Music Review

Following on from Plan B using my review on his site a couple of weeks ago, Elvis Costello has used my review of his gig at Vicar Street on July 1st on his site. I reviewed his gig for Goldenplec. Wow! I’m well chuffed! [...]

Last November on the Culture Cafe I named Example as one of my tips for 2010. Glad I said that! His new album is fresh, clever and relevant. It starts off with the track ‘From Space’, a clever move not starting with the singles. It immediately grabs your attention and rattles your ears with his [...]

Mike Got Spiked were a well loved Irish band who had made a dent in both the single and album charts here until they relocated to the U.S.A where they have been constantly touring since 2006. Recorded in The Cat Club in Hollywood CA, ‘Live and Acoustic’ sees the Monaghan natives show in acoustic mode, [...]

Three piece Mugger Dave kick off their debut album with an brilliant intro that suggests this is an actual event. Keys, acoustic guitar and immaculate harmonies build up to a full rock explosion. It’s a good old guitar driven rock n roll album, mixed throughout with harmonies and decent melodies, add a little dash of [...]

‘Hard to Explain’ is the fourth single from “The Riptide Movement’ who boast the impressive stats of selling 14000 units of their music in Ireland. Not Bad.. ‘Hard to Explain’ is a drum driven, Country/Americana tinged rock track, its not surprising to learn the band have spent some time in Nashville. Its a real sing [...]

Marie, is the new single due for release in August from Dublin four piece rock outfit Relief. The band were voted ‘Best Unsigned Band 2009′ by the listeners to Dublin’s 98 FM. Marie is a mid tempo radio friendly rock song, there’s a touch of fairydust and polish about these guys that I haven’t seen [...]

From the first notes of ‘O My Love! O My God!’, its obvious that The Dead Flags have a great sense of fun. This single is taken from their current album ‘The Gentleman’s Club’ and is an uptempo quirky pop song, perfect for Summer (if we get one). The band cite influences such as Violet [...]