Sat Feb 8 - Girl Band - Whelans Noisy Experimental Dublin band. Creating new sounds with guitar blasts and general turbulence. Worth seeing. Sun Mar 23 - Franz Ferdinand - Olympia Surprisingly fresh and entertaining. Art Rock delivered in a precise, faultness style. Lively set. Fri Apr 25 - John Power - Number 1 Intimate gig in my local pub. Plesant, Likeable and … [Read more...] about Gigs Spring/Summer 2014
Top Albums and Songs of 2013
Top 25 Albums of 2013 - Link Lots of albums released in 2013, didn't get to listen to all of them, but I've listed most of them. Top 20 Songs of 2013 - Link Some great new music from 2013 with video clips. … [Read more...] about Top Albums and Songs of 2013
Gigs Autumn/Winter 2013
Dearly Beloved, #1, Mullingar Fri, Sep 20 Lively Act, Indie rock, strong bass. Worth checking out... Wire, Workmans Club, Dublin, Fri Sep 27 Awesome. Early albums are excellent but the last few albums have been very good too. One of the gigs of the year. Hard Working Class Heroes, Various Venues, Dublin Fri Oct 4 Some interesting new bands. Only saw 1 night this … [Read more...] about Gigs Autumn/Winter 2013
Electric Picnic 2013
What a great festival. It has it all. Music, food, art installations, cake... This was my 9th Electric Picnic. I missed the first one. I've been at Stradbally every year since 2005, the year Arcade Fire played the Electric Arena. An epic gig and atmosphere. Other highlights that year were Kraftwerk, The Flaming Lips, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Mercury Rev, LCD … [Read more...] about Electric Picnic 2013
Electric Picnic 2013 Review
FRIDAY Cronin A great start to EP13, a stripped down set with Cronin and Nick Kelly. Including some classics from the Aftermath and an improvised Arclight Wu Tang Clan Loud, brash, in yer face. Stayed for a few songs. They definitely cranked up the sound system for this one. My Bloody Valentine Amp stack was awesome. Noisy. Shimmering guitars as mbv hammered their … [Read more...] about Electric Picnic 2013 Review