Live Review: Rex Orange County, Iveagh Gardens, Dublin, 16.7.2022
Alex O’Connor also known as Rex Orange County brought his ‘Who Cares’ tour to a sold out Iveagh Gardens crowd on Friday the 15th of July. With no support on the night Alex took to the stage at 8.30 and brought an hour and half of soulful goodness to the crowd who absolutely loved every …
Live Review: James Blunt / Toucan – Iveagh Gardens, Dublin 10.07.22
James Blunt played the Live at the Iveagh Gardens series on Sunday the 10th of July with support from Toucan. He was greeted by soaring temperatures in the Iveagh Gardens on a beautiful sunny Sunday in Dublin. Toucan provided the support on the night laying down some lovely jazzy rock tracks that included electric guitars, …
Live Review: The Coronas / Wild Youth / Roisin O. – Trinity Summer Series 2022, Dublin 01.07.2022
On the 1st of July 2022 Dublin indie band The Coronas played in Trinity College Dublin as part of the Trinity Summer Series originally scheduled for way back in 2020. The band is made up of Danny O’Reilly (vocals, keys, guitar), Graham Knox (bass) and Conor Egan (drums). The 3 permanent members of the band …
Live Review: Sea Sessions Surf and Music Festival, Bundoran Beach, Bundoran 17.06.2020-19.06.2022
The picturesque seaside town of Bundoran, Donegal, is the homestead of long running surf and music festival, Sea Sessions. Every year, the festival sees up to 10,000 people make their way across the country to see some of the best music Ireland has to offer. As it is one of the first festivals of the …
Live Review: Hudson Taylor / Halli / Katie Phelan – 3Olympia, Dublin 04.06.2022
Brother duo Hudson Taylor played the 3Olympia this Saturday the 4th of June with support from Katie Phelan and Halli. First up for support was Dublin based artist Katie Phelan whose unique voice gave a wonderful start to the evening. Katie played a handful of songs with highlights including ‘Board Games’, her latest single’Duvet Day’ …
Live Review: Julien Baker / Ratboys – Whelan’s, Dublin 22.05.2022
American Indie-rock artist Julien Baker made a stop in Dublin to play two nights the city’s intimate Whelan’s venue this weekend as part of the European leg of her world tour and I was lucky enough to catch the second of the two nights. It’s not often you get a chance to see such a …
Live Review: The Blizzards / Codyy / Aimée – The Academy, Dublin 14.05.2022
Words: Max Falvey // Pictures: Carl McGrath “Thank you so much for choosing us over Eurovision, I’m not sure I would’ve done the same!” After releasing their fourth studio album ‘Sometimes We See In The Dark’ on Friday, Mullingar native’s The Blizzards performed an outstanding one-off show in Dublin’s Academy last night, playing over an …
Live Review: Girl In Red / Del Water Gap – 3Olympia, Dublin 02.05.2022
This week saw Norwegian Singer-songwriter Marie Ulven also known as Girl in Red make her return to Dublin fir the first time since the pandemic and it was an epic affair. Support came from US artist Del Water Gap playing only his second ever show outside of the United States. The word phenomenal still feels …
Live Review: Larkin Poe / Ryan McMullan – Vicar Street, Dublin 03.05.2022
Indie rock powerhouses Larkin Poe brought their ‘Self Made Man’ tour to Dublin’s Vicar Street venue this week. It was a great display of musicianship from the Lovell sisters which left the crowd full of rock and roll energy for the rest of the night. Before the Lovell sisters graced the stage support came from …
Live Review: Denzel Curry / PlayThatBoiZay – 3Olympia, Dublin 01.05.2022
Fresh off a blistering performance at Coachella in California last week, kickass Florida rapper Denzel Curry took to Dublin last Sunday for one of the first shows in support of his latest (and brilliant) album, ‘Melt My Eyez See Your Future’. Performing almost 20 tracks in just over an hour, Denzel and a rambunctious Irish …