Disclaimer: Jape are one of my favourite bands, so unless singer Richie does something absolutely shocking and terrible onstage, I’m probably going to love the gig. Jape are responsible for kicking off the Dirty Weekender at the Pavilion in Cork. As it’s a late gig things could have been messy, [Read more]
Prior to arriving at the Pavilion for the sold-out second gig of a 20-date European tour for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah I had been reading this article about what it apparently takes to be a rock star: $100,000 in your first year as a band could see you achieve [Read more]
It’s been a long time since Friendly Fires played an indoors gig in Ireland. May 2009, to be precise, when they played the Forum in Waterford. It’s been even longer since they played indoors in Dublin. So to say their show in the Olympia was hotly anticipated would be an [Read more]
I had the distinct pleasure of finally seeing Halves play in Cork on Friday night. Debut album It Goes, It Goes (Forever & Ever) was released last year following a number of EPs and led to some support slots in the city; but I never got to see them. This [Read more]
Last Friday in Cyprus Avenue, Antlers played a sold-out show, which saw all tickets gone before I got my act together. Afterwards saw the first in a series of late-night gigs in the Cork venue and you would have thought there’d have been a good-sized crowd for it. But there [Read more]
Last Friday, Rocketjuice and the Moon took to the Savoy stage to open the annual Cork Jazz Festival. More commonly known as Honest Jon’s Chop Up Shop, Rocketjuice and the Moon is the moniker that Damon Albarn and Flea have given to this group of musicians who are only playing [Read more]
It is refreshing to go to a gig knowing that what you see is not what you will get. If you go to a Lynard Skynard show- they were in town last week, hence the reference- you expect to see ‘Freebird’ and ‘Sweet Home Alabama’. You do not want to [Read more]
Whelan’s was bursting at the seams on Saturday. It was the night before Valentine’s day, and one of the most dreamy, loving bands imaginable were ready to get Dublin in a sweaty mess, and in the mood for romance. FIrst off, Lawrence Arabia, hailing from New Zealand, get things off [Read more]
