Seoda Shows’ Summer Party with Cardinals, Radio Free Alice, Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra and Theatre at Dolan’s Warehouse in Limerick. Photos by Ian Davies
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Norwegian art pop sensation AURORA with support from Amy Michelle at the National Stadium in Dublin. Photos by Erin Plaice
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LCD Soundsystem played to their biggest-ever non-festival crowd in Dublin last night. Leah Carroll captured the Brooklyn icons’ set, as well as support from IDLES and – arguably the best British band of a generation – Young Fathers
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Garage rock king Ty Segall playing a career-spanning set with support from NZ psych duo Earth Tongue at the Button Factory. Photos by Matt Gorman
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Erin Plaice captures New Blood, a mini-festival presented by the Good Room in association with Cork Midsummer Festival at St. Luke’s in Cork, featuring The Love Buzz, The Cliffords and Pebbledash.
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Johnny Marr upholding his living legend status at King John’s Castle in Limerick, with support from NewDad. Photos by Aoife Moloney
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Monika Ruman and Leah Carroll capture a Beyond The Pale for the ages, featuring Jessie Ware, Marc Rebillet, Gilla Band, John Francis Flynn, Courtney Barnett, David Holmes, Houseplants and more Monika Ruman Leah Carroll
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Another Love Story have revealed the line-up for its upcoming 10th anniversary edition. Hands down one of the island’s very best summer festivals, ALS celebrates a whole decade in the game with its return to majestic Killyon Manor in Co. Meath across 23-25th August. And what a bill to mark the big occasion. As well as sets by the likes of Jape, Muireann Bradley, Poor Creature, Crispy Jason, New Jackson and more, this year’s festival will feature Ethio-jazz master Hailu Mergia, John Francis Flynn, Kíla, Mohammad Syfkhan, David Kitt, Ana Palindrome, Attention Bébé and more. And that’s before even getting…
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Earlier this month, PostLast released their second single – and one of our Irish tracks of the summer thus far – ‘Scavenge’. Conjuring the likes of Mazzy Star and Beach House at their most subtly widescreen, it was a fresh introduction to a duo wielding an irresistible alt-pop sound from the off. Comprising HAVVK’s Julie Hough and Stephen McHale of BARQ, the project launched back in April with the sublime ‘Connect 4’. Across three minutes, it unveiled a songwriting pair with a kind of alchemy that perfectly deviates from their respective bands. Having first connected while completing a joint headline…
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Right up there as one of the most reliably outstanding fixtures in the Irish summer festival calendar, Quarter Block Party will return to Cork between 20th-21st July. It’s another supremely assembled programme from the organisers, with countless TTA favourites – from Search Results and Post Punk Podge & The Technohippies, to Crying Loser, Messyng and various others – taking over Test Site, Plugd Records, Coughlands and Crane Lane across the weekend. We’re a little hesitant to outright say you’d be silly to miss it, but you absolutely would to be fair. Get your tickets here and check out the show…