I was a dreamer . . . staring out windows

Sunday, 23 May 2010, 23:25 | Category : gig review
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Tonight in the Button Factory, I saw Conor O’Brien perform for the second time, something that I didn’t even twig until just now, when some creative googling revealed that his former band, The Immediate, wowed me about four years ago in the Róisín Dubh in Galway. To say that I was wowed this evening by [...]

Marina, Diamonds and Emeralds

Thursday, 12 November 2009, 11:42 | Category : gig review
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For music lovers, there is no such thing as too much hype when it comes to a new artist; if you find a new artist you like, who you feel is doing something at least slightly different, obsession is not too far off. You listen, you re-listen. You watch on YouTube, you Google, you listen [...]

Diamonds are forever, but not if you drop them down the drain

That is not something that I have done, or plan on doing, I swear. It’s just an example. It happened “a friend”. Now, to the point: James Bond! But of course, don’t act like you didn’t guess that already. People are clever, I’m convinced they’re clever. I know people say they’re not, but . . [...]

A voyage of discovery

Thursday, 8 October 2009, 21:37 | Category : Uncategorized, gig review
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On Sunday night I went, courtesy of Gary, to see Joshua Radin play the Academy. I had never heard of him before – although, reallly, I’m sure I had. Don’t they say we retain some ridiculous amount of information in a segment of our brains we can’t access? Useful. Anyway, it was a packed house: [...]