Live Review
Gallery and set-list: Yard Act / Baba Ali – Vicar Street, Dublin 26.04.2023
Yard Act playing their biggest ever Irish venue, last year the guys sold out Dublin venue Whelans at a capacity of 450, this time around they jumped to a venue capacity of 1,050. That’s in just slightly over a year as the Whelans date was March 2022.Opening the night and a new favourite of mine …
Live Review: The Oozes – The Underworld, London 20.04.2023
They hate the Tories, they hate the police…but The Oozes LOVE to rock! Railing against injustice and prejudice, they have no time for inequality or the patriarchy. Change is coming and The Oozes are the vanguard. Sweeping away the old with a wave of queer punk rage and charm. The Oozes are so very now. Backseat …
Live Review: Cannibal Corpse / Dark Funeral / Ingested / Stormruler – Manchester Academy, Manchester 21.04.2023
As I forged my way across the Pennines, I was extremely excited for the evening that stood before me, an eclectic mix of metal sub genres and an evening of uncompromising brutal Death and Black metal from various corners of our planet. Early doors meant a sprint to the box office to grab my accreditation …
Gallery & Set-list: Birdy / Nell Mescal – 3Olympia, Dublin 25.04.2023
Birdy finishing of her Young Heart tour at Dublin’s packed out 3Olympia with support from Irish singer Nell Mescal. Nell Mescal photos: Birdy photos and set-list: Raincatchers Voyager1901 (Phoenix cover)People Help The People (Cherry Ghost cover)SurrenderYoung Blood (The Naked and Famous cover)Deep EndLonelinessNot About AngelsYoung HeartSilhouette – Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush cover)Ruins IIAutomaticQuietly YoursSkinny …
Live Review: Caity Baser – Leeds Stylus 17.04.23
It was a night of unrelenting energy at Stylus in Leeds. First, Liverpool’s Michael Aldag brought everything he had to the stage to warm up the crowd. The room was already full for his set, and there were plenty there who were well prepared to dance and sing along to Aldag’s infectious melodies and lyrics. …
Gallery & Set-lists: Teleman / 7ebra – Button Factory, Dublin 24.04.2023
London indie pop band Teleman played Dublin’s Button Factory an from the minute they hit the stage everyone was dancing.Support came from twin sisters from Sweden, 7ebra (not a typo, its pronounced Zebra but the girls spell it with a 7!) 7ebra photos and set-list: Secretly BadLeanI Like To PretendIf I Ask HerLighter BetterRude BodyDone …
Live Review + Gallery: Bluesfest Byron Bay Day 2 (Friday, 07.04.2023)
Day 2 began with me excited to get back to Frank Sultana, who had played on Day 1, totally captivating me with his down and dirty Delta blues style, and who was first up at 11.30 a.m. What a great way to get the day off to a flying start. My interest had been piqued …
Live Review: Stockton Calling – Multi Venue, Stockton 08.04.2023
With the sun shining it was time again for one of the North East’s best multi-venue festivals Stockton Calling. With a packed lineup of some of the finest bands around, it was a difficult choice on which band to see and which to miss for many of those who attended to. My day started with …
Live Gallery: Spoegwolf at the Factory Theatre, Sydney 21.04.2023
Spoegwolf wow Sydney crowd with energized and emotional show