Live Review: The Pretenders – Limelight, Belfast 23.05.2023
Photos and words David McEneaney I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, they don’t make ‘em like they used to.These days, in the Spotify and TikTok universe, it…
Share
Posts by tag
New wave
68 posts
Gallery and set-list: The Pretenders – 3Olympia, Dublin 21.05.2023
The Pretenders playing Dublin’s 3Olympia as part of their Relentless UK & Ireland tour 2023. Intro (Habanera: L’amour est un oiseau rebelle, Georges Bizet)Losing SenseA LoveTurf Accountant DaddyMessage Of LoveThe…
Share
Gallery & Set-list: Duran Duran / Jake Shears – 3Arena, Dublin 07.05.2023
Duran Duran’s Future Past – 40th anniversary tour hit Dublin’s 3Arena with Jake Shears ( Scissor Sisters) and Lia Lia as supports, unfortunately we didn’t get to photograph Lia Lia.…
Share
Keeping Control : Independent Manchester Music Scene 1977-81 Remembered
Keeping Control: Independent Music from Manchester 1977-1981 Various Artists on Cherry Red Records (76 track 3xCD set) This a great collection of Manchester music from a 4-year period in its…
Share
Gallery: Hugh Cornwell – The Pepper Canister Church, Dublin 13.04.2023
Hugh Cornwell (Original Stranglers Frontman) played a fantastic solo acoustic show in the also fantastic setting the is Dublin’s Pepper Canister Church.Hugh Promised to bring a show to Ireland that…
Share
Premiere: Mako Bron recalls those ‘Newtown Nights’ – another brilliant release from the Sydney maestro of glittering indie pop.
We are inordinately proud to bring you an exclusive listen to the new single ‘Newtown Nights’ from the mysterious and criminally under appreciated Mako Bron. Mako Bron is the moniker…
Share
Premiere: Fleeting Persuasion ease into the stratosphere with the atmospheric ‘Slipped’.
Working with Tobey Doctor (ex-drummer from Sounds Like Sunset), James Harrison is back in 2023, again under the nom de plume Fleeting Persuasion, and we are overjoyed at being able…
Share
Premiere: The hyperkinetic Radio Free Alice provide us with an exclusive look at their new video for the heady joys of single ‘I Gotta (Fall In Love)’.
Last month we brought you news of the delightfully snotty young band Radio Free Alice‘s signing to the tremendous Double Drummer label and cast an ear over their frenetic and…
Share
Album Review: the black watch unveil the anthemic indie pop epic ‘Future Strangers’: a glorious album filled with a dream pop psychedelic glow.
Los Angeles indie pop icons the black watch are about to release their 21st album ‘Future Strangers’ and it is a testimony as to why this band has become such…
Share
News: Radio Free Alice sign with Double Drummer on release of the frenetic slice of post punk rock ‘I Gotta (Fall In Love)’.
The obscenely young and deliciously snotty Radio Free Alice‘s third single ‘I Gotta (Fall In Love) is a spine tingling slab of frenetic post punk that has deep inside its…
Share