Yelawolf dropped into town for a headline show in The Academy on May 5th 2012. We had Aidan McCarthy down the front taking pictures as it all happened. Yelawolf Photo Gallery Photos: Aidan McCarthy

Delorentos at The Button Factory, 25th February 2012 Review: Oisin Tormey Photos: Owen Humphreys With ‘Little Sparks’ currently high in the charts and being critically well-received, it was the turn of The Button Factory to bring forth a triumphant live performance for Delorentos, who performed a mammoth twenty-song set to a sold-out crowd on Saturday night. This was the liquid [...]

With an eye-catching name as Kantor Tzar Kollectif, you could be forgiven for thinking it will possibly be soviet propaganda you’ll be hearing. I was hoping that ‘Absent’ would be as memorable as the band title. It didn’t disappoint. The EP itself can be broken down into two categories; the unrelenting indie disco of opener ‘Between the Tare’, and the [...]

A band with which big things are expected of in 2012, Mojo GoGo are currently hoping to live up to that ominous title of ‘Next Big Thing’. Any band who can boast support slots with the likes of Ash and Horslips must be worthy of some of this hype, and their single ‘Trigger’ (available for free download) goes some way [...]

Review: Richter Collective Christmas Party, The Button Factory, 16th December 2011 Review: Oisin Tormey Photos: Kieran Frost Following on from the festivities of the GP Christmas party the night before, it was the turn of the Richter lads to show what they had to offer, with 5 bands, a DJ set and the whole thing streaming live online for everyone [...]

Hailing from Cavan, C O’Neill & Co (fronted by Ciarán O’Neill) is a project combining the lead singer and his friends together in the hopes of creating some good music. Gaining support slots from Whipping Boy and The Minutes is nothing to baulk at either, so I eagerly gave this one a listen hoping their début release would justify these [...]

For a band who only formed in 2010, Waterford foursome Kodakid gone from strength to strength since their beginnings just over a year ago. From a support slot with the Noisettes at a Manchester music festival, to being finalists in a competition jointly hosted by TV3 and the Irish Daily Mail, the band have gained fans from their home-base around [...]

Review: Chase and Status at The Academy, 20th November 2011 Review by Oisin Tormey A gig I’ve anticipated with great excitement since their memorable set at Oxegen this year, Chase and Status returned to Ireland for their first live show as headliners in a sold-out Academy setting, for what would hopefully be a repeat performance. And this was a repeat [...]

Having already seen off one batch of depression and emigration in the past, Tuam’s finest are back with their take on the state in which the country is now in. And as you can see from the title of the track, they’re not the most optimistic on the subject. Despite this, the song is arguably one of their best from [...]

Hailing from inner city Dublin, and having only formed in March of this year, The Original Rude boys are one of the most unique acts you will hear coming out of Ireland this year. Fusing acoustic guitar, ukulele and Irish hip-hop sounds like a recipe for disaster, but ‘Stars In My Eyes’ is instead an endearing underdog song about the [...]