Live music review: Sleaford Mods, Vicar Street, Dublin
Every so often British music spits out a group like Sleaford Mods: outrageous outsiders wearing their left wing anti-establishment beliefs like military epaulettes. In this age of Brexit and austerity, it is no coincidence that their star has ascended with uncommon speed.
Just a few years ago, 45 year-old frontman Jason Williamson was working as a social welfare advisEr in Nottingham. Now’s he’s the 21st Century mix of Paul Weller and Keith from the Prodigy — a pop insurgent delivering polemics in a ferocious snarl.
