Grave Lanterns supported Philadelphia band Purling Hiss in the Pavilion on Sunday, May 19, a bill that didn’t disappoint. Purling Hiss were outstanding, serving a straight-up slab of dirty rawk music. Every time Mike Polizze went into a guitar solo, I just lost it. Perfection. They’ve played dates around Ireland [Read more]
Enemies were in the Pavilion in Cork on Saturday night, May 18, to showcase new album Embark, Embrace. Their last gig in the city, as they acknowledge tonight, was in Cyprus Avenue on a Sunday a couple of months ago and there were only a handful of people there. It’s [Read more]
Tieranniesaur have just released their second album DIYSCO, and were in the Pavilion in Cork last night to showcase the LP. Fourteen tracks long, it weaves in and out of a multitude of genres, never forgetting its wonky groove and its ability to make everybody dance. You can buy DIYSCO [Read more]
A review of Young Wonder in the Pavilion on Saturday, April 20, supported by Daithí and Elaine Mai. All pictures by Brid O’Donovan. Tweet
I went to the Pavilion to watch We Arrive Alive last night. I had just finished work and was rushing to get in to catch some of the Dublin six-piece’s set. You could hear them a mile away – they make quite the racket. The band features members of Girl [Read more]
I was disappointed to see that Fang Island and No Spill Blood had omitted Cork from their European tour schedule when it was announced a few weeks back – I’m disappointed when Cork is omitted from anything though. But it did mean I was contemplating a trip to Limerick for [Read more]
The best live band in Ireland are coming back to Cork next month. Le Galaxie are playing the Pavilion on March 16 – that’s one day before St Patrick’s Day, calendar counters! Their live shows are among the most raucous around at the best of times, so what they’re going [Read more]
The Midsummer festival is shining on Cork for 10 days, ending on July 1. It’s an arts and culture festival that brightens up the city for a few days in anotherwise dull summer. In previous years it’s only been the music events that have really appealed to me – the [Read more]
Having guested on a new Solar Bears track and a rerecorded Mmoths song, Keep Shelly In Athens have become rather familiar to Irish music fans of late. They’re coming over for a few Irish dates in May, including in the Pavilion, Cork, to celebrate Feel Good Lost’s first birthday (poster [Read more]
The Dirty Weekender kicks off at the Pavilion this weekend and who better to get the party started than the one and only Jape. You don’t need any introduction to the man who won the Choice Prize a few years back, is nominated again for Ocean Of Frequency and well, [Read more]
