Review

Live music:Matthew and the Atlas

Matthew and the Atlas are signed to Mumford and Sons’ record label, Communion, and trade in a similarly upbeat school of folk-pop. But while the Mumfords can play to 30,000 people at Phoenix Park, Matthew Hegarty and his band remain stuck on the bottom rung, headlining pokey venues and manning their own merchandise tables (you know a band has one foot in obscurity when the lead singer is selling you a T-shirt).