St. Vincent – Iveagh Gardens, 10th July
'If you've never seen Annie Clark live before, tonight is sure to be a revelation' - Siobhán Kane on St. Vincent's Iveagh Gardens show
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Primavera Sound 2015
'There is no possibility of accidently running into the Catalan equivalent of David McWilliams giving a cookery demonstration' - Hugh McCabe on Primavera Sound 2015
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Tobias Jesso Jr – The Unitarian Church, 10th May
'Jesso's voice almost resembles a howl, full of searching questions, with no easy answers' - Siobhán Kane reviews Tobias Jesso Jr's performance at The Unitarian Church on Sunday night
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Paul G Smyth/Chris Corsano Duo – NCH, 30th April
Paul G Smyth and Chris Corsano's 'engaging double-team attack on the senses' leaves an impression on MacDara Conroy
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Vicar Street, 18th April
'They were, in a word, immense' - Dara Higgins on Godspeed You! Black Emperor's Vicar Street gig
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Run The Jewels – Opium Rooms, Sunday 21st December 2014
'Giddiness isn’t quite what you might expect from a hip-hop concert, but this is no ordinary concert, and El-Producto and Killer Mike are no ordinary artists' - Siobhán Kane on Run The Jewels' recent Opium Rooms gig... Read More...
Future Islands – Vicar Street, 2nd & 3rd November
'And they make you want to rave, and to both remember, and forget. Essentially they remind you how great it is to be alive.' - Siobhán Kane on Future Islands' two Vicar Street gigs... Read More...
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Cork Opera House, 26th October
'an elevating, life-affirming experience' - Siobhán Kane on Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings at last weekend's Cork Guinness Jazz Festival... Read More...
Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia, 26th & 27th September
'If you’ve never tuned-in, turned-on and dropped-out, then you’re not just missing out on the joys of one particular sub-genre of rock music, you’re missing out on pretty much the whole damn thing' - Hugh McCabe on this year's Liverpool Psych Fest... Read More...
Slint – The Limelight 2, Belfast, Monday 18th August
'Everything is rhythm, except when it isn't' - Chris Jones gets happily pummelled at Slint's Monday night Belfast gig... Read More...