Hypnotic Brass Ensemble blew the roof off the Sugar Club on Friday night, in the first of a three night stint with support from Interskalactic. Photos by Carlos Daly.
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Ben Howard put on a stunning performance at the olympia theatre in Dublin last night. Photos by Colm Moore.
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Foxes played the Limelight in Belfast on Friday night with support from Ariana & The Rose. Photos by Sara Marsden.
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David Gray played the Cork Opera House on Friday night. Photos by Melanie Mullan.
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The Blades played the Olympia Theatre on Friday night with support from Gangs. Photos by Shaun Neary.
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In a year when much has been written about the return of the Aphex Twin it is easy to forget its been a vintage year for that other studio super boffin, Brian Eno. His excellent collaborations with Karl Hyde, Someday World and High Life were released in May and June respectively. Someday World is an intelligent pop record – full of catchy, intricate melody lines, while High Life with fewer longer tracks sounds more improvisational – some of the best bits sound like out-takes from My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. June also saw the release of the expanded version of Jon Hassell’s City: Works of Fiction. Hassell, an American…
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Jonny Currie talks to Idlewild guitarist Rod Jones about recording their new album, memories of Belfast, and preparing for the upcoming tour. It’s been five years since the band’s last album Post-Electric Blues – was it easy to pick up where you left off in terms of writing and recording for Idlewild again? Surprisingly so. From about the age of eighteen it’s all we’d ever really known. It never felt like a living because we were so caught up in what we were doing. Although towards the end of the process with the last record it felt like it was like…