It’s a cracker of an afternoon as I make my way through Kilmainham – a day ripped straight from the pages of old Junior Cert Irish essays, all erratic excitement and rock-splitting sun. I’m heading to Forbidden Fruit for the evening, and should mention that I’ve foolishly disregarded the tips on the festival’s website to dress appropriately for the weather. I’m wearing jeans and carrying a jacket, so I mostly feel like a rotisserie chicken for the majority of the afternoon & evening. Forbidden Fruit, with its faintly edenic name and location on the grounds of the Irish Museum of…
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Wilko Johnson live at the Rory Gallagher Festival in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal with support from Mike Brookfield and Dave McHugh. Photos by Mickey Rooney.
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Vantastival festival took place over two days at Beaulieu House in Drogheda, featuring Badly Drawn Boy, Saint Sister, Fangclub, Naoise Roo, King Kong Company and many more. Photos by Peter O’Hanlon.
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Lisa Hannigan live at the Riverbank Arts Centre in Kildare. Photos by Peter O’Hanlon.
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Mother Mooch live at the Workman’s Club in Dublin. Photos by Isabel Thomas.
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Bearded Theory festival at Catton Hall in Derbyshire featuring PIL, Bad Manners, Wilko Johnson, Killing Joke, Billy Bragg, Stiff Little Fingers and many more. Photos by Ian McDonnell.
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Pika (Afrirampo) Vs. Makoto (Acid Mother’s Temple), supported by Dublin quartet M(h)aol at The Grand Social at the weekend. Photos by Lucy Foster.
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Presenter of Ireland’s best radio show, An Taobh Tuathail on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Cian Ó Cíobháin reveals some of his all-time favourite records. Photos by Sean McCormack. Sonic Youth – EVOL Looking back, it now seems to me that this was the album that ‘trained’ my ears to appreciate more experimental sounds. Picture it. Prior to discovering this, one of Sonic Youth’s strangest records, originally released in 1986, I had been mostly listening to what was on the radio and perhaps just been eased into ‘indie’ music by The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays. I can’t recall how or…
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Joined by the Prima Quartet, Derry’s PORTS launched their debut album, The Devil is a Songbird, at The Glassworks on Saturday night. Support came from Rōe. Photos by Mickey Rooney.
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Portland’s The Dandy Warhols with support from Happyness at Dublin’s Academy. Photos by Isabel Thomas.