It truly is silly season on the live circuit, and circumstance would have it that the same night grunge godfathers Mudhoney returned to Belfast would be when the granddaddy of them all, Neil Young, decided to play his first ever date in the city. Mudhoney have never been about huge arenas though: the demise of Mark Arm and Steve Turner’s previous act Green River came when he didn’t match the ambitions of the stadium hungry band mates Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard, and while the later dominated the 90s as the founders of Pearl Jam, Arm and co.’s Mudhoney provided…
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Day Three of Forbidden Fruit festival at Imma featuring Underworld, Flume, Maya Jane Coles, Klingande, Jackmaster and many more. Photos by Isabel Thomas.
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Day two of Forbidden Fruit festival at IMMA featuring Tame Impala, Battles, Jungle, Skepta and many more. Photos by Lucy Foster.
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It’s a cracker of an afternoon as I make my way through Kilmainham – a day ripped straight from the pages of old Junior Cert Irish essays, all erratic excitement and rock-splitting sun. I’m heading to Forbidden Fruit for the evening, and should mention that I’ve foolishly disregarded the tips on the festival’s website to dress appropriately for the weather. I’m wearing jeans and carrying a jacket, so I mostly feel like a rotisserie chicken for the majority of the afternoon & evening. Forbidden Fruit, with its faintly edenic name and location on the grounds of the Irish Museum of…
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Wilko Johnson live at the Rory Gallagher Festival in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal with support from Mike Brookfield and Dave McHugh. Photos by Mickey Rooney.
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Vantastival festival took place over two days at Beaulieu House in Drogheda, featuring Badly Drawn Boy, Saint Sister, Fangclub, Naoise Roo, King Kong Company and many more. Photos by Peter O’Hanlon.
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Lisa Hannigan live at the Riverbank Arts Centre in Kildare. Photos by Peter O’Hanlon.
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A year or so ago, I was told about an amazing gig that had happened in the National Concert Hall. It was unlike any live performance that the person recounting the night had ever seen. From that moment I was intrigued and eager to see Paul G. Smyth perform. Smyth, a member of The Jimmy Cake as well as a revered genius in the art of improvisational music is probably one of the most important musicians in Dublin. A sentiment immortalised following an outstanding, and at times unnerving, performance on a remarkably beautiful summer’s evening in St. Finian’s Church. The…
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Mother Mooch live at the Workman’s Club in Dublin. Photos by Isabel Thomas.
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Bearded Theory festival at Catton Hall in Derbyshire featuring PIL, Bad Manners, Wilko Johnson, Killing Joke, Billy Bragg, Stiff Little Fingers and many more. Photos by Ian McDonnell.