Originally published in the Metro UK on August 9th 2017 Fireworks? Check. Balloons? Check. An impromptu jam with a fan carried onstage via his wheelchair? Check. It’s fashionable to call Coldplay a bit naff these days but on occasions like this they’re in a league of their own. From start to finish this was an…
Album Review: Adrian Crowley – Some Blue Morning
ADRIAN CROWLEY: SOME BLUE MORNING (Chemikal Underground) ★★★★✩ As the days shorten and the temperatures plummet, there is perhaps no surer companion than a new Adrian Crowley album. Laden with evocative imagery and teeming with sullen atmospherics, the seventh release from the enigmatic Galwegian is one to lose yourself in – the aural equivalent of…
Album Review: Damien Rice – My Favourite Faded Fantasy
Originally published in the Metro Herald on Monday 10th November 2014 // DAMIEN RICE: My Favourite Faded Fantasy Vector recordings ★★★✩✩ After a self-imposed exile that lasted eight years, Ireland’s most féted troubadour makes his much anticipated return. Those wilderness years were certainly tumultuous, with an acrimonious split from linchpin collaborator and partner Lisa Hannigan…
Album Review: Tim Wheeler – Lost Domain
This article originally appeared in the Metro Herald on November 3rd 2014 // http://gometro.ie/2014/11/album-reviews-taylor-swift-tim-wheeler-annie-lennox/ Tim Wheeler: Lost Domain (Sony) ★★★✩✩ Solo outings are usually reserved for musicians wishing to try new things or simply to fill time between tours and releases. But this debut offering from Ash frontman Tim Wheeler was inspired by personal tragedy….
Interview: Delorentos on new album Night Becomes Light
As originally published in the Irish Star on October 10th 2014 // Little Sparks – Delorentos’ third release – was the undisputed high-point in the band’s career to date. After its release in 2012 the Dublin four-piece rode the crest of a wave, one that brought them the Choice Music Prize, innumerable five-star reviews and…
Stop The Lights 