Posted on 17th Jun 10 by Ciara O Brien | 
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Nothing Left to Say is the debut album from Meath singer-songwriter Nigel Connell. Contrary to the album’s title, Connell does indeed have quite a bit to say and an astoundingly powerful voice with which to say it. I’d be telling little white lies if I said that seeing Daniel O’Donnell’s name crop up so much [...]
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Posted on 17th Jun 10 by Alessio Michelini | 0
I have to say that before going to this gig, I knew just I’d only stay for one song, that’s all. But a good friend of mine told me that his performance would be great, so I decided to see if it’d be true or not. And at the end of the show, after almost [...]
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Posted on 15th Jun 10 by Jonathan Keane | 1
Some people claim that too much of anything can only be bad for you, though when it comes to prog metal or even metal in general, is there much to back this up? While, Germany’s Relocator may not necessarily offer anything strikingly new in the way of instrumental progressive metal, this debut record still brings [...]
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Posted on 14th Jun 10 by Gwen Langford | 0
As I headed across Dublin to join the queue for Paul McCartney’s second Irish gig in the space of six months I had an underlying fear of if could this gig possibly be as amazing as the one in The O2 in December and would it take away from the memories of that brilliant night [...]
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Posted on 14th Jun 10 by Jane Ward | 0
On the release date of her new album Merchants and Thieves, Sandi Thom played Whelan’s with support from The PW Sessions and Marcus Bonfanti.
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Posted on 10th Jun 10 by Mike McGrath Bryan | 1
Grease up for another round of banter with Earth’s last line of defense against laser-swans, Cork grindcore tag-team I’ll Eat Your Face.
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Posted on 9th Jun 10 by Jonathan Keane | 3
People have been heavily debating the price of Rage Against The Machine tickets since their O2 Dublin show was announced in February. At €70 a pop was it really worth an evening with one of the most influential rock acts of the last 20 years? The answer is, despite its heady price, an emphatic and [...]
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Posted on 8th Jun 10 by Jonathan Keane | 0
The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer is Red Sparowes’ third record, the long over due follow up to 2006’s Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun. However they did a sate our appetites, somewhat, with the Aphorisms EP in 2008. But a new long player from the modern post rock soundscape [...]
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Posted on 8th Jun 10 by Ciara O Brien | 0
Lustre is Ed Harcourt’s fifth studio album, and also his first new release in four years. Upon listening to the album, it’s very easy to see how the album could have taken such a long time to create. Lustre is not so much an album as it is an achievement.
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Posted on 7th Jun 10 by Jonathan Keane | 0
Devastating, relentless, with absolutely no let up. That’s a concise and very simple description of Singaporean grindcore outfit Wormrot’s debut record, Abuse. The title of the album itself is plainly indicative too of the music’s delivery and somewhat brashness – aurally abusive.
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