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 […]
Belasco waste no time getting down to the flat-out pace and frantic guitars of ‘Chloroform’, so I will attempt to […]
At the end of the day it’s just music and, if its played well and touches people, then that’s all […]
The Composers ease you in gently with an upbeat tune in the form of ‘A Way of Being Free’. After […]
Their noir-esque eccentric songs could be described as twisted and occasionally, beautifully angular. A set of heartfelt melodies paired with […]
To me, orange lights can only mean two things; it’s almost time to stop, or it’s almost time to go. […]
There is something about Lennon’s that just doesn’t agree with me. It’s as if the venue wants me to show […]
The first full release from Motivesounds Recordings sets an impressive bar for every record to follow. Systems and Drafts is […]
It’s a testament to punk that, thirty years since the first three chord wonders spewed forth from youth clubs nationwide, […]
Ambience, and lots of it. Enough ambience to take a very moody, deep-filled bath in, and maybe, not make it […]
The third EP from Nothing balances some slow melodic tracks with some hard hitting drums and guitar. Think a blend […]
The-Mag’s most recent run-in with Fickle Public came when Andy R saw them rock out at the Glasgow Barfly in […]
London based, but hailing from all four corners of the UK, The Hundred Handed first shot to prominence on Small-town […]
Psychemodo may be a hooky combination of pop and rock, but you’d think you were in for a feast of […]
With a name based upon the patron saint of lost causes and a local hospital where young battlers often found […]
Pub… Rock… Pub rock! Not to mention pub ska, pub oi, and, a dash of pub urchin-punk, and all from […]