As a band that started out with the name Spontaneous Frogs, Lir, the ostentatious but now-defunct Dublin purveyors of 1970s dinosaur rock and wacky jazz fusion, were never afraid of swimming against the tide. The band still gets together for an annual outing of rococo indulgence and offbeat guitar solos. Tonight they are reunited with former keyboard player David Hopkins, who is now carving out a solo career in New York. With fellow Dubliner the uncompromisingly vernacular folk-reggae singer Dempsey, fresh off the back of his latest No 1 album, Shots, and up-and-coming rockers Republic of Loose, above, whose sound is a mishmash of everything from early Stones to Abba, joining Lir for this triple header, the noise emanating from the stage is bound to be anything but mainstream.
Vicar Street, Dublin, today, tickets €23.50 (0818 719 390)