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
The Old Grey Whistle TestWe were so much older then, but we're younger than that now - that's the only way to view a television warhorse music programme…Sat Oct 13 2001 - 01:00
TindersticksDespite their best intentions of remaining a fringe act, Tindersticks have, over the course of almost 10 years, built up a sizeable…Wed Oct 10 2001 - 01:00
The Paul Brady SongbookFor all his prestige and credibility as a songwriter, Paul Brady seems to need continually to prove himself - no bad thing for…Thu Oct 04 2001 - 01:00
Brian KennedyThere was a time when it seemed Brian Kennedy strived for a form of credibility that comes from peer pressure and certain irate…Wed Oct 03 2001 - 01:00
Cult Hero - Hannes BokBorn in Duluth, Minnesota on July 2nd, 1914, Hannes Bok was an outstandingly brilliant artist who was also an excellent writer…Sat Sept 29 2001 - 01:00
Acoustic 4x4It's hardly novel, but it works: showcasing four singer-songwriters is as good a way as any of pitching the work of disparate…Wed Sept 19 2001 - 01:00
Gary MooreAs reinventions go, Gary Moore's swapping of leather jackets and hard rock for comfortable clothes and a Les Paul guitar has …Wed Sept 12 2001 - 01:00
Cult HeroIn Rock music terms, he's the cult hero to beat all cult heroes, the man who had it all but who crumbled before our very eyes…Sat Sept 08 2001 - 01:00
U2,If Bono, U2's lead singer, is the driver of the machine, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen jnr and Edge are the wheels that make it …Mon Aug 27 2001 - 01:00
Richard Thompson & Danny ThompsonNot the Thompson brothers and definitely not the Thompson Twins, Richard and Danny are two stalwarts of British contemporary …Wed Aug 01 2001 - 01:00
The FugsCombine boho poetry, a certain level of musical gaucheness and a healthy dose of shock tactics and you have The Fugs, an avant…Sat Jul 28 2001 - 01:00
Robbie WilliamsA primary question: what exactly do we want from our pop stars? Information? Entertainment? A mixture of both, with side orders…Wed Jul 11 2001 - 01:00
GabrielleGabrielle's success in Ireland continues apace - the last time she played this venue it was to a seated crowd who simply refused…Thu Jul 05 2001 - 01:00
Chris MillsA Chicago resident via a circuitous route involving stints in other parts of the US and Germany; a short-haired, string-snapping…Fri Jun 29 2001 - 01:00
Alanis MorissetteHopefully starting a trend of major artists using smaller venues in which to road-test new material, Alanis Morissette played…Sat Jun 16 2001 - 01:00
Neil YoungLess prosaic than Leonard Cohen, more simplistic than Joni Mitchell and more viscerally exciting than Bob Dylan could ever be…Thu Jun 14 2001 - 01:00
Roxy MusicThis could have been a travesty: an acclaimed British rock band re-forms after almost 20 years for a brief world tour that is…Tue Jun 12 2001 - 01:00
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn ColvinHaving one excellent singer/songwriter on the bill is good enough; two is spoiling usTue Jun 05 2001 - 01:00
Joe MeekJoe Meek was born in April 1929, in Newent, Gloucestershire, and died in February 1967, in London, when he shot himselfSat May 19 2001 - 01:00
Grand DriveIt's a rare thing that a band from South London/Brighton way comes up with a record that sounds as if the members have been brainwashed…Mon May 14 2001 - 01:00
Hamell On TrialA late addition to the festival proved to be the highlight: a scarred, bullet-headed, 40-something New-York-Stater, whose scatter…Thu May 10 2001 - 01:00
