Nick Shane + Bill Dury + The Magnetic Charms + Deft Left Hand + DJs

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 Vamp…Elsewhere they get quite 1980s indie jangly, even a tad folky.