Nick Shane

Nick Shane Undoubtebly one of the country's best songwriters Nick Shane is a UK Mod/Punk/Indie singer-songwriter based in Scotland with singles and albums dating back up to the past ten years, covering a wide range of Acoustic/Soulful/Singer-Songwriter genres, showcasing old and new material in the Dublin Castle tonight.

Bill Dury son of Ian and in possession of a similarly mercurial artistry. Bill D is a unique talent with a ringmaster's approach to rounding up the pop chops and making them perform.

The Magnetic Charms - a country/folk sensibility tempered with a Bowie-ish tinge and some other artpop touches. Great songs, deftly delivered, will maybe please admirers of R.E.M, Crowded House and The Triffids. Triffic.

Deft Left Hand - part nineties flavoured indie, part kicking schlock rock- It rocks quite nicely...promising stuff influenced perhaps by Blondie, Sleeper, Transmission VampElsewhere they get quite 1980s indie jangly, even a tad folky.