A dose of ambition is a fine thing. It can lead to Lord of the Rings on Ice, but better […]
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The deBretts’ brilliance is fast outstripping my ability to find new superlatives for them, so before the well done gone […]
Ah, the dawn chorus. Birds chirping. The sun drifting gently above the horizon. A new day breathes life into the […]
Dead!Dead!Dead! describe themselves as art-rock. What this normally means is pretentious nonsense pumped out by pimply drama-school kids with about […]
Starting at 6pm and showcasing nine acts in a room designed more for aerobic respiration than adolescent recitations of rock […]
With a sound that can only be described as international, 13th Hole have captured the better bits of several eras […]
Reading the accompanying blurb that comes with CDs can sometimes be a dangerous thing to do. Not in the same […]
‘Interesting facts about Chester: Chester, UK. Population: Approximately 120,622 Longitude: -2.92 Latitude: 53.2 120 FT above Sea Level.’ If you […]
If my employer is lucky, I turn up about four days a week. If they’re really lucky, I even do […]
Travelling through from the cities capital to kickstart proceedings in King Tuts, The Mars Patrol carried a growing reputation as […]
Playing on the first day of April always offers the opportunity for some bedevilment and hi-jinx but both acts avoided […]
Stepping into Kings Cross’ The Water Rats, I momentarily wonder whether I’ve come to the right venue. Beer: yes. Punters: […]
Ghostly Man is both the creation and the anagram of ex-Alpinestars founder member Glyn Thomas. However, don’t be expecting electronica […]
Plastik kick off with ‘Teenage Prologue’ that, on first impressions, leaves you with thoughts of a band of happy, clappy […]
There are certain phrases in the musical dictionary that instantly turn me off. Among them are dance, R ‘n’ B, […]
Having found the venue rather more easily than I’d anticipated, I rolled into ‘The Lynott Bar’ at The George in […]
It was the first day of the smoking ban and, contrary to my grave fears that the smell of smoke […]
Subway is a charmless venue which looks like it hasn’t been cleaned this side of the millennium. There are a […]
I’ll be honest here, I like this album. In fact, I like it quite a lot but not because of […]
The Dublin Castle has been raising comment recently from friends and acquaintances, on account of its ‘something for everyone’ approach […]
Sunstation are a part Spanish, part American band that brings together musicians that already have individual accolades including solo-albums, working […]
What a truly unexpected pleasure Patterns of Behaviour is, purely because it confounds my prejudices. You see, I struggle with […]
Before putting the Karalta album into my CD player I took a quick look at the sleeve and the artwork […]
It’s 1997! Liam and Patsy are on the cover of Vanity Fair, Hayze are lighting Cuban cigars with £50 notes […]