The handsome and upstanding Stephen Lynn was in attendance at We Are Scientists’ recent show at Belfast’s Limelight 2. He had a camera and he took great photos, which you can see below. Check out Aaron Drain’s review of the show here.
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Tonight, the Limelight 2 has had the pleasure of welcoming back the effortlessly dapper We Are Scientists for a gig that is a touch earlier in the evening than usual. By 7.20pm the room is filling up nicely with some familiar patrons of the adjacent Katy’s bar and folks stream in from haunts further afield, all of whom seem to be eagerly anticipating what is looking to be a slightly more intimate experience compared to the bands’ previous appearances in venues like the Mandela Hall and The Spring and Airbrake (now Limelight 1). With the bar area starting to look like…
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Having been on the upward turn over the last months, fast-rising Belfast-based band Go Wolf supported Brazilian’s finest indie rockers CSS at their Belfast show at Limelight 1 on Friday, August 2. As it so happens, our photographer Alan Maguire was there to capture the foursome in action. Check out our recent interview with the band here.
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Directed by Tom Kuntz, American psychedelic rock band MGMT have unveiled the video to their new single, ‘Your Life Is A Lie’. The track is taken from the band’s forthcoming third, self-titled album, which was produced by Dave Fridmann of Flaming Lips and is set for release on September 13 via Columbia. Watch the brief but brilliant video – featuring an array of wonderfully curious characters – below.
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Having spent the better part of fifteen years producing some of the grimiest, dub heavy-ragga-techno-dancehall (of course it’s a genre… right?) as well as building an extensive, impressive roster of collaborations, it isn’t surprising that the latest EP from The Bug (Kevin Martin) is titled Filthy, or features some of the biggest names associated with Grime, Hip Hop and Dancehall providing the truly terrifying MC duties. Delving into his back catalogue of releases and remixes, it’s easy to see that Martin has always had a knack for making music that could comfortably soundtrack an end of the world scenario; his production…
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Out on a Limb Records is ten years old this year. A testament to the staying power and DIY spirit of the Limerick indie, its roster reads like a who’s who of independent music in Ireland since its foundation, with survivors like Rest and Elk sharing room with staples like Jogging, Windings (above) etc. and a heritage with names like Giveamanakick, Waiting Room and other bands important to the development and proliferation of Irish DIY culture. Without OOAL, who knows what the scene would be like south of the border? It doesn’t bear thinking about. It was ten years ago, on a…
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I’m still trying to figure out where the past couple of weeks have gone. The much anticipated Longitude festival has been and gone. Some of the highlights included Mark Lanegan Band, Foals, MØ, Half Moon Run, and excellent performances by our very own Young Wonder, MMOTHS, and The Cast Of Cheers. Bring on Castlepalooza, Indiependence, Oxegen, and Electric Picnic! Proving that geography is no obstacle, Cork/Sydney duo In Valour have been working on new material. They’ve also made a video for new track ‘Slow Crunch’. The visuals are stunning, as is the track. Speaking of Cork, The Vincent(s) are…
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With a name like Fuck Buttons you’re entering into some dodgy territory. At face value, a name like that seems deliberately and obnoxiously attention seeking. To pull off something like this you need to either go to the extreme (Anal Cunt‘s discography being a prime example) or you have to be good enough to justify such a name (Fucked Up‘s David Comes To Life). In the case of Fuck Buttons, they end up firmly on the side of Fucked Up, releasing what is sure to be one of the most exciting electronic albums of the year. Slow Focus is the…
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In the third installment of The First Time, we catch up with Belfast-based experimental folk singer-songwriter Rachel Austin, delving into a whole range of musical “firsts” in her life both as a performer and lover of music. Traversing her experiences with everyone from the Appleseed Cast and the Smashing Pumpkins to UB40 and Django Reinhardt, the Virginia-born artist has come quite the way… Portrait photo by the ever-excellent Joe Laverty. ___ First album you bought? I begged my parents to take me to the music shop to buy Louis Armstrong’s What A Wonderful World when I was 8 or 9.…
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U.S. indie rock band Sebadoh have unveiled the video to their new single, ‘All Kinds’ Taken from the Lou Barlow-fronted three-piece’s forthcoming eighth album Defend Yourself – the band’s first full-length studio release in fourteen years – the track (and album) “marks a return to the self-recorded DIY ethos of early Sebadoh albums (Bakesale, Sebadoh III),” according to the band’s new label, Joyful Noise Recordings. Last year the recently reunited band released a comeback EP, Secret. You can stream it here. You can also watch the official album trailer for Defend Yourself here. Defend Yourself will be released in the UK…