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Friday night, February 10th 2012: This review was originally published on Goldenplec.

The Twisted Pepper was the venue for Mud/!Kaboogie 6th birthday party. With a plethora of acts performing and Ms Dynamite headlining, it was sure to be a good night. Upon entering the venue, you could feel the buzz and the ‘up for it’ vibe.

Entering the main venue, Tableek, a American rapper was onstage. He was good, really good. He was backed up by his DJ G Frequency his guy knew how to get the audience involved and rhymed like there was no tomorrow. He easily had the crowd singing along with a ‘doing the wrong thing for the right reason’ refrain. Continue reading »

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michaelkiwanuka

Michael Kiwanuka deserves every good word said about him. His soulfulness oozes from him and puts many musicians who rely heavily on samples and triggers to shame. Michael performs backed with a five piece band and being totally honest I completely fell in love with the percussive sounds. Having a dedicated percussionist really adds so much to a live sound. Can’t wait for the album ‘Home Again’, which is out in March. Really good gig and a delightful opening act in The Staves. Read the review of the gig on February 11th on Goldenplec. Continue reading »

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wondervillians ferrari Ferrari is the follow up to Wonder Villain’s debut Zola. Instead of tackling the world of soccer, this time WVs go for fast cars and this track has rapidly won me over, perhaps even more than Zola did.

The sickenly talented foursome from Derry have adapted a pop indie sound that is destined to win fans over. Uptempo with a driving synth bass line, this song will surely get the crowd going at many festivals this Summer. It’s catchy, quirky electro indie pop, glorious and delightful.. This is out on February 17th, I want to know when the album’s due.

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Get Back
Everyone knows The Beatles, so going to a show like ‘Get Back‘, you kinda know what you’re going to get. The trick here would be how the story is actually told.

Entering the Tivoli, the auditorium is a definite reminder of the sixties era, spacious tiered red cinema seats facing a stage with a drumkit and some guitar amps set up. Strawberry Fields roadsigns and images of the Fab Four hang in the venue. From the offset, everything is Beatle-esque, even the mandatory fire announcement are voiced by the quartet in a Scouse accent. Funny as hell and of course informative.

The show starts in Liverpool’s legendary Cavern Club and immediately its aurally hard to tell the difference between our performers ‘The Classic Beatles‘ and the real thing. But after a couple of tracks, I questioned if this would be interesting enough to last the full length of a show. Two minutes later, my question was answered as a large screen at the back of the stage transformed into what looked like a 1960s television broadcast. Really clever and this worked a treat. Continue reading »

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National Youth Orchestra of IrelandWhat better way is there than to spend the first official Bank Holiday of the year, listening to the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland? None. Being in The Helix for this made me realize two things, I don’t listen to enough classical music and these young musicians are the biz, they are quite literally staggeringly talented.

The sheer magic at the beginning of an orchestra recital always gets me. The members tune up their instruments and we hear all the squeaks. Seconds later on the Conductor’s order, they combine for the sweetest of sounds.

THe young musician’s recited Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito before they were joined by Cello maestro Brian O’Kane for Bruch’s Kol Nidrei. Amazingly good and modernizing the image of Classical music, Mr O’Kane looks like he could step right into any rock band. Continue reading »

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I headed out of my bed to see Elliot Gleave aka Example in The Olympia Theatre last Wednesday. I was thrilled to hear that Fenech-Soler were supporting. You can read my review on Goldenplec.

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Last Saturday night I headed along to The Village to Maverick Sabre, one of the year’s most talked about breaking acts. Opening up for Mav were Rob Kelly and Sons Phonetic. It was a little mad I knew a lot of Mav’s friends and collaborators who were at the gig but have never met the man himself, must sort to do an interview when his album comes out.You can read the review over on Goldenplec.

Maverick Sabre by Nessy

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