Music review archives

Castlepalooza line-up announced A small boutique festival with a big massive heart, Castlepalooza returns to Charleville Castle for another year. One of my favourites on the festival circuit, Castlepalooza does not disappoint and with a line-up including Caribou, Villagers, Jurassic 5 and Cat Power this year is set to be another delight. Tickets are on […]

New single and headline Whelans show for Otherkin Dublin grunge-pop outfit Otherkin will unleash their brand new single during their biggest Irish headline show in Whelan’s on April 8. ‘I Was Born’ is the brand new track from the band who are making serious waves at home and across the continent. ‘Feel It’ enjoyed terrific support […]

Body and Soul first line-up announcement Body and Soul have released their first line-up announcement;  with their usual immersive summit of music, discovery, spoken word, holistic escapes, debate, gastronomic indulgences, blissful treatments and theatrical delights. A must-do on every festival calendar, it offers a weekend of refined and grown-up treats, artistic flourishes and after-dark divilment nourished by […]

Indiependence announces 2016 line-up Indiependence is back, and having just announced their 2016 line-up all I can say is; where are my wellies? Immediately nostalgia floods with memories of summers filled with The Kooks, and excitement fills on seeing Little Hours, King Kong Company and Pleasure Beach…wait?…is that The Blizzards?? Indeed! A stand-out festival in […]

Lofty Reviews – The Altered Hours, live in the Kasbah Social Club, Dolans, Limerick During the week, Dolan’s won a IMRO Live Music Venue Award for a third year in a row. So it’s fitting that the Friday after that award sees the wonderful entertainment venue playing host to a number of gigs featuring Irish […]

John Loftus reviews the debut album from Super Hyper Giant – Retro/Futuristic ‘Retro/Futuristic’ is the debut album from Super Hyper Giant, a band fronted by Dublin man Jonathan Savino. It is an extremely engaging pop record bursting with big themes about love, life, hopes and dreams The album’s lead track ‘The Universe’ sets out the […]

Sea Sessions returns in June with a stellar line-up After selling out weeks in advance last year, Sea Sessions is now coming in to its ninth year and the organisers have just announced their first set of acts for this summer’s festival, with plenty more to come. Amongst a very strong line-up acts include Primal […]

Warsaw Radio release new single and start Irish tour Brighton based, Limerick born band Warsaw Radio are returning to Ireland this week to launch their amazing new single “Down by the Sea“. The band is fronted by Irish man Brian McNamara, who is bringing this blend of indie and folk to test it out at […]