The Amazons are back with a new album, How Will I Know if Heaven Will Find Me? that came out on September 9th, following The Amazons (2017) and Future Dust (2019), which topped the UK charts in eighth and ninth … Continue reading How Will I Know if Heaven Will Find Me? An interview with Matt Thomson from The Amazons
Still from Love is the Message, the Message is Death by Arthur Jafa. Image provided courtesy of the artist and the Douglas Hyde Gallery. “We must disrupt the assumption that the assertion of love is something that does not … Continue reading Love is the Message, the Message is Death by Arthur Jafa Annabelle Frockt Reviews the Irish Premiere of Arthur Jafa’s Film.
Header image by Stephen White This month I had the wonderful opportunity of seeing the star of my Pinterest boards since I was 13, live and in person. The Pretty Reckless have been around since 2009, and finally headlined … Continue reading The Pretty Reckless // Live Review
Photo by Robbie Mullins. I was invited to witness a fantastic play of joy, distress, and kindness, told through the medium of dance. The show took place in The Complex, situated on 21- 25 Arran Street East. The space opened … Continue reading Anatomy of a Night // Live review Last night I took part in a performance of queer autonomy, self expression, and the kind of transcendence that can only be found on the dance floor
I must confess to something. Until last June, I had never seen an opera. I don’t think I know more than one person my age who has. So, upon entering the Gaiety last month donned in my best blazer (bird-patterned), … Continue reading Maria Stuarda // Live Review My First Opera Trip – I May Never Recover
Alt- J and Wilderado played at the Olympia, Dublin on the 22nd and 23rd of May. The opener, Wilderado, showcased an alternative indie rock sound that was made exceptional by their performance. I listened with keen ears to their catchy … Continue reading Alt-J // Live Review
Pale Waves front woman Heather Von Baron-Gracie knows how to win a crowd over. Taking a pride flag from a teenager who can’t be older than fifteen, she finishes her song ‘Wish You Were Here’ with one last strum … Continue reading Pale Waves // Live Review Pop Rock Ballads Delivered with Spunk
Originally Published in Print, April 2022. Tired of scrolling through endless ‘Best Songs of 2021’ in order to seem beautiful again, and interesting, and modern? Well, fear no more. Your search is over. Never again shall you feel sonically … Continue reading TN2 Music’s Class of 2021 TN2 Music brings you the only objective ‘Best Songs of 2021’ list.
Originally published in Print, April 2022. Black Country New Road’s second record Ants From Up There is a difficult album to review. I started by looking at each track, noting what was interesting about them, and then attempted to … Continue reading Ants From Up There by Black Country New Road // Review “As I write, after only a few days from it’s release and after about ten listens, I’m still surprised by it.”
Originally Published in Print December 2021 As the noughties revival takes the fashion world by storm, alerting the nostalgia brigade to such pop culture gems like The Simple Life and wired headphones (rip airpods, you didn’t last long), I … Continue reading Eight Early 2000s Artists That Should Make You Think… “That Was A Little Fruity”
Originally Published in print December 2021 In January 1969, just ten weeks after the release of the vast, maximalist explosion of creativity that was the White Album, the Beatles returned to the studio. There was a definite change in the … Continue reading Let It Be (Super Deluxe) by The Beatles // Review
I have never walked out of a concert, but Australian band DMA’s gig in the Academy brought me to the brink. This band is the epitome of what you’d imagine it means to be ‘Big in Australia’. A local sonic … Continue reading DMA’s // Live Review DMA’s sedate indie-pop could put the energizer bunny into a sleep-induced coma.