Live Review
Live Review: Duda Beat – Opium, Dublin 18,04,2022
They say its always good to try something new and different, with that in mind I noticed that Brazilian Pop/MPB singer Duda Beat (Eduarda Bittencourt Simões) was playing a venue I had not yet ever photographed in! so I said I would kill two birds with one stone.I wasn’t sure what to expect crowd wise, …
Live Review: Sincere Engineer – El Corazon Seattle, Washington 17.04.2022
By Anthony Moore Sincere Engineer is currently on tour across North America with The Menzingers and Oso Oso in support of their second album “Bless My Psyche”. Backseat Mafia’s Anthony Moore was at the show in Seattle, Washington to get some photos. Catch Sincere Engineer on tour of the U.K. and Europe this October. Find …
Live Review: Simple Minds – 3Arena, Dublin 17.04.2022
Simple Minds brought their 40 Years of Hits Tour to Dublin’s 3Arena on the 17th, this tour having no support acts as the band are playing two sets each show.The first set being an hour long and the second set coming in at one hour and forty minutes, it really is a marathon show of …
Live Review: Walt Disco / Priestgate / Voya – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, 13.04.22
The last time I saw Walt Disco live was at a festival at the very beginnings of their career. I had a hole in my timeline and picked their slot on the strength of what was objectively one of the best band names I’d ever heard, with no clue whatsoever of what I was in …
Live Review: Crawlers / Patricia Lalor / It’s Just Cat – The Academy 2, Dublin 16,04,2022
Liverpool Alt-rock band arrived in Dublin to play the Academy 2, it was touch and go earlier in the week as Holly had unfortunately lost her voice due to the rigours of touring and had to cancel a date to rest it. But luck was on the bands side and the sold out crowds of …
LIVE REVIEW: The Bug Club – The Mash House, Edinburgh 10.04.2022 (with Gallery)
In all honesty I kept looking at The Bug Club all the way through this sold out gig thinking, how the heck are they making this glorious noise with just three band members. Edinburgh gig-goers did not let the fact that this was a Sunday night put them off and this gig was upgraded to …
Millie Manders & The Shutup – O2 Ritz Manchester
Normally a 4 band line-up on a Sunday night would be greeted with some trepidation, with one eye on Monday morning and the call of a “proper job”. Less Than Jake are in town and have brought along a real mixed bag to support them, with Skinny Lister, Ska legends The Toasters and up and …
Live Review: Lebanon Hanover / Sun Mahshene – Whelans, Dublin 14,04,2022
Headed into Whelan’s Dublin to catch the long awaited show by Lebanon Hanover which like so many had been postponed a number of time, but at last they are finally here.I knew before going that it was going to be a challenge photography wise, but hey if your not up for the challenge don’t be …
Live Review: The Mission / Salvation – Chalk Venue, Brighton 12.04.2022
The Mission come to Brighton’s Chalk Venue for a warm-up show as part of their greatest hits ‘Déjà vu Tour’ which had been delayed from last year, but you have not quested it was a warm-up show the crowds gathering for an early start outside. Notable is that the gig is a total devotion of …
Live Review: The War On Drugs / Lo Moon – 3arena Dublin 14.04.2022
The War in Drugs brought their latest tour the ‘I don’t live here anymore’ to the 3arena this week. Lo Moon opened on the night with a series of pleasant soundscapes punctuated by fantastic guitar parts and great melodies. Lo Moon were an excellent support band for The War on Drugs as they matched the …