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Live Review: Bicep – 3Arena, Dublin 17.03.2023
Words and photos David McEneaney St. Patricks Day.Usually a day I do my annual impression of Will Smith from I Am Legend and spend the night sleeping in the bath so as to avoid the horrors of what’s happening outside. However, when I got the opportunity to shoot Bicep this Paddy’s Day, I practically bit their …
Live Gallery: Teenage Dads Live at the Metro, Sydney 18.03.2023
Teenage Dads headline their largest Sydney gig to date.
Live Review: Gin Blossoms – Legends Casino Toppenish, Washington 17.03.2023
Off the heals of the 30th anniversary tour of “New Miserable Experience” in 2022, Gin Blossoms are back on tour in 2023 continuing to bring back hits from their iconic debut album. Songs of ex’s and heartbreak, love and loss rang through the hall of Legends Casino in Toppenish, Washington last evening. Playing the songs from the previously mentioned debut album and the 1996 “Congratulations I’m Sorry”, took the audience in attendance back to the time of the early to mid 90s.
Live Review: W.A.S.P / South Of Salem – Manchester Academy, Manchester 17.03.2023
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a crowd sporting pretty much no other shirts than those of just one band, normally the torsos will be punctuated with similar bands of the same genre as the hosting band but not on this occasion, not in Manchester tonight. This is perhaps a testament to the …
Gallery: Orbital – The National Stadium, Dublin 17.03.2023
Wow! well it was Saint Patricks day in Ireland and a full National Stadium were dancing, but not to your traditional Irish music as you would expect on such a day. They were dancing hard and heavy to the electronic sounds of the mighty Orbital.
Live Review + Gallery: Hussy Hicks at The Republic Bar, North Hobart, 17.03.2023
Leesa Gentz and Julz Parker are the dynamic duo who form one half of Hussy Hicks (their rhythm section did not play at this show). These fiercely independent artists have forged a 16 year career based on the love, passion and pure joy that they bring to virtually every gig they play. They have a …
Live Review and Gallery: Charlie Needs Braces – MONA Lawns, nipaluna/Hobart, 18.03.2023
Having just released the searingly brilliant debut album ‘Saltwater People’, Charlie Needs Braces (the solo effort of Charlie Woods) is embarking on an ambitious Australia wide tour, bringing an incandescent ray of sunshine wherever she (and her sister) goes. Playing in the afternoon sun (albeit intermittent and not so warm – it is the southern …
Gallery & Set-list: Emma Langford – Kilkenny Tradfest, Cleere’s Bar and Theatre 16.03.2023
As part of the annual Kilkenny Tradfest celebration’s ( five days of Irish traditional and folk music leading up to and taking in the St. Patrick’s weekend) Emma Langford and band played to a fully seated sold-out audience at Cleere’s Bar and Theatre. Telling stories and playing a fantastic 13 song set (some might say …
Live Review + Gallery: WOMADelaide Day 2 (Saturday, 11th March, 2023)
Day 2 was the first of the full days, beginning at noon. I took the chance to see Justin Adams & Mauro Durante early on in the day doing a music workshop, explaining how and why they made the music that they do. I was soon to go on to realise what an influential figure …
Live Review: Dropkick Murphys / The Rumjacks / Jesse Ahern – Kemba Live, Columbus 13.03.2023
By Tiffany Detzel I don’t know about you, but I can’t think of a better way to kick off the week of St Patrick’s Day than by going to a Dropkick Murphys show! Their “This Machine Still Kills Fascists” tour ploughed through Columbus, Ohio on a cold and snowy Monday night and everyone was ready …