Icelandic indie-folk five-piece Of Monsters and Men live at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre. Photos by Brian Mulligan.
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Having made their long-awaited return via The Light In You in October, US alt-rock legends Mercury Rev played Dublin’s Button Factory at the weekend, supported by Nicole Atkins. Photos by Mark Earley.
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Maryland riffmasters general Clutch played a packed-out Limelight 1 in Belfast at the weekend, with support from Greek band Planet of Zeus. Photos by Alan Maguire.
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Our photographers Alan Maguire and Brian Mulligan capture a brace of Irish dates from Paul Weller at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall and Dublin’s Olympia Theatre respectively. Waterfront Hall, Belfast Olympia Theatre, Dublin
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Sara Marsden captures the inaugural Outloud @ Outburst at Belfast’s Black Box, a day long event of stalls, talks, workshops and music all with a feminist/trans/queer slant.
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As a preface-turned-thinkpiece, it’s probably important to note that I suffer from epilepsy and although I have my suspicions that this correlates with my connection to music, that hypothesis is probably, at best, pseudo-science. But then again, Neil Young – fellow epileptic – has, before even the diagnosis, been this writer’s favourite musician of all time, connecting in a way no other has before or since. Apart from, perhaps, the first time my teenage self heard Appetite For Destruction. That may seem a roundabout way of introducing a Kurt Vile review, but there’s an inescapable influence on those who channel…
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Often compared to the likes of Brian Wilson, The Velvet Underground, Nick Drake and Leonard Cohen, American singer-songwriter Kelley Stoltz play Dublin’s Whelan’s recently. Photos by Ste Murray.
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A highlight of this year’s Sound of Belfast programme, VerseChorusVerse & David Lyttle, Donal Scullion, Jess Edlin and Colum McIntyre played the Empire on Thursday night. Photos by Liam Kielt.
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Lonely the Brave at the Limelight in Belfast with support from R51. Photos by Liam Kielt.
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Supported by SPINES and The Clockworks, Dublin “grunge-pop” quartet Otherkin headlined Galway’s Roisin Dubh on Saturday night. Photos by Vincent Hughes.