"I could watch them every night of my life, and it would not be enough." - Siobhán Kane on Future Islands' performance at Whelan's last Saturday.
Gary Numan never went away. Ever since the demise of his career as a hit maker and alternative pin up back when The Pleasure Principle came out he’s been plugging away, self releasing album after album that you’ve never heard.
'They were, in a word, immense' - Dara Higgins on Godspeed You! Black Emperor's Vicar Street gig
'they somehow manage to evoke an air of intimate, quiet desperation, despite being in a big field' - Neill Dougan on Grizzly Bear's Iveagh Gardens gig last week.
Ian Maleney made the trip to Leitrim for this year's Hunters Moon Festival.
"... with his shirt sleeves rolled up, it seemed as if he was going to work in the fields, which I suppose he was, somehow, but rather than fields of wheat, fields of imagination." - Siobhán Kane travelled to London earlier this month to see Jeff Mangum play at Union Chapel.
"He's neurotic and anxious, wandering around the stage as if he's lost his front door keys, shouting at us, shouting at himself, shouting at the complexities of everyday life." - Siobhán Kane's take on Jerry Seinfeld at The O2 on Sunday night.
You'd be forgiven for not knowing John Grant from the band he fronted for ten years, The Czars. The acclaim their four records received was never matched with commercial success and the band split in 2004. They did, however, have superfans in Midlake, who convinced Grant to make an album in their studio, serving as his backing band in the process.
'so laid-back as to make Evan Dando look like an uptight control freak' - Neill Dougan on John Murry's gig in the Pepper Cannister Church on Sunday 23rd February
'they have surely given us one of the music experiences of the year' - Siobhán Kane on Konono No 1's gig in Whelan's.