Live Review
Live Review: The Mission / The Nilz – The Button Factory, Dublin 25.05.2022
The Mission rolled in to Dublin with their Summer Festival Tour 2022 playing The Button Factory and support came from Dublin punks The Nilz. Having seen these guys a number of times I knew I was in for a good show of hard hitting smut punk.The Nilz hailing from Dublin have been entertaining Dublin’s punks …
Live Review: James And The Cold Gun / Wine Moms / Crashface – The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham 04.05.2022
By Claire Hodgkins Fresh from supporting Creeper on their rescheduled tour dates, James and the Cold Gun paid a visit to The Sunflower Lounge in Birmingham as part of their “Fresh Start” EP tour. Joining them were London based duo, Crashface and Glaswegian newcomers, Wine Moms. Through no fault of their own, Wine Moms’ set …
Live Review: Gary Numan / I Speak Machine – 3Olympia, Dublin 24.05.2022
Gary Numan hit Dublin’s 3Olympia for his Intruder tour with support from I Speak Machine after doing a string of UK dates and now heading into Europe. Opening the night was I Speak Machine, an experimental music act and audio-visual project of musician Tara Busch, playing alone on stage you can hear (well I could) …
Live Review: Sam Fender / Goat Girl – Utilita Arena, Newcastle 05.04.2022
By Tom Marshall The stage was set, long queues all the way out Utilita Arena in Newcastle, eagerly waiting for Sam Fender. The opening act, GoatGirl, outlandish support for the Geordie headliner, still enthused the crowd in a way like no other. After the interval, the lights went dim, and the famous black and white …
Live Review: alt-J / Wilderado – 3Olympia, Dublin 22.05.2022
Words: Max Falvey // Pictures: Ian McDonnell On the first show of a two-night stint in Dublin’s 3Olympia, alt-rock experimentalists Alt-J dazzled their boisterous Irish crowd last Sunday in support of ‘The Dream’, their latest record which dropped last February. Across a mindblowing 21-song set, each of their four albums were given the spotlight in …
Gallery: Bear’s Den / Bess Atwell – 3Olympia, Dublin 21,05,2022
Bear’s Den brought their Blue Hours tour to Dublin’s 3Olympia with support from Bess Atwell. Bess Atwell. Its the bands fourth album and was released on May the 13 and covers the topics of self-reflection and mental health.Bear’s Den set list.Blue HoursRed Earth & Pouring RainFrightening Whispers Elysium All That You AreBerlinIsaacSophie (Acoustic)Fuel on the …
Live Review: Julien Baker / Ratboys – Whelan’s, Dublin 22.05.2022
American Indie-rock artist Julien Baker made a stop in Dublin to play two nights the city’s intimate Whelan’s venue this weekend as part of the European leg of her world tour and I was lucky enough to catch the second of the two nights. It’s not often you get a chance to see such a …
Live Review: Bess Atwell / Benjamin Francis Leftwich / Bear’s Den – Eventim Apollo, London 18.05.2022
With an extensive tour underway and just releasing a new album ‘Blue Hours’, Bear’s Den return to London’s Eventim Apollo after nearly twenty four months with a defining set with plenty of applause! First of all and fitting nicely for the audience to settle down for the evening’s mesmerising guitar laden evocative songwriting was the …
Live Review: TOWNS, Waywards, Sydney, 21.05.22
King Street in Newtown was flourishing with mixed levels of excitement and edginess. At the heart of it, next to the station and that nightmare of a junction, a newly label signed Adelaidean duo called TOWNS were coordinating their night in a flurry of meet and greets well overdue. My night started off in rather …
Bob Mould – Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock, NY 20.05.2022
Bob Mould will forever embody the energy of a three-piece punk band. All that’s needed is a Fender Stratocaster and an amp. He’s one of those rare performers who can command a space with no backing band. “Is this amp loud enough for ya?,” he asked. “ I have to ask, because it never seems …