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  • The Go! Team w/ Glockabelle @ Limelight 2, Belfast

    June 22, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    Supported by Francophone free-form bandleader Annabelle Cazes AKA Glockabelle, The Go! Team played Belfast’s Limelight 2 at the weekend. Photos by Sara Marsden.

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  • Corrosion of Conformity w/ Skypilot @ Limelight 1, Belfast

    June 17, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    North Carolina sludge metallers Corrosion of Conformity well and truly brought the noise to Belfast’s Limelight 1 on Monday night. Support came from Skypilot. Photos by Liam Kielt.

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  • Irish Tour: Amanda Palmer

    June 15, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    One of the finest, most engaging performers around at the minute, Amanda Palmer AKA Amanda Fucking Palmer stopped off at Dublin’s Academy and Belfast’s Limelight 1 at the weekend. Photos by Isabel Thomas and Sara Marsden. The Academy, Dublin Photos by Isabel Thomas Limelight 1, Belfast Sara Marsden

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  • SOAK w/ Rainy Boy Sleep + Rosseau @ Empire, Belfast

    June 12, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    With the news of a top 40 UK album under her belt, SOAK embarked on a tour to support the debut record, Before We Forgot How To Dream, starting off in Belfast’s very own Empire Music Hall before playing a sold out show in Dublin. Derry based band Rosseau and Rainy Boy Sleep open the show, with the former take to the stage just fifteen minutes after doors opened. Having just released their first EP the day before, Rosseau’s brief set is filled with some of the most melodic and twinkly guitar parts imaginable, and with the dynamic range of vocalist Colm on full show –…

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  • Ash w/ A Bad Cavalier @ Limelight, Belfast

    June 9, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    Northern Irish alt-rock legends Ash stopped off at Belfast’s Limelight 1 last night as part of their Kablammo! album tour. Support came from Niall Kennedy’s A Bad Cavalier. Photos by Sara Marsden.

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  • Wyvern Lingo @ Whelan’s, Dublin

    June 8, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    Wyvern Lingo live at Whelan’s in Dublin with support from Sinead White. Photos by Isabel Thomas.

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  • Ham Sandwich @ Olympia Theatre, Dublin

    June 2, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    Ham Sandwich live at the Olympia Theatre with support from Third Smoke. Photos by Mark Earley.

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  • Track Record: Roy Duffy (Squarehead)

    June 2, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    In this installment of Track Record, Roy Duffy from Squarehead takes us through some of his most influential and inspiring records in his collection from The Wipers to Vivian Girls.  Photos by Aaron Corr. Disclaimer: Nowhere in this article will I refer to “tones” “riffs” “licks” or to any aspects of technical proficiency. Radioactivity – Radioactivity I just recently moved into my current abode and my house mate was playing this relentlessly in the next room for the first few weeks. When he stopped I had to find out what it was and go buy it so I could do the…

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  • Young Wonder @ Roisin Dubh, Galway

    June 1, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    Young Wonder live at the Roisin Dubh in Galway, with support from New Pope. Photos by Sean McCormack.

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  • Mark Geary @ Monroe’s Bar, Galway

    May 25, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    Dublin-born New York singer-songwriter Mark Geary live at Monroe’s backstage bar in Galway. Photos by Sean McCormack.

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