The Wedding Present made a welcome return to Dublin, this time performing Watusi in full at The Button Factory in Dublin. Support on the night came – rather ironically – from Groom! Photos by Shaun Neary.
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Two powerful forces collide head-on in this latest iteration of the classic Sci-Fi Horror movie. Firstly, there is the expectation that the chief tenet of modern videogames is bombast, that they should be loud yet morally and intellectually lacking. Outer space is not the only vacuum in recent releases, which favour the shooty, shooty, bang, bang stuff over anything resembling characterisation or an engaging plot. Secondly, there is the unavoidable fact that previous titles bearing the Alien brand have not been very good. The flailing series has moved further and further away from what made the source material so enthralling. However, just…
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Tim Wheeler performed an instore at Head in Belfast ahead of his live gig that night in the Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast. Photos by Liam Kielt.
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Having launched our physical magazine at Belfast’s Bar Sub last month, Not Squares will headline the next installment – and Christmas party of – Dublin club Seven Quarters in Whelan’s, Dublin on Friday, December 19. The fourth outing for the gig night, it will continue its tradition of giving attendees a unique limited edition 7″ vinyl, featuring previously unreleased tracks, from the performing artists. Support on the night comes from critically-acclaimed experimentalists Percolator. The 7″ vinyl will be given away for free to the first 150 people through the door. Tickets – priced at – are available to buy here.
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Kylie Minogue played the 3 arena in Dublin on Saturday night. Photos by Abraham Tarrush.
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If you’ve been out of the loop with regards to hip-hop for the last number of years, if nothing from the genre has taken you by the scruff of the neck and pulled you into its roughneck world the way it may have before, then consider Run the Jewels 2 to be an assertive wake up call. This second collaborative effort from the duo of Killer Mike and El-P has had the Internet aflame with hype since its free release on October 24th of this year, and it has effortlessly hammered itself into the consciousness of both the underground and…
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Beatboxer extrondinare Beardyman played Cyprus avenue in Cork over the weekend. Photos by Rory Coomey.
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Ash frontman Tim Wheeler performed tracks from his latest release live at the Oh Yeah Centre in Belfast on Friday night, with support from VerseChorusVerse. Photos by Alan Maguire
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80’s legend Billy Idol tore Vicar Street apart on Friday night with renditions of his biggest hits such as ‘White Wedding’ ‘Dancing With Myself’ and ‘Rebel Yell’. Photos by Shaun Neary.
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Good day, readers! I’m Chris and The Thin Air have kindly provided me with this platform to talk about the wonderful world of touring and other aspects of life in a band. I began touring about seven years ago, the early days consisted mostly of performing to tiny amounts of people, being broke and sleeping on floors or in vans. Since then there has been no catapult to superstardom, more a gradual yet steady progression in my touring lifestyle and in many ways I feel very fortunate for this, as it has helped me develop a resilience to a lot…