The Dears live at the Grand Social in Dublin with support from Autre Monde and Lou Canon. Photos by Alan Maguire
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Marking its final outing for 2017, RHA’S Hennessy Lost Friday returns on this Friday (October 20) with another first-rate bill. As well as a performance from Columbia Mills and a set from DJ Alex Donald, indie-pop maestros Come On Live Long will also make an appearance on the night. The latter’s second studio, In The Still, was released earlier this year to a wave of critical acclaim (something we will touch upon when we chat with the band ahead of this frankly unmissable show.) Besides the carefully-curated music bill, this Hennessy Lost Friday will also feature walking tours of the…
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Nobody should need a second invitation to return to Karnaca, the vividly realised fictional world where much of the action in Dishonored 2 takes place. With its disparate influences of European architecture, Steampunk machinery, Victorian science fiction, few videogame locations are quite as appealing. So, it is with no small amount of joy that we gladly accept a return ticket to this very destination, courtesy of the wizards at Arkane Studios. In Death Of The Outsider, the gamer does not play as royal guard and assassin Corvo Attano but as Billie Lurk, a badass cross between a Final Fantasy heroine and a T-1000: her mechanical…
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In what’s in no uncertain terms the finest outdoor show Ireland will probably see in 2018, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds play their first date on the isle in over a decade at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham on Wednesday, June 6. This follows a select few UK dates that managed to previously avoid us, in support of his latest album, the universally acclaimed Skeleton Tree. It was accompanied with a deeply moving documentary film, One More Time With Feeling, created to promote the album without having to talk about the tragic circumstances surrounding it. That The Bad Sees are on the bill is triumph enough,…
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Cry Monster Cry live at Levi’s Corner Bar in Ballydehob, Co. Cork. Photos by Jason Lee
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Tonight’s sees the opening of a new photographic exhibition in Dublin’s Fumbally Exchange featuring the work of Gregory Nolan. Originally from Ireland, Nolan cut his teeth abroad rather than at home – making a name for himself through his blend of traditional music photography coupled with a documentary style to capture the London’s mid-2000’s indie scene, a fact reference in the exhibition’s title: This Was Our Scene. Nolan’s imagery captured the energy of the capital’s music scene, and encapsulated the hedonism and excitement emanating from his adopted hometown. When viewing his photographs of now established names like The Libertines and Frank Turner it is clear that the heartbeat of this resurgence were…
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The Fontaines live at Brewery Corner in Kilkenny. Photos by Ian McDonnell
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You do wonder how hard Annie Clark, AKA St. Vincent, would have to fall before we stop paying attention to her. In the ten years since her first LP, she’s proven herself to undeniably be one of the best guitarists working today, outmatched David Byrne on their wonderful Love This Giant collaboration and consistently provides a formidable live show to boot. Add to this a run of stellar releases and you’ve got a very rare and special thing on your hands that it’s hard to imagine life without anymore: an artist who can consistently surprise you and yet never let you…
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Lisa O’Neill live at Levi’s Corner Bar in Ballydehob, Co. Cork. Photos by Jason Lee
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The Model in Sligo have announced details of a forthcoming workshop with artist Arno Kramer. Artists of all disciplines are invited, and particularly those who make use of the medium of drawing. Kramer, who is originally from The Netherlands, has exhibited in Ireland extensively over the past two decades and was previously a lecture in the AKI (Academy of the Visual Arts and Design) in Enschede, the Netherlands. High Winds Move Slowly, a collaboration between Kramer and Henk Visch, is currently being shown in The Model as well. The class is due to take place from 10am to 5pm on Tuesday…