PJ Harvey live at Custom House Square in Belfast. Photos by Jane Donnelly
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PJ Harvey is set to make her long-awaited return to Dublin. On 22nd and 23rd of September, the English artist will play two shows at 3Olympia Theatre. It marks Harvey’s first headliner in the city since 2007, which also took place at the Olympia, having previously performed there in 2004, 1998 and 1995. Tickets for the shows are priced from €70 and go on sale next Friday, 16th June at 10am. Accompanying the news is the release of ‘I Inside The Old I Dying,’ the latest track to be taken from Harvey’s upcoming tenth studio album of the same name.…
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DOCS IRELAND – a brand new documentary film festival – launches this summer, and will be showcasing some of the best new international and Irish music documentaries from 12-16 June in Belfast. At the festival’s launch Co-Chair of Docs Ireland, Brian Henry Martin, said: “It’s more important than ever that we celebrate those brave and creative voices who seek out the truth no matter what it is or where it takes them.” As for documentarians, also read songwriters, their counterparts in demystifying social truths and private worlds. The festival includes new films on PJ Harvey (pictured, top), Chilly Gonzales and…
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PJ Harvey’s back catalogue is a sight to behold. Over eight solo records, the woman hasn’t even skimmed the surface of a bad record. She’s toyed with a multitude of genres from Albini noise to electronica to English folk and fit into each with alarming ease. Yet in spite of her mercurial ability, she still finds a way to challenge her listeners, even this late in the game. Her previous album, Let England Shake, was a concept album the first world war as viewed through English folk music. Her latest LP, The Hope Six Demolition Project, is a vicious polemic…