If you missed the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in the 02 last month, or you literally cannot wait    until Croke Park next year, you might just have the closest thing to the real deal. Tonight, the Red Chili Hot Peps play their first Irish show to date in the The Late Lounge, Kill which is located 30mins from [...]

The first time I heard of Dead Red Light was when they released their Single earlier in the year, May I think. At the time I was very interested in more recordings that they would release in the foreseeable future. This is “Kids Don’t Like Indie” and its got its highs and its lows. “Crash” boasts some great guitar tones [...]

The Great Balloon Race are an alternative, folk , jazz band from Cork. If you’re wondering how the hell alternative folk and jazz come together, I’m not sure if you should look here. Their first track “Birds of Canada” entails a journey along the surface of the clouds; you cannot help but picture yourself floating along clouds gazing at the [...]

When I first saw the name” Murder Plan”, I thought, Okay, this band is going to be some generic piece of filth from the conveyor belt of emo. When I saw “ Drinking with the Devil” I thought, Okay, it’s a generic emo/ hardrock band based with five long bearded freaks that drink druids and Toast to the devil. Oh [...]

The #1’s released their Italia 90 EP about a month ago. It would seem to be a first glimpse into a brand new band pre studio. Their genre seems to fit a power pop/punk Ramones style. The quality of the recording is very questionable. Intentional or not, the drum recordings really bother me. The crash symbol in particular is rather irritating. [...]

Shades have released an EP “Only On Sundays” back in August. Upon my initial listen, its hard and inaccurate to call these guys completely original. “Thank you”, the first track on the EP amplifies the ever-menacing generic heavy distortion lying comfortably in the mix with that steady 4/4 beat that every drummer first learns. The chord changes are the only thing [...]

Avalanche Ammo, Anthony Boland, makes his way to the stage sporting a sunburst Fender Stratocaster and the famous mask that separates us from him, leaving us pondering the question, ” Can this musical genius be of this world?” AA carries a multi-track unit to which plays recordings accompany him with his weapon of choice as he twists, bends and fidgets around the [...]

The Stakes Have Never Been So Low is the new Album from Night & Fog. Night and Fog are Simon Brennan and Robbie Doyle who have been formulating this album over the course of a year and a half. They are originally from Dublin but currently reside in London, however lets not let their English current residence take away from [...]

The new single from Dead Red Light pitches close to the likes of Kings of Leon with a triumphantbass line that seems to remind me of the likes of Miracle Bell. The sparing use of the guitar createsspace as the rhythm section takes over, tight as ever. The vocals seem to take a Punk approach fromthe likes of the Sex [...]

Review by Stephen O’Brien Jerome’s Law-‘Knives at Concrete’ is the new EP released from Jerome’s Law. The EP consists of four songs and sports a great alternative sound. The first song, “Adding and Subtracting“, starts with a beautifully crafted bass guitar paired with a simplistic drum beat, the drummer doing what is necessary for the song and not showing his [...]