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May 2012
The Archives
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05.31.12New Irish Sounds: Twin Headed WolfThe name: Twin Headed Wolf The deal: Known to their friends as Branwen and Julie Kavanagh, Twin Headed Wolf are the perfect folk duo to help you forget any stereotypical ideas you might have about folk duos. The Dublin-born, Clare-raised twins make witchy, beguiling, melody-driven sounds using piano, guitar, loop station, musical saw, melodica, Jew’s harp and a collection of homemade instruments, including what looks like a small milk jug. At the moment, they're probably best known as the two young wans who turned up on Glen Hansard's Christmas Eve Busk For The Homeless last year, but if they keep churning out songs like this ...
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05.13.12Camden Crawl Dublin: Day TwoI was delighted see some bigger crowds and happier faces on Day Two of Dublin's Camden Crawl, as gig-goers began to embrace the fine art of venue-hopping. A couple of late starts permitted me to see shows I didn't think I'd get to, (Northy rockers LaFaro, the ever-luminous Rubberbandits and, for the second time in as many days, the brilliant DELS, whose album Gob is next on my to-download list), which left me wondering why the schedule wasn't more scattered in the first place. That said, the gigs I got to see this weekend were well worth the trek, and reports ...
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05.12.12Camden Crawl Dublin: Day OneDay One of the inaugural Camden Crawl Dublin didn't pass without a few logistical hiccups, but a couple of late starts and some general bewilderment didn't stop patrons from going home with some wonderful tunes swimming around in their heads. Dubliners don't appear all that familiar with the original Camden Crawl; most seem to have heard more about individual performances (like this Florence + The Machine show from 2008, or this security-defying Odd Future gig from last year) than the festival itself. Punters who found themselves confused by the unusual scheduling (Ghostpoet performs at 7.50pm tonight, while relative unknowns occupy much later slots), ...