PAISLEY RIOT
UK based four piece band Paisley Riot have got a hard edge of emotional punk tunes with a hint of rock n roll to die for, with songs like “Wasted with you” upbeat good catchy number with a distinct punk influence and old fashioned rock n roll guitar riffs in the mix, Paisley riot have a unique sound to their music yet you can hear the commercial potential in their track “Books that you once read” with its moving and rich rocking roll sound, this is one band to keep you ear to the ground for.
Review by T.Halpin
RATE: ***** EXCELLENT
you can check out this band at
www.myspace.com/paisleyriot
Sunday, November 25, 2007
ROCK CHICK NIGHT IN THE VOODOO
DUBLIN UNDERGROUND
ROCK CHICKS PLAY NITE AT THE VOODOO LOUNGE 18th OCTOBER 2007
The nights entertainment had an array of female artists and one male band dressed in drag. From a great point of view there was a showcase of eight acts this is not an easy task trying to balance out the flavor of music through out the night with so many acts. Marc from Dublin Underground certainly pulled the night off with some fantastic music on the rise with live music until the wee hours of 2:30 am, this is one event well worth checking out as it will be one of Dublin’s finest places to find a showcase of emerging talent.
In the order of appearance I will give you a brief review of the night’s entertainment.
www.myspace.com/dublinunderground
EMMA O’REILLY
Emma gave a fine performance expressing her talent from nice cluster of cover songs, her vocal ability is very strong with plenty of passion in her voice. The backing band that stood in with Emma gave off more of an improvisation of the songs. Maybe they did not gel as well together but still pulled the gig of well on the night.
www.myspace.com/backspacelost
PAMELA CONNOLLY
Pamela has a very unique style in her voice the way that she words and phrases the lyrics are fantastic. Very professional stage presence. The audience was captured by Pamela’s vocals both very strong and very interesting, Pamela has a original style which is very hard to find in most acts that are emerging out there on the scene today. Top marks for Pamela on the night great show.
www.myspace.com/pamelaconnolly
LEANNE HARTE
Great to see Leanne again I had the pleasure of seeing Leanne at the Balcony TV awards. Leanne played with a full band back then, but tonight Leanne was doing a solo show it was a lot different I would have to say a little more mellow for Leanne, guitar playing was well executed and the tone from her vocal had very folk /blues style but gave an excellent feel to the set. I enjoyed the version of The Rocker “Thin lizzy” very powerful song yet Leanne brought it back to a more passionate blues version of the tune.
www.myspace.com/leannehartemusic
LA LOGE
This two piece act gave a great mood change to the night with very elegant style of blues with a jazzy tone, there was some nice licks and slide playing coming from the guitar and the lead singers voice has nice sharp jazz feel, It was a real good laid back show from La Loge.
www.myspace.com/lynneanddaragh
LITTLE NIGHTMARE
When this band came on the stage you could feel straight away you were going to be rocked they have some sweet melodies mixing them with the elements of ska and punk and grinding them together with metal, the lead singer has a powerful voice and can hold a note with no vein popping emotion. The band however could work a little better on the rhythm section as they where a bit loose but showing the full potential of a superb band.
www.myspace.com/littlenightmaremusic
MURDER PLAN
This five piece band had a plan up their sleeves and when they hit the stage with an abstract approach and with a megaphone in hand, with some great upbeat melodies, this must be part of an intro they use but the concept worked well. They have a nice feel to their music with some reggae/pop and blues melodies, the drummer was a bit loose and dropping a few beats but still held it together, they were jumping around a lot on stage with some good moves and humour towards the crowd.
www.myspace.com/murderplanb
JANEY MAC
Top class show from this band full of confidence, But I must take a bit of the chip off their shoulder. I would like to see them on a better night maybe they were tired or drunk or a mix of the both, the music and what they were trying to put across was almost expressed with raw punk with a fusion of dramatic poetry. The good point I would like to say about this band is they looked like they where enjoying themselves because they got the crowd rocking for sure.
www.myspace.com/janeymacmusic
ANIMAL CHANNEL
This is an emerging band on the scene and really impressed me with their set and the dancing fan club that follows them. They have a great stage presence about them and the music has some great catchy tunes with a nice pop rock feel with the potential of a real good career in todays market. Great show from the girls oops! I mean the guys on the night.
www.myspace.com/animalchannel
Review by T.Halpin
GIG RANK: ***** EXCELLENT 5 out of 6
ROCK CHICKS PLAY NITE AT THE VOODOO LOUNGE 18th OCTOBER 2007
The nights entertainment had an array of female artists and one male band dressed in drag. From a great point of view there was a showcase of eight acts this is not an easy task trying to balance out the flavor of music through out the night with so many acts. Marc from Dublin Underground certainly pulled the night off with some fantastic music on the rise with live music until the wee hours of 2:30 am, this is one event well worth checking out as it will be one of Dublin’s finest places to find a showcase of emerging talent.
In the order of appearance I will give you a brief review of the night’s entertainment.
www.myspace.com/dublinunderground
EMMA O’REILLY
Emma gave a fine performance expressing her talent from nice cluster of cover songs, her vocal ability is very strong with plenty of passion in her voice. The backing band that stood in with Emma gave off more of an improvisation of the songs. Maybe they did not gel as well together but still pulled the gig of well on the night.
www.myspace.com/backspacelost
PAMELA CONNOLLY
Pamela has a very unique style in her voice the way that she words and phrases the lyrics are fantastic. Very professional stage presence. The audience was captured by Pamela’s vocals both very strong and very interesting, Pamela has a original style which is very hard to find in most acts that are emerging out there on the scene today. Top marks for Pamela on the night great show.
www.myspace.com/pamelaconnolly
LEANNE HARTE
Great to see Leanne again I had the pleasure of seeing Leanne at the Balcony TV awards. Leanne played with a full band back then, but tonight Leanne was doing a solo show it was a lot different I would have to say a little more mellow for Leanne, guitar playing was well executed and the tone from her vocal had very folk /blues style but gave an excellent feel to the set. I enjoyed the version of The Rocker “Thin lizzy” very powerful song yet Leanne brought it back to a more passionate blues version of the tune.
www.myspace.com/leannehartemusic
LA LOGE
This two piece act gave a great mood change to the night with very elegant style of blues with a jazzy tone, there was some nice licks and slide playing coming from the guitar and the lead singers voice has nice sharp jazz feel, It was a real good laid back show from La Loge.
www.myspace.com/lynneanddaragh
LITTLE NIGHTMARE
When this band came on the stage you could feel straight away you were going to be rocked they have some sweet melodies mixing them with the elements of ska and punk and grinding them together with metal, the lead singer has a powerful voice and can hold a note with no vein popping emotion. The band however could work a little better on the rhythm section as they where a bit loose but showing the full potential of a superb band.
www.myspace.com/littlenightmaremusic
MURDER PLAN
This five piece band had a plan up their sleeves and when they hit the stage with an abstract approach and with a megaphone in hand, with some great upbeat melodies, this must be part of an intro they use but the concept worked well. They have a nice feel to their music with some reggae/pop and blues melodies, the drummer was a bit loose and dropping a few beats but still held it together, they were jumping around a lot on stage with some good moves and humour towards the crowd.
www.myspace.com/murderplanb
JANEY MAC
Top class show from this band full of confidence, But I must take a bit of the chip off their shoulder. I would like to see them on a better night maybe they were tired or drunk or a mix of the both, the music and what they were trying to put across was almost expressed with raw punk with a fusion of dramatic poetry. The good point I would like to say about this band is they looked like they where enjoying themselves because they got the crowd rocking for sure.
www.myspace.com/janeymacmusic
ANIMAL CHANNEL
This is an emerging band on the scene and really impressed me with their set and the dancing fan club that follows them. They have a great stage presence about them and the music has some great catchy tunes with a nice pop rock feel with the potential of a real good career in todays market. Great show from the girls oops! I mean the guys on the night.
www.myspace.com/animalchannel
Review by T.Halpin
GIG RANK: ***** EXCELLENT 5 out of 6
KIERNAN MCMULLAN LIVE
KIERNAN McMULLAN
LIVE REVIEW AT THE SUGAR CLUB
21/11/07
Kiernan has so much passion for music you could feel his music right through you on the night, his vocals had rhythm and a flow to them expressing every tone to the beat of the music, if you like Maroon 5 with a dash of Counting Crows then you would enjoy Kiernan live, at his best on the night is when he took up to play the keyboards this added even more soul to the night and showing off just one of his many musical talents, the band really gelled together at the gig it was pure soul and full of adrenaline, I could not find any flaws or in any way not to go and see Kiernan live again it was a great show and looking forward to his new album which is due for release in 2008
Review by T.Halpin
GIG RATE: ****** ROCKSTAR
LIVE REVIEW AT THE SUGAR CLUB
21/11/07
Kiernan has so much passion for music you could feel his music right through you on the night, his vocals had rhythm and a flow to them expressing every tone to the beat of the music, if you like Maroon 5 with a dash of Counting Crows then you would enjoy Kiernan live, at his best on the night is when he took up to play the keyboards this added even more soul to the night and showing off just one of his many musical talents, the band really gelled together at the gig it was pure soul and full of adrenaline, I could not find any flaws or in any way not to go and see Kiernan live again it was a great show and looking forward to his new album which is due for release in 2008
Review by T.Halpin
GIG RATE: ****** ROCKSTAR
LILA
LILA
'Hold On' EP Review
Both of these songs are of a catchy pop/rock nature. ‘Hold on’ has all the appeal of a nineties anthem with a well-suited vocal style, while ‘Find a Way’ is more upbeat and with more changes in tempo. Both songs have some good dynamic qualities and Lila’s sound becomes more attractive with each play. The songs are easy-listening, radio friendly and highly stylized tracks.
Review by Claire Rushe
RATE: **** VERY GOOD
you can check out LILA at
www.myspace.com/lilasong
'Hold On' EP Review
Both of these songs are of a catchy pop/rock nature. ‘Hold on’ has all the appeal of a nineties anthem with a well-suited vocal style, while ‘Find a Way’ is more upbeat and with more changes in tempo. Both songs have some good dynamic qualities and Lila’s sound becomes more attractive with each play. The songs are easy-listening, radio friendly and highly stylized tracks.
Review by Claire Rushe
RATE: **** VERY GOOD
you can check out LILA at
www.myspace.com/lilasong
CLAIR ROONEY
Clair Rooney
Eamonn Dorans October 16th 2007
Clair Rooney is a top example of the new generation of those entrepreneuring young female vocalists who are not afraid of their own voice. Playing mostly covers, her voice hits out loud thrilling high notes and then challenges the deeper, softer and more emotive tracks. She brings a jazzy, funky female sound to each song and her voice would work well with a full band to charge her adapting, varying vocal charisma. There are no lazy moments to Clair’s performance, and the lyrics are drenched with changing and seductive dynamics.
Review by Claire Rushe
RATE: **** VERY GOOD 4 out of 6
You can check out this artist at
www.myspace.com/clairrooney
Eamonn Dorans October 16th 2007
Clair Rooney is a top example of the new generation of those entrepreneuring young female vocalists who are not afraid of their own voice. Playing mostly covers, her voice hits out loud thrilling high notes and then challenges the deeper, softer and more emotive tracks. She brings a jazzy, funky female sound to each song and her voice would work well with a full band to charge her adapting, varying vocal charisma. There are no lazy moments to Clair’s performance, and the lyrics are drenched with changing and seductive dynamics.
Review by Claire Rushe
RATE: **** VERY GOOD 4 out of 6
You can check out this artist at
www.myspace.com/clairrooney
CEOLTOIR
Ceoltoir
Whelans Oct 22nd 2007
Ceoltoir announced their album launch in Whelans with a flood of musical tastes from the past students of their Trad course in Ballyfermot College of Further Education. Though most of the acts had to keep their appearance to a minimum, the show was an overwhelming introduction to the subtle flavors of the contemporary Irish Trad scene and we would like to see more.
Fast jigs and reels were promoted by precision and incredible whistle tempo, and these speeding drives were energized by slow low Bodhran beats and running high mandolin kicks. The arrangement of this alluring collection saw everything from energetic full band ballads to a captivating harp solo.
The main act saw Caoimhe Hogarty play both accompanied and acapelo tracks, where the instruments were well arranged to allow her powerful voice to achieve the highest points alone. The high and low ends of this Trad performance were vastly separated from each other, giving the complicated and purposeful task to the melody, to run its mesmerizing compliance between the two. Accomplished flawlessly, the musicians demonstrated that the Irish Trad scene is not only alive and active, but still young and with many places to go.
Review by Claire Rushe
You can check out this band at
www.myspace.com/ceoltoirbcfe
Whelans Oct 22nd 2007
Ceoltoir announced their album launch in Whelans with a flood of musical tastes from the past students of their Trad course in Ballyfermot College of Further Education. Though most of the acts had to keep their appearance to a minimum, the show was an overwhelming introduction to the subtle flavors of the contemporary Irish Trad scene and we would like to see more.
Fast jigs and reels were promoted by precision and incredible whistle tempo, and these speeding drives were energized by slow low Bodhran beats and running high mandolin kicks. The arrangement of this alluring collection saw everything from energetic full band ballads to a captivating harp solo.
The main act saw Caoimhe Hogarty play both accompanied and acapelo tracks, where the instruments were well arranged to allow her powerful voice to achieve the highest points alone. The high and low ends of this Trad performance were vastly separated from each other, giving the complicated and purposeful task to the melody, to run its mesmerizing compliance between the two. Accomplished flawlessly, the musicians demonstrated that the Irish Trad scene is not only alive and active, but still young and with many places to go.
Review by Claire Rushe
You can check out this band at
www.myspace.com/ceoltoirbcfe
SEANNIE FOY
SEANNIE FOY
(Further Down That Rocky Road album review)
From Ireland and you would not think so, he formed Those Handsome Devils back in the 80's and moved on to release this compelling album of 50's style rock n roll covers with 13 tracks of a great selection of pure rhythm and blues magic, The image the vocals and the playing style Seannie has it to a tee, he does a great version of 20th Century Boy on this album amongst many others but this one stuck out most to me with his unique vocals and guitar strumming with passion he rips this tune a new ass hole excellent stuff, The King and Eddie Cochran meet Seannie Foy. looking forward to hearing some of his original music I hear is due for release pretty soon.
Review by T.Halpin
RATE: ***** EXCELLENT 5 out of 6
You can check out Seannie at
www.myspace.com/seanniefoy
(Further Down That Rocky Road album review)
From Ireland and you would not think so, he formed Those Handsome Devils back in the 80's and moved on to release this compelling album of 50's style rock n roll covers with 13 tracks of a great selection of pure rhythm and blues magic, The image the vocals and the playing style Seannie has it to a tee, he does a great version of 20th Century Boy on this album amongst many others but this one stuck out most to me with his unique vocals and guitar strumming with passion he rips this tune a new ass hole excellent stuff, The King and Eddie Cochran meet Seannie Foy. looking forward to hearing some of his original music I hear is due for release pretty soon.
Review by T.Halpin
RATE: ***** EXCELLENT 5 out of 6
You can check out Seannie at
www.myspace.com/seanniefoy
SENECA
SENECA
‘Smile’ EP review
Seneca eases quite a safe sound with both of these tracks. ‘Smile’ is a soft song, while the style becomes more assured and balanced in ‘So Beautiful’ with fuller sounds and a little more drama to the technique.
The smooth vocals are easily associated with this style. Overall the songs lack much of the momentum needed for single release.
Review by Claire Rushe
RATE: *** GOOD
you can check out SENECA at
www.myspace.com/bandseneca
‘Smile’ EP review
Seneca eases quite a safe sound with both of these tracks. ‘Smile’ is a soft song, while the style becomes more assured and balanced in ‘So Beautiful’ with fuller sounds and a little more drama to the technique.
The smooth vocals are easily associated with this style. Overall the songs lack much of the momentum needed for single release.
Review by Claire Rushe
RATE: *** GOOD
you can check out SENECA at
www.myspace.com/bandseneca
SUDDYN
SUDDYN
BAND OF THE MONTH NOV 07
RADIO CITY DUBLIN 25th oct 07
Ep launch
The atmosphere on the night was electric when Suddyn hit the stage they hit it with pure explosive passion. The flow of rhythm coming from the piano was played with some classical feel and blending tones. The front man Alan sure was worthy of the grasping presence you could hear from his vocals, his voice was very expressive with a lot of passion in them. Jarrett the guitar player showed off some great moves and played some cracking riffs with a very melodic approach to the songs, I really like his originality very bluesy style but keeping it commercial, The bass player Colly has a real upbeat punk style and can hold the backbone melodies that you can feel from Suddyn. As for Bren on drums he pulled of a stormer of a solo on the night you could here the styles of John Bonham mixed in with Art Blakey super stuff, this is one band on the scene you have to see live, hats of to Suddyn great show.
Review by T.Halpin
GIG RATE: ****** Rock star 6 out of 6
SUDDYN/Gravity : Review
“Uplifting melodic rock with the world at their feet Suddyn have hit the spot with this tune full of inspiring guitar and synth melodies, vocals have a great subtle tone and feel to them with some great catchy lyrics, Gravity has a pull with a addictive sound very well mixed and arranged superb stuff.”
Review by T.Halpin
RATE: ****** ROCK STAR
You can check out Suddyn at
www.myspace.com/suddyn
BAND OF THE MONTH NOV 07
RADIO CITY DUBLIN 25th oct 07
Ep launch
The atmosphere on the night was electric when Suddyn hit the stage they hit it with pure explosive passion. The flow of rhythm coming from the piano was played with some classical feel and blending tones. The front man Alan sure was worthy of the grasping presence you could hear from his vocals, his voice was very expressive with a lot of passion in them. Jarrett the guitar player showed off some great moves and played some cracking riffs with a very melodic approach to the songs, I really like his originality very bluesy style but keeping it commercial, The bass player Colly has a real upbeat punk style and can hold the backbone melodies that you can feel from Suddyn. As for Bren on drums he pulled of a stormer of a solo on the night you could here the styles of John Bonham mixed in with Art Blakey super stuff, this is one band on the scene you have to see live, hats of to Suddyn great show.
Review by T.Halpin
GIG RATE: ****** Rock star 6 out of 6
SUDDYN/Gravity : Review
“Uplifting melodic rock with the world at their feet Suddyn have hit the spot with this tune full of inspiring guitar and synth melodies, vocals have a great subtle tone and feel to them with some great catchy lyrics, Gravity has a pull with a addictive sound very well mixed and arranged superb stuff.”
Review by T.Halpin
RATE: ****** ROCK STAR
You can check out Suddyn at
www.myspace.com/suddyn
THE BIKINI WAREHOUSE
The Bikini Warehouse
Selection of Songs
Bizarre but interesting, this collection of songs do not follow many traditional mixing trends.
Though epic at times, the songs run more like music scores, touching on various styles and experimenting with different intensities. The songs do not narrate themselves from one stage to the next, but enter into complex experiments with sounds. While the songs lack the momentum and lifts generally associated with such techno styles of music, they do reveal some different, and flatter listening possibilities available to this kind of approach. Very technical and fluid, the style takes on its own explorative charm in this collection.
Review by Claire Rushe
RATE: ** BAD
You can check out this band at
www.myspace.com/bikiniwarehouse
Selection of Songs
Bizarre but interesting, this collection of songs do not follow many traditional mixing trends.
Though epic at times, the songs run more like music scores, touching on various styles and experimenting with different intensities. The songs do not narrate themselves from one stage to the next, but enter into complex experiments with sounds. While the songs lack the momentum and lifts generally associated with such techno styles of music, they do reveal some different, and flatter listening possibilities available to this kind of approach. Very technical and fluid, the style takes on its own explorative charm in this collection.
Review by Claire Rushe
RATE: ** BAD
You can check out this band at
www.myspace.com/bikiniwarehouse
THE CHERRIES
The Cherries
Vertigo Girl
Vertigo Girl, the debut album by The Cherries is an energetic and lively collection of songs.
While their animated pop sounds and liquid vocals are engaging, the distinct lack of instrument use on most of the tracks leads me to think their style would be more suited to live performance, or video. Their music is without the richness and instrumental arrangement necessary for a good recording quality, and the recorded tracks are quite detached from the atmosphere of their animated song writing. Nevertheless the Cherries are the owners of a highly stylized theatrical quality that would create a lively showcase atmosphere at any gig or festival.
Review by Claire Rushe
RATE: *** GOOD 3 out of 6
You can check out this band at
www.myspace.com/bitethecherries
Vertigo Girl
Vertigo Girl, the debut album by The Cherries is an energetic and lively collection of songs.
While their animated pop sounds and liquid vocals are engaging, the distinct lack of instrument use on most of the tracks leads me to think their style would be more suited to live performance, or video. Their music is without the richness and instrumental arrangement necessary for a good recording quality, and the recorded tracks are quite detached from the atmosphere of their animated song writing. Nevertheless the Cherries are the owners of a highly stylized theatrical quality that would create a lively showcase atmosphere at any gig or festival.
Review by Claire Rushe
RATE: *** GOOD 3 out of 6
You can check out this band at
www.myspace.com/bitethecherries
THE FUNDAMENTALS LIVE
THE FUNDAMENTALS
Eamonn Dorans November 7th 2007
The Fundamentals played quite a tight gig alongside The Looks on the launch of their E.P. Epic and well arranged, they have a powerful sound. Their songs, full of dirty underground beats have some catchy rock trends that run on a highly radio-friendly note. Moving through varying sounds, including a surprising reggae beat, the band have an uplifting quality that is let down by their mildly bland lyrics.
Review by Claire rushe
GIG RATE: **** VERY GOOD
www.myspace.com/thefundamentalsband
Eamonn Dorans November 7th 2007
The Fundamentals played quite a tight gig alongside The Looks on the launch of their E.P. Epic and well arranged, they have a powerful sound. Their songs, full of dirty underground beats have some catchy rock trends that run on a highly radio-friendly note. Moving through varying sounds, including a surprising reggae beat, the band have an uplifting quality that is let down by their mildly bland lyrics.
Review by Claire rushe
GIG RATE: **** VERY GOOD
www.myspace.com/thefundamentalsband
THE LOOKS LIVE
THE LOOKS
Eamonn Dorans November 7th 2007
The Looks launch their E.P with a collision of sounds reminiscent of that late 90s plunge back towards the London punk era. Their energetic performance and spinning guitar sounds generate a Libertines-style stage presence. Their faster, busier upbeat, tighter songs are more coherent, and better suited to this kind of style, while some of their performed tracks lack this kind of remedy.
Review by claire rushe
GIG RATE: *** GOOD
www.myspace.com/thelooksmusic
Eamonn Dorans November 7th 2007
The Looks launch their E.P with a collision of sounds reminiscent of that late 90s plunge back towards the London punk era. Their energetic performance and spinning guitar sounds generate a Libertines-style stage presence. Their faster, busier upbeat, tighter songs are more coherent, and better suited to this kind of style, while some of their performed tracks lack this kind of remedy.
Review by claire rushe
GIG RATE: *** GOOD
www.myspace.com/thelooksmusic
THOMAS LEEB
THOMAS LEEB
Aras Chronain November 21sh 2007
The work behind Thomas Leeb’s guitar technique is quite out of range with that of traditional guitar use. Thomas uses the instrument outside of any normal boundaries. Sounding at times like drums, piano, or cello, the performance is a finely tuned collision of unusual guitar use. These cascading sounds and experimental techniques are brought together beautifully with the detailed precision of a complex but striking arrangement. Thomas puts the same level of ingenuity to his guitar that the under-stage microphones brought to the Riverdance. His stage presence is a solo exploration of guitar tastes; a brilliant and crazy performance everyone should see at least once.
Review by Claire Rushe
GIG RATE : ****** ROCK STAR
you can check out Thomas at
www.myspace.com/thomasleeb
Aras Chronain November 21sh 2007
The work behind Thomas Leeb’s guitar technique is quite out of range with that of traditional guitar use. Thomas uses the instrument outside of any normal boundaries. Sounding at times like drums, piano, or cello, the performance is a finely tuned collision of unusual guitar use. These cascading sounds and experimental techniques are brought together beautifully with the detailed precision of a complex but striking arrangement. Thomas puts the same level of ingenuity to his guitar that the under-stage microphones brought to the Riverdance. His stage presence is a solo exploration of guitar tastes; a brilliant and crazy performance everyone should see at least once.
Review by Claire Rushe
GIG RATE : ****** ROCK STAR
you can check out Thomas at
www.myspace.com/thomasleeb
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