Gig Reviews - 2026

Gurriers in Naas. Good night out. Spiegeltent is lovely, really nice space for a gig. Certainly not sold out, loads of space which is disappointing but the lads were excellent. Some new stuff which I'm not sure about but all the classics were great,Top of the Bill, Approachable, Nausea, Sign of the Times etc. As i say, good night out.

Westside Cowboy brilliant in the Grand Social tonight. frantic indie guitar, lovely slower folky stuff, just a lovely set. Place was jammed. 2 guitars,3 vocalists,nice harmonies, yeah, deadly. Talked to all of them after, so sound. They'll be somewhere bigger next time.

Well, 2 and a bass, you know what I mean. Thought Theatre were great too. Powerful sound when they're really on it. She's a superstar.

Didn't realise anyone other than David Byrne sang lead for Talking Heads?

That's me right in front of you, blocking your view of the drummer 🤣

Prima Facie - 31st January, Gaiety Theatre

No superlatives do justice to Jodie Comer's performance which rightly won awards. To be able to recite words without missing a beat, without even a correction in speaking, for 1 hour 40 mins to me is absolutely incredible. When you add into the mix that she's playing one person but 2 very different versions of that character and is representing other people, has some co-ordination to get through etc it's really incredible. To amp it up further it must be emotionally draining to go through this performance which veers from really positive and uplifting to traumatising. Her performance wouldn't hit as much if the material she was working with wasn't great too and Suzie Miller's script is on point too - I'm very lucky to have caught this performance, I think it's going to be a film - but if you can see this you won't regret it.

Magdalena Bay - 5th February, Vicar St

Tickets to this were like hens teeth and between checking TM and Toutless every day I was very lucky to get tickets and I doubt anyone in attendance felt empty handed. I must confess I only came across them last year, I think I had a playlist on and Image or Death and Romance came on after, and then this happened a couple more times so I checked out Imaginal Disk and what an album that is. I'm not as familiar with their work before then, they have a few mix tapes and 1 album before - on Thurs they played most if not all Imaginal Disk and a good mix of some material that came before then as well as some of the new tracks they've released, including the sublime Second Sleep. Their songs really come to life on stage and sound more powerful backed by brilliant drummer, Matt on bass and a synth player too while Mica barely stops for a breather. They must've rattled through over 20 songs in the hour 40 mins they played and were in great form - an absolutely joyous experience.