Review: Time is a Thief- We Are Strangers.  Review: Claire Kane Cork band Time is a Thief is one of many metal bands in Ireland, the difference is they have slowly been building themselves up to hold the title of Ireland’s answer to Biffy Clyro. With the release of their debut album ‘We Are Strangers’, time will tell if they will [...]

Bombay Bicycle Club at The Olympia on 30th April 2012 Review: David Dooley Photography: Kieran Frost Bombay Bicycle Club clearly like their contrasts. Their music tonight is a mixture of frantic highs and subdued lows. Their debut album ‘I Had the Blues but I Shook Them Loose‘ was a feet shuffling affair that ended on the nervous energy of What If [...]

Russian Circles at The Button Factory on April 29th 2012 Review: James Hendicott Photos: Kieran Frost Last Saturday, The Richter Collective’s partnership with impressive US-based label Sergeant House bore fruit in the most public of ways. Having knocked up a cross-promotional deal that’s seen some fantastic American exposure for a host of Irish acts and introduced us to the likes [...]

Mick Flannery at The Olympia on 27th April 2012. Review: Ros Madigan Mick Flannery is widely recognized in Ireland as one of the top lyrical wordsmiths of recent years and holds a special place in the hearts of his Irish fans. So it came as little surprise to many that his fully seated show in Dublin’s Olympia was a full [...]

Dublin based post-rockers Drunken Boat have been progressively gathering band members with each of their nautically named albums. 2007 saw the release of guitar and synth project ‘Cut The Engines, Raise The Sails’, the band then evolving, or depending on your viewpoint, regressing, into a noise-folk duo for ‘Plumb The Depths’ two years later. A heavier sound and an extra [...]

Magnetic Fields at The Olympia Theatre on April 28th 2012 Review: Sean Noone Photos: Yan Bourke It’s hard to know what to make of Magnetic Fields. They have been together for over 20 years but have never really cracked the mainstream. They use three different lead singers with three distinctive voices. Nearly all of their songs are on the same topic [...]

American Rockers The Used dropped into Dublin last week on April 22nd 2012 for a headline show in The Button Factory. They have a brand new album out this year, released in late March nicely preceding the gig in Dublin. We sent Aidan McCarthy down the front and these were the snaps. The Used Photo Gallery Photos: Aidan McCarthy   Ross MaguireMore Posts [...]

The Riptide Movement at The Academy on April 21st 2012 Hot off the heels of the release of their second album ‘Keep On, Keepin’ On’, The Riptide Movement took to The Academy to launch their sophomore effort in what was their biggest headline show to date. Attracting a large crowd, the self-described swamp rockers opened the show behind a white [...]

The Subways at The Academy on April 28th 2012 Review: David Dooley Photos: Alessio Michelini Numerous jumps off the kick drum, a stage flanked by police sirens, more sing-along choruses than you can shake a setlist at and one of the finest songs written about a mum (Mary). When The Subways rolled into The Academy on a sunny April evening [...]

It’s easy to see why merseybeat revivalists The Statics are attracting mainstream radio and media attention with their latest single Had It Too. The track is pitched somewhere between The La’s and A Hard Days Night. Their Sunday night set at The Stags Head Raw proved that they can cut it live as well as in the studio. Singer Liam [...]