The Road to the Great Escape took place over two night in various venues in Dublin featuring live performances from Kynsy, Baby Queen, Sprints, Honeyglaze, Dylan Fraser, Wallice and Lucy McWilliams. Photos by Ian Davies
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Baby Queen live at Cyprus Avenue in Cork last night. Photos by Philip Corkery
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Imelda May live at the Cork Opera House last night. Photos by Philip Corkery.
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Peach Pit live at Vicar Street last night with support from Sun Seeker. Photos by Harry Rich
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Squid live at the Roisin Dubh in Galway and Cyprus Avenue in Cork. Photos by Ian Davies and Celeste Burdon
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Niamh Regan live at Levis Corner House in Ballydehob with support from ADT. Photos by John Sheehy
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Tool live at 3arena in Dublin with support from Brass Against. Photos by Peter O’Hanlon
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Last month, Naoise Roo unveiled an expanded version of her sublime 2015 debut album Lilith. Featuring five bonus tracks remixed by John Agnello and Jerome Froese, it brought into sharp focus the Dublin artist’s enduring singular talents as a vocalist and songwriter. Having just been announced to play this year’s Latitude Festival, all while making her mark Stateside, Naoise looks set for a seismic few months. Ahead of that, we’re pleased to present a first look at a new live video of inward-peering Lilith highlight ‘Almost Perfect’. One part of a longer live video due for release later in the year, the performance…
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On this, the fifth Bandcamp no-fee Friday of the year, here are the very best Irish tracks and releases of the week, featuring Katie Kim, Aoife Wolf, The Department of Energy, J Cowhie & Bonnie Prince Billy, Arvo Party and more Katie Kim – Mona Hour Of The Ox by Katie Kim J Cowhie & Bonnie Prince Billy – New Life New Life by Goodtime John & Bonnie Prince Billy Aoife Wolf – The Woman Who Shot Andy Warhol Screaming Waltz (Instrumental) by Aoife Wolf The Department of Energy – May Day (Landscape Mixtape) May Day (Landscape Mixtape) by…
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It’s six weeks until the release of Robocobra Quartet‘s third album Living Isn’t Easy, and amidst their jaunts across Europe and Ireland to play some truly incredible bills, they’ve announced their biggest hometown headline show to date to celebrate the release, set to take place at Belfast’s Empire Music Hall on October 7. This follows headline dates at the Limerick’s Kasbah Social Club on September 15th and Whelan’s Upstairs on September 17th. Nathan from the band says “We’ll be coming out of a busy summer of festivals and it will be a special moment to have a proper celebration of the album in a…