Music Review

Maud in Cahoots at The Ferocious Mingle Market: May 9th 2013 I hadn’t heard of The Ferocious Mingle Market recently, I had been walking up Thomas Street, a bloke in front of me suddenly stopped and turned to an entrance where a man, I presumed a bouncer, was standing. I wondered what was going on [...]

I sometimes get an anxious feeling when I go to listen to new material by an artist I’ve become familiar with. In this case, it’s Fossil Collective’s album ‘Tell Where I Lie’, I enjoyed their ‘Let it Go’ EP so much that I didn’t want to have a sinking feeling. ‘Tell Where I Lie’, opens [...]

This originally appeared on Goldenplec.com – John Grant at Vicar St. – May 3rd 2013 The scene was set. Friday night, the first night of the Bank Holiday weekend, John Grant in Vicar St seemed like it could be the perfect start especially given the reviews his current album ‘Pale Green Ghosts’ has received. Liza [...]

Originally posted on Goldenplec.com - Little Comets at Academy 2, Dublin, April 20th 2013 It’s two years and two weeks since Little Comets last played Academy 2 and what a difference that has made. Last time, a very small crowd turned up to see the band play a fantastic show. This time, the venue is [...]

March 17 2013. Bombay Bicycle Club, Jape and The Cast of Cheers – Live at The Academy I’ll be honest, for the past number of years, I’ve avoided the Dublin city centre on St Patrick’s Day. So when I got an invitation to Jameson Live, I was curious to see what was going on but [...]

This was originally published on Goldenplec.com With a handful of singles and an album due in May, Birmingham’s Swim Deep made their way to Academy 2 on March 1st, for their debut Irish performance. The indie dream pop quartet have been steadily building a following in their native land, that seems to have spilled over [...]

Over the course of the past year, London band, Bastille have released four singles and two mixtapes, in a calculated lead up to the release of their debut album, ‘Bad Blood’. Originally a solo project of front man by Dan Smith, the band play what can only be described as ‘pure 21st century pop’. Where [...]

Originally published on Goldenplec. Thursday 21st February 2013, Whelan’s Dublin. The CMA Songwriter Series is an interesting concept, some of Country music’s biggest hit-makers share a stage, playing songs acoustically that they’ve written and telling stories about how these songs came to fruition. Sitting on a row of stools across the Whelan’s stage, the evening [...]

Originally posted on Goldenplec. Monday February 18th 2013, Whelan’s Dublin. Monday nights aren’t known to be the best night of the week, looks like someone forgot to let Everything Everything in on that secret when they came to Whelan’s in support of their second album, ‘Arc’. Opening up for EE were Post War Years, perfect [...]

When a band or artist you admire are about to deliver a new album, there is always an element of nervous anticipation. When it’s a sophomore album, there are the obvious ‘difficult second album’ cliches and a genuine wonder if they can live up to the hype that surrounded a debut release. ‘Arc’ is Everything [...]