Cal Folger Day‘s‘Drom-d’reau’ EP would have left a better taste in the mouth if she hadn’t said “Cunt” two minutes and fifty-two seconds into it.The use of the word seems to be a quote from a hypothetical conversation the Brooklyn-born singer had with a man in Dun Laoghaire, but it still draws attention to the scattered and unsettled nature of the [...]

Mykel, spelled the Weezer way rather than the Franz Ferdinand way, is the beat heavy, semi-singer-songwriter project of Michael Fitzpatrick and his music sounds like neither of those two bands. Based on his ‘Hold On’ EP he could come from California or from Edinburgh, or from anywhere else for that matter. The big beats of his production means he slots [...]

Under the hot tin roof of Vicar Street, on the sunniest day we’ve seen in a long while, many bore witness to the new wave, 80s electro of Orchestral Maneuveres in the Dark a.k.a. OMD. All were wowed, all danced and it all seemed perfect. If only they’d turned on the fans above the crowd it could have achieved the [...]

Having  sold out shows in the Academy & The Button Factory, Keywest are climbing the gigging ladder and making the step up to Vicar St. with a show on Saturday, October 19th. Their latest album “The Message” broke into the top 20 on its release and was produced by Los Angeles’ Mark Needham (The Killers, Pink, My Chemical Romance). To date, [...]

Two of Dublin’s best known gaeilgeoirs, Liam Ó’Maonlaí and Rónán Ó’Snodaigh will come together on June 15th at a rare Dublin show in Whelans. Well known for fusing trad, rock, folk, jazz, and a myriad of other styles the show comes off the back of performances at the Electric Picnic,World Bodhrán Championship, and Uisneach Festival of Fires to name but a few of [...]

Dexys live at The Olympia on Thursday 2nd of May 2013|Review Homer: Lisa, did you see the Grammy’s? Lisa: You beat Dexys Midnight Runners. Homer: Well, you haven’t heard the last of them.  Those words, uttered in 1993, highlight how, even then, Dexys Midnight Runners were becoming the butt of some jokes. And now, almost twenty years later, with little or [...]

What’s there to say about Adam Ant’s miraculous return to the stage? Only that’s it’s fantastic, he’s as much of a performer as he’s always been, and the sound of his new show is world-class. Having not released new music in almost twenty years, he balanced his time off between padded cells, courtrooms, and antidepressants, but that doesn’t really matter. [...]

If you’ve ever wanted an album that will help you lose your mind and then quietly give it back to you remodelled and suddenly loving heavy, dub-inspired music then go out and pick yourself up a copy of Major Lazer’s new album ‘Free The Universe’. It’s an education. With more ‘feats’ than a caterpillar, the album pulls from the talents [...]

When you rhyme words like “bemoan” with “comfort zone”, and phrases like “peaceful as can be” with “amniotic memory”, for the most part you’re setting yourself up for a fall. When someone hears that, they’ll mostly start tagging you as a bearded, stout swilling, jumper wearing, hippy.  And when it comes to Comfort Zone, the first track on The David [...]

Drop Prince into county Dublin, make him young, white, layer on some pained and strained vocals, and you’d have a fairly decent representation of Myles Manley and his EP ‘Jagger Manqué’. And, being honest, it’s really quite nice. A self-professed pop star, Myles is really trying to live to it. Or at least sound like it. Take and Take gives [...]