'He knows his way around a melody the way Jimmy Savile knows his way around a sweet shop' - Annabel Minsk-Treacham popped into The Dudley Corporation's album launch last Saturday.

'In truth, as much as the shapeshifting musical tapestry Wolf and the band weave, it is always his command of language that dazzles' - Siobhán Kane on Why?'s gig in Whelan's on Monday 6th May.

'This is really what makes this concert so astonishing, the sense of free, almost combustible artistry, the coaxing sensuality coupled with a sense of boundary and mystery' - Siobhán Kane on Angel Olsen's Thursday night Whelan's gig.

'they have surely given us one of the music experiences of the year' - Siobhán Kane on Konono No 1's gig in Whelan's.

'MBV have an impossible task ahead of them. Like an indie George Lucas they are surely aware that they will disappoint a lot of people by not curing cancer with their new album' - WatchingCattle checks out My Bloody Valentine's Asian tour warmup show at the Brixton Electric in London.

"As a taxi driver told us earlier in the week, it's called the Custard Factory because it used to be a custard factory" - Inspired by a talk by The Wire's Frances Morgan at the start of the festival, Ian Maleney reviews Supersonic 2012,

"Couple of sexagenarians, one lad seated at a keyboard, the other, dressed like an elfin Bobby Jones, standing at mic, like something you might get down The Submarine of a Thursday. But of course, it’s not like that at all."

Ian Maleney made the trip to Leitrim for this year's Hunters Moon Festival.

"In the midst of this attention to detail and craft, there is an obvious love of fun, something that radiates from the stage like little shards of lightning." - Siobhán Kane on Dirty Projectors' show at London's Roundhouse last week.

"Close your eyes and you'd swear it was 1988 all over again."