Gig Reviews - 2026

Very quiet week gig-wise so was glad to get out tonight to The Workman’s for triple bill - Dog Bless, Pretty Limited and The Psychs.
Pleasant surprise when a familiar face to most of us here appeared on stage to play bass for Pretty Unlimited.
Once they’d finished their set, he changed and was back doing the job he knows very well. Good man Dylan!

Managed to blag a couple of tickets this afternoon. Brought a friend who hadn’t even heard of them before today.

Standing right next to the speakers at the front, my eye on the setlist taped to the stage beside me. I was not moving. Had to stick my finger in my ear for most of the set, it was so loud it was on the point of painful.

As you said, all the moshes were incredible. I managed to record 5/6 of them. Some fantastic additions to my collection.

My friend was blown away by them and their ability to play the crowd. They’ve worked so hard to get there, they make it look easy.

I’ve booked their record launch next Friday. How mad will the crowd be there? Cannot wait. 😎

Now that is a holiday for the bucket list. Thanks for the heads up

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It was a toss between Cardinals and Murder Hole Beach in Curveball. Went with the latter. Not disappointed.

This Dublin outfit should be playing bigger venues by now, not sure why not, they were superb.

Thought the very capable lead singer would get a mosh going earlier but he waited til the last song to produce one of my favourite ever moshes. Crowd went mental afterwards. Well done Grandad, you survived, just!! 👏👏👏

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After three nights of great live music, thought I’d try something different tonight and went experimental at Anseo.

Openers were Marconi’s Mess, an electronic duo with lots of knob twiddling, a bit of drumming and plenty of feedback interference.

Then we had Czech artist Goodbye Clifford, followed by New Yorker Kelpy Cathedral who both pushed the boundaries of dance/electronica/punk/bizarre performance to the limits.

Headliners, the totally unpronounceable, 3A3H3N3D3I, turned out to be the duo from the opening band plus a bass player and lead guitar. Wasn’t sure what to expect but they were an unbelievably good run-of-the-mill noise rock outfit. What a fantastic surprise!

What a weekend of music, love it!!!!!!

Yeah, I was waiting for the mosh too but it was early so I think everyone was too sober and worried about knocking over stuff in the shop.

Listening to their new album this morning, walking along Howth Harbour. Let out a bit of a squeal when Cracks came on, great tune. Unfortunately they admitted it wasn’t ready to perform yet. (What the feck have they been doing for the last year? 😉).

Even though there wasn’t a setlist in sight, it was still a great hour, really good sound as well. They were so appreciative. Fair dues to them.

Too early to go home so mad dash across the Liffey to The Sound House to catch the headliners - Sabbages. Trad-fusion in good old Pogues fashion. They weren’t the tightest of bands but they were good enough.