A$AP Nast, The Button Factory, Dublin, Tuesday, €15. Promoters Sense have been stressing that this is an over-18s show — maybe expecting a similar crowd of steamboats hip-hop kids trapped outside the Academy for Odd Future a […]
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Gigs round-up: April 29-May 5
KING KONG COMPANY, Dolan’s, Limerick, Tonight, €12. Waterford act King Kong Company have been around since the 90s with a lengthy split in between, so younger fans are only catching them this time around. The […]
Gigs round-up: April 22-28
OUT TO LUNCH feat. HIEROGLYPHIC BEING & JOHN HECKLE, Bar Tengu, Dublin, tonight, €12.50. Bar Tengu is probably still dusting itself off after the impromptu Prince party by the Lumo crew last night, and tonight […]
Gigs of the week: April 15-21
NENEH CHERRY (DJ set), Wigwam, Dublin, tomorrow, €15. The last time Neneh Cherry was at the Middle Abbey Street venue it was still called Twisted Pepper and she was tearing the soundsystem a new one — […]
Gigs round-up: April 8-14
RUSANGANO FAMILY, Sugar Club, Dublin, tomorrow, €10 The debut album from Rusangano Family, Let The Dead Bury the Dead, has been a long time coming — with a trail of killer festival slots and support gigs […]
Hands up: Girl Band finally show off debut album in Dublin
IT’S been over half a year, but Dublin is finally getting the ‘launch’ gig of Girl Band’s stunning debut album Holding Hands With Jamie. The Dubliners are set for their biggest hometown show yet in […]
Gigs round-up: April 1-7
MODERAT, Vicar Street, Dublin, Wednesday, SOLD OUT. Apparat and Modeselektor should save us all the embarrassment of having to call Moderat a Berlin ‘supergroup’ and just get on with becoming a full-time trio. Every time they combine, […]
Gigs of the week: March 25-31
SHINE EASTER MONDAY, Mandela Hall, Belfast, Monday, SOLD OUT Proving the Belfast techno institution isn’t on a whopper hangover after its 20 years of Shine series that finished off 2015, they’ve hit the bullseye again. Shine’s annual […]
Still in Command: At The Drive In’s first Irish gig in 16 years
AT The Drive-In have just begun that most un-punk of endeavours — the reunion tour. So many legends before them have gone down that route that it’s now a surprise when it doesn’t happen. Take a […]
Gigs of the week: March 18-24
BATTLES, Button Factory, Dublin, Tuesday, SOLD OUT Rarely do bands hit that sweet spot between the head at the gut. Battles get nine tenths of the way there on record, but on stage they’re the full house […]
Gigs of the week: March 11-17
EMBRZ, Grand Social, Dublin, tonight, €10 Kildare producer Jack Casey aka EMBRZ has been adding his hazy minor key brush strokes to high-profile acts like the 1975 and Ellie Goulding recently, so there’s a buzz […]
Gigs of the week: March 4-10
Lee “Scratch” Perry, Dolans Warehouse, Limerick, tonight, & Roisin Dubh, Galway, tomorrow & Cyprus avenue, Cork, Sunday. LEE ‘Scratch’ Perry is 80 so this is one of the last times you’ll catch him live in Ireland. We can go on […]
Gigs round-up: February 27-March 3
Joanna Newsom, Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Thursday, SOLD OUT. JOANNA Newsom is one artist in the last decade who fans have built a cult around — which also means she’s one of the most divisive. She’s […]
National treasures: The Gloaming set for five nights at NCH
It seems daft that this time last year the Gloaming were outsiders to win the Choice Music Prize — up against all the hype and bluster over Mr Hozier. Some 12 months later, they’ve sold […]
Gigs round-up: February 19-25
Fat White Family, The Limelight 2, Whelan’s, Dublin, Tuesday, & Limelight 2, Belfast, Thursday. Fat White Family said recently they’ve “tried to go to the extremes of what’s tasteful” on their new album, and they’ve got […]
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