermind, there was a rush to sign alternative […]
The mental plain to spark the brain – GZA revisits Liquid Swords
Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA lived up to his Genius tag the last time he appeared on stage in Dublin. While many rappers turn to cosplay in Dubs jerseys while skulling pints of Guinness, GZA was boasting […]
Fists of Dissent – Machine Head re-up The Blackening
As a somewhat lapsed metaller who still tries to keep up, I still get regular pangs of oul’ lad when I hear formative bands touring the classic albums I grew up with. In 2019, Oakland […]
Crazy P Soundsystem play ‘escape room meets Boiler Room’
Billed as “Escape room meets Boiler Room”, this virtual illegal rave series is an ironic take on the lockdown party. Running from February 10 to March 27, it’s a series of live stream DJ gigs […]
Bicep staying in to go out
Around this time four years ago, aka an ancient golden era of human contact and music louder than your laptop speaker, Bicep were launching their debut album at District 8 in Dublin’s Tivoli Theatre. As […]
Blurring the lines at the Bang on a Can Marathon
Over the past three decades, New York ensemble Bang On a Can have made a name blurring the lines between minimalist composition, jazz and avant-garde rock. They have released and performed many of their own […]
Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye – 50 years of words and music
Proto-punk icon Patti Smith is having a special celebration in the early hours of tonight/tomorrow morning. The New York singer-songwriter, poet, activist and all-round legend is marking “Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye: 50 Years of […]
Gaika’s thrilling take on mechanised dancehall
Gaika’s take on mechanised dancehall and grime and R&B is a thrilling concoction, and on his debut album Basic Volume he explores the outer limits of R&B, creating the kind of music The Weeknd thinks […]
‘Profound moments of stillness’: Jon Hopkins’ Polarity
Producer Jon Hopkins has always hit that sweet spot between the head, the heart and the dancefloor — creating intricate, majestic long-form electronic pieces with a debt to new music composition as much as soulful […]
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