Folkfest Killarney, INEC, tonight-Sunday If you’ve no love for banjos and mandolins, the best advice is to stay out of Killarney this weekend. With a tagline of “folk, from dusk til dawn”, the first ever Folkfest is […]
Still bringing the Noise: Dave Clarke interview
IT’S hard to single out anyone in the last 20 years who’s done more for underground techno’s onward march than Dave Clarke. While some veteran DJs coast along, dining out on their classics and releasing […]
Gigs round-up: July 17-23
AFU-RA, Voodoo Lounge, Dublin, tonight As a New York rapper who’s obsessed with kung fu movies and chess, Afu-Ra must be pissed off that Wu-Tang Clan membership was full by the time he got round […]
All the people: Catch the Park life at Longitude
WITH Forbidden Fruit, Body & Soul and a load of outdoor gigs already consigned to the memory bank and blurry Facebook photos, this year’s festival season is chugging along nicely. And as we near the […]
Gigs round-up: July 10-16
Lubomyr Melnyk with Otto A Totland, Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire, tonight Ukrainian composer Lubomyr Melnyk holds the record as the world’s fastest pianist — set in 1985 with 19.5 notes on each hand per second. But […]
Annie are you OK? St Vincent hits Dublin
OUT of all the hyperbole and PR spin about transcendent gigs and should’ve-been-there moments, St Vincent’s show at Electric Picnic 2013 with David Byrne is always recalled — a real sickener as I missed it. […]
Gigs round-up: July 3-9
NEIL DIAMOND, 3Arena, Dublin, tonight & Sunday Most people who think Neil Diamond is just a big cheeseball in a diamante shirt clearly haven’t seen him blowing everyone off the stage with a swagger in Martin […]
True Bromance: Avicii hits Dublin
GARDAI and Ticketmaster don’t often release a specific press release offering amnesty for any under-age ticket-holders to get a refund to avoid being turned away. The refund offer was only one aspect of the Garda release […]
Gigs round-up: June 26-July 2
MASTODON, Academy, Dublin, tonight, & Savoy, Cork, tomorrow, & Ulster Hall, Belfast, Sunday Mastodon are the closest thing to modern crossover metal gods these days, with enough scope to kick the mainstream’s back doors in without leaving hardcore […]
Forty years Done Dirt Cheap: AC/DC back in Dublin
WHEN the punk manifesto of ‘here’s three chords, now form a band’ was nailed to the mast in 1977, AC/DC were probably the uncoolest band in the world. Sleazy blues rockers led by a squealing […]
Gigs round-up, June 19-25
SEA SESSIONS, Bundoran, Co Donegal, today till Sunday, SOLD OUT The air will be a hell of a lot fresher in Bundoran than in the fields of Westmeath for Body & Soul. Sea Sessions has billed itself […]
If you go down to the woods today: Body & Soul preview
IF YOU’VE been on Facebook this week your head’s been wrecked by two things — hundreds of annoying OMG posts about the Game of Thrones season finale, and pleas for Body & Soul tickets. It’s […]
Quite contrary: Elysia Crampton – Petrichrist
At first this new track by ‘epic collage‘ artist Elysia Crampton may have you wincing at its contrary elements. The trap hi-hats, digital snake hiss, cartoon cackling and 8-bit boss level warning horns can clutter […]
What a way to make a living: KEN mode – Success
As a teenage metaller/grunger in the 90s, I’d get springboards to new music from T-shirts the kingpins of the day would wear in Kerrang!, Metal Hammer, Hit Parader and Raw. Ah, there’s Kurt in a Tad T-shirt, […]
Lurking within tent: Cork Live at the Marquee preview
LIVE At the Marquee is marking 10 years of the Cork city festival, and looking back over the line-ups, we’re stumped to think of a more eclectic motley crew of acts anywhere. Since the event […]
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