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Live Review: Delilah Bon / Valerie Rose – The Academy 2, Dublin 23.09.2023, plus gallery and set list
At a packed Academy 2 in Dublin this week, Delilah Bon worked the crowd into a frenzy from the get-go with her brand of bratty riot grrrl punk. All three members of the band seemed to give it everything, not once letting up the pace. Well, almost. For a brief moment in the set Lauren …
Premiere: Stream Careful’s first new music in a decade, the ‘Promise/Practice’ EP
Back in June, Eric Lindley resumed releasing music as Careful after taking a hiatus from the project following 2014 album The world doesn’t end. His first new release since then picks up where he left off nine years ago as if no time had passed. Of course, a lot can happen in nearly a decade, …
Gallery: The Wedding Present / Lucy Gaffney – Limelight, Belfast 07.09.2023
The Wedding Present are currently on their 24 Hour Songs tour and taking in a number of Irish venues, one such venue was Limelight in Belfast with Lucy Gaffeny in support slot and David McEneaney was there catching the action. Lucy Gaffney photos: The Wedding Present photos:
News: The Hunna announce UK headline tour
The Hunna have announced a 16-date autumn UK headline tour running across the country through October & November 2023. Tickets are available on pre-sale at 10am on Wednesday 30th August, and go on general sale at 10am Friday 1st September. All tickets will be available via www.thehunnaofficial.com Regarding the tour frontman Ryan Potter says, “We can’t wait to play …
Premiere: Eldridge Rodriguez look inward on new single ‘The Strange Things That Happen to People’
Last month, Boston band Eldridge Rodriguez returned with news of a new album and a lead single from said new album, both of which reaffirm why Slightest of Treason was one of 2020’s most slept-on indie rock records. It didn’t catch fire for Obvious Reasons, but the follow-up deserves to, and the band’s latest offering …
Gallery and set-list: Bell X1 – Iveagh Gardens, Dublin 21.07.2023
Second to last instalment from Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens series of shows and this time it was the turn of Paul Noonan and the boys from Irish band Bell X1 that took to the stage. Photos David McEneaney: Set-list: Haint BlueStill SingingSnakes And SnakesVelcroBad Skin DayNext to YouSomething Electric (Snippet of Bagatelle’s Summer in Dublin)Space WalkAlphabet …
Premiere: Careful explores painful intimacy on bare-bones new single ‘I had a secret’
Last month, the San Francisco-based Eric Lindley resumed activity as Careful after a hiatus of nearly a decade, announcing his intention to release a new EP in September. Today, Lindley shares the collection’s stripped-back second single. If ‘I had a secret’ sounds like a forgotten relic of another time, smothered in cassette artefacts and lo-fi …
Gallery and Set-list: Morrissey – Vicar Street, Dublin 16.07.2023
The second night of Morrissey’s two night run at Dublin’s Vicar St and another great show it was with a few changes to the set-list from the previous night and Morrissey himself declaring that he is happy and it showed through out the night as he joked with the crowd a number of times. The …
Gallery and Set-list: Morrissey – Vicar Street, Dublin 15.07.2023
The first of a two night run for Morrissey’s European tour at Dublin’s Vicar Street, Both nights being sold out the crowd were treated to a song list which included the likes of How Soon Is Now (the shows opening song) / Suedehead / Irish Blood English Heart / Girlfriend In A Coma ( The …
Live Gallery: Eagle Eye Jones at Mary’s Underground, Sydney 8.07.2023
Eagle Eye Jones rocking Mary’s Underground 8.07.2023