Live Review
Live Review: Tradfest Kilkenny – John Cleere’s Bar & Theatre, 16/18/20.03.2022
The annual Kilkenny Tradfest made a welcome returned to the delight of music goers and running from the 16th to the 20th featuring some of Irelands finest Irish Traditional music and some Folk thrown in for good measure, it runs taking in a number of the cities pubs & venues.I managed to get to cover …
Live: The Exploding Boys at The Triffid, Brisbane 19/03/2022: A cure for Brisbane
The Exploding Boys present The Cure: Head on the Door was an emotional journey back to the 80s with every song on the legendary 1985 album shared between 3 vocalists. In-between album tracks were classic singles from other Cure albums such as A Forest, Boys Don’t Cry, and Just Like Heaven. Brisbane goths and indie-pop …
Live Review: Nilüfer Yanya / Léa Sen – Electric Brixton, London 16.03.2022
By Cath Dupuy Nilüfer Yanya played her last show of her UK tour at the historic Electric Brixton, London to a packed, rapturous audience. Following on from her acclaimed first album ‘Miss Universe’ on ATO Records in 2019, she was promoting her second album ‘Painless’ just released last week, again to highly impressive reviews from …
Live Review: Slothrust / Calva Louise – Soda Bar, San Diego 17.03.2022
Boston Rockers Slothrust and Manchester’s Calva Louise performed a riotous gig at San Diego’s Soda Bar venue. Taylor Betancourt was there to capture the fun for Backseat Mafia. Find out more about Slothrust via their Website Find out more about Calva Louise via the bands Facebook Purchase tickets for the remaining dates here
Live Review: The Cribs / The Blinders – Chalk Venue, Brighton 12.03.2022
There was a real sense of vibrant energy and feverish atmosphere in the air in Brighton as TheCribs made their way to the stage with a real sense of missing the good old times in the amassed throng. Despite the band gigging for over 15 years and recipients of a host of top 10 chart …
Live Review: Death Bells / Numb.er – Upstairs at Whelan’s, Dublin 01.03.2022
A touch of Los Angeles came to Dublin as two bands at least based in the city arrived at the upstairs venue at Whelans. Support band Numb.er, formed in LA by Jeff Fribourg did their engaging Dark Wave / Synthpunk thing to an appreciative crowd, and showed they have more than enough to pull in …
Live Review: Ricky Warwick & the Fighting Hearts – The Academy Greenroom, Dublin 15.03.2022
Ricky Warwick brought his Fighting Hearts to Dublin last night and it was full on ear bleeding rock.Not surprising when you look at who makes up the Fighting Hearts on this tour. On Guitar from The Sisters Of Mercy / Diamond Black, Mr Ben Christo, on drums from Tax The Heat, Mr Jack Taylor and …
Live Review: A Lazarus Soul – Cleere’s Bar & Theatre, Kilkenny 17.02.2022
For those who don’t know; a brief resume. Brian Brannigan, nicknamed Lazarus by his mother for surviving at birth when the odds were stacked against him, goes on to be diagnosed with spinabifida and, a few years later, teenage cancer. Through surgery and good luck, Larazus survived and prospered as a singer-songwriter – his way …
Live Review: Black Doldrums – The Victoria, London 10.03.2022
Shoegazing? Nope. I can assure you, nobody is looking at the floor tonight. Everyone is transfixed by the concentrated stare of Black Doldrums drummer Sophie Landers. The self-proclaimed goth and “noise conjurer” is a mesmerising sight. Pounding the sticks throughout the Dalston night with bandmate Kevin Gibbard on guitar and main vocal duties and band …
Live Review: Sophie Ellis-Bexter / Holiday Sidewinder- Sheffield City Hall 12.03.2022
A Saturday night trip to Sheffield City Hall this week and something a bit different for me. Having tuned in to Sophie’s Instagram Friday ‘Kitchen Disco’ episodes during the pandemic I had become a fan. Her online presence made me smile and in an otherwise bleak period during lockdown, she was a weekly ray of …