Cameo roles, stars, burger bars, a mini-manicure and massage parlourBackstage: It was a mixture of hard work, attention to detail and a strict adherence to the timetable behind the scenes at the…Mon Jul 09 2007 - 01:00
Snow Patrol melt hearts at Live MudReview: It is never an easy one to pin down, this Oxegen larkMon Jul 09 2007 - 01:00
Live Earth event puts spotlight on climateIf Oxegen is billed as Ireland's greatest rock'n'roll event of the year, then today's Live Earth event - billed as Concerts for…Sat Jul 07 2007 - 01:00
Even the begrudgers may have an Oxegen momentIt's being billed as the greatest rock 'n' roll weekend of the year and even the begrudgers will have to agree that when it comes…Fri Jul 06 2007 - 01:00
On the path of most resistanceAlthough wary of the potential fallout from her diddley- eye-free solo debut, Andrea Corr is 'beyond happy' with the work, she…Sat Jun 30 2007 - 01:00
Tell it like it is: Vernacular vocalsIt would seem the only way to kick start a new music career is to sing in your own accentFri Mar 23 2007 - 00:00
Rock and a hard placeTony Clayton-Lea finds actress turned singer Juliette Lewis in a fragile state on the Irish leg of her European tourWed Feb 23 2005 - 00:00
Way back before there was BoyzoneIrish music Difficult as it may be to believe, there really was a time before the U2 iPod, before the galling plasticity of …Sat Jan 29 2005 - 00:00
CD of the WEEKELLIOTT SMITH Roman Candle **** Elliott Smith *** Either/Or * *** DominoFri Dec 31 2004 - 00:00
CD of the WEEKELLIOTT SMITH Roman Candle **** Elliott Smith *** Either/Or * *** DominoFri Dec 24 2004 - 00:00
Rock on the Road"Get your motor runnin', head out on the highway, lookin' for adventure and whatever comes our way..."Wed Oct 13 2004 - 01:00
This year's modelRock Music Every five years or so a poor sap of a music journalist draws the short straw of rock music biography: the life, …Sat Oct 09 2004 - 01:00
GREY MATTERCharlotte Hatherley has taken a break from her day job with Ash to record a solo albumFri Aug 20 2004 - 01:00
ReviewsLulu, Mahony Hall, The Helix, Dublin She hasn't played Ireland in years and years, she has traversed the peaks and troughs of…Thu Apr 01 2004 - 01:00
Time to get a lawyerOpen-mike nights in the UK. Indifferent audiences in smoky Irish venuesMon Feb 02 2004 - 00:00
Lamb's lost yearsFiction Freddie Dowd has hit the jackpot - a boy band has sold millions of copies of one of his old songs, which in itself was…Sat Nov 22 2003 - 00:00
Laryngitis forces Dylan to cancel Millstreet concertOver 5,000 Bob Dylan fans were disappointed last night when the iconic folk-rock singer and songwriter was forced to cancel his…Wed Nov 19 2003 - 00:00
Rolling Stones still gathering the fansFans old enough to remember when Mick Jagger had short hairWed Sept 10 2003 - 01:00
Cowboy boots point the way in KilkennyDespite the disappointing Bank Holiday weather and the fact that Alejandro Escovedo, one of the main attractions of the Carlsberg…Mon May 05 2003 - 01:00
ReviewTony Clayton-Lea reviews a professional but somewhat uninvolving gig by Aimee Mann at the National Stadium, DublinWed Jul 03 2002 - 01:00
Cynthia Plaster CasterCULT HERO: Not so much the Queen of the Silver Dollar as the mistress of the hanging appendage, Cynthia Plaster Caster is a …Sat May 11 2002 - 01:00
Billy Bob Thornton Vicar Street, DublinREVIEWS: Rugs on the stage, branch-thick candles, ornate curtain backdrop, tie-dyed coverings for the keyboards and lava lamps…Wed Apr 03 2002 - 01:00
Vince TaylorCULT HERO: Vince Taylor was the original Leper Messiah, recognised as being one of the first and most genuine of UK rock'n'rollers…Sat Mar 30 2002 - 00:00
Anna KavanCULT HERO: Anna Kavan was born Helen Emily Woods in April, 1901, in France - the daughter of well-off expatriate British parents…Sat Jan 05 2002 - 00:00
No shortbread please, we're ScottishThe way Colin Hynd tells it, Celtic Connections, Glasgow's persuasive 18-day Celtic music festival, wouldn't have been the success…Wed Jan 02 2002 - 00:00
Cult Hero: Vivian StanshallHow someone so charismatic and flamboyant could end up dying in a house fire, his home infiltrated by a gang of homeless alcoholics…Sat Dec 08 2001 - 00:00
Throwback to the laid-back from a charming rock starMany rock musicians engender respect, but few are also deeply charmingMon Dec 03 2001 - 00:00
Gavin Friday & The Friday-Seezer EnsembleThere's a vicious rumour going around that Gavin Friday is a bit of a chancer - part poseur, part passion, part pruneSat Dec 01 2001 - 00:00
Bob Geldof"This is weird." Geldof speaks for the rest of us from the stage of one of Ireland's most adaptable major venuesMon Nov 26 2001 - 00:00
Plastic BertrandHe was the irritating pint-sized, wet-look Belgian who seized the reigns of punk rock and made a laughing stock out of the movement…Sat Nov 17 2001 - 00:00
StereophonicsCombining old and new guard, filtering out bombastic prog rock and adding a dynamic twist of fag-end Brit pop, Wales's Stereophonics…Wed Nov 14 2001 - 00:00
Ryan AdamsHe comes across like a cut-price Bruce Springsteen backed by a hybrid mixture of The Band and Big Star, but Ryan Adams - the …Sat Oct 27 2001 - 01:00
