Following on from the video premiere last week, Al Finnerty of Guilty Optics – under the guise of Hey Jigsaw – releases his debut album today on Waffler Records. A departure from the aggressive ouput of his previous groups, Finnerty has called in the corners to feature guest vocals from Ciaran Smith of Crayonsmith / Nome King, Conor Deasy of Tomorrow, Niamh Buckley and trumpets from Dave Prendergast of Glimmermen to round out this nostalgia-tinged atmospheric record, full of melodic nods to the likes of Pinback, The Sea & Cake and June of 44. Of the album title, Hey Jigsaw says: ‘Who’s your dark master?’…
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Locked #1 is a full-length compilation album from Patrick Kelleher and his Cold Dead Hands, Catscars and Everything Shook which has now been made publicly available for the first time. It was originally issued in a strictly limited edition for audience members at their triple bill gig in the BelloBar on 1 July 2017. The title was in reference to the venue’s canal side location in Portobello, Dublin. The decision to make this limited release widely available has been in part due to the Coronavirus causing venue closures, derailing the collectives original intention to perform a sporadic series of concerts at different…
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Birmingham five-piece Editors, live at Dublin’s Vicar Street. Photos by Leah Carroll.
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English psych-pop maestros Temples with support from MELTS at The Button Factory, Dublin. Photos by Ivan Rakhmanin.
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The official launch of Sunstroke 2020 at Bloody Mary’s in Dublin, featuring Fangclub, Dead Label, Grey Face and Paranoid Visions. Photos by Leah Carroll
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The return of Sleater-Kinney to Vicar Street in Dublin. Photos by Colm Laverty
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Twin Peaks live at Whelans in Dublin with support from Deeper. Photos by Ivan Rakhmanin.
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The supremely unclassifiable Black Midi, live at Dublin’s Button Factory. Photos by Nance Hall
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Dundalk’s finest Just Mustard with support from Enola Gay at Voodoo in Belfast. Photos by Colm Laverty
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New Zealand folk singer-songwriter Hannah Sian Topp aka Aldous Harding playing one of the gigs of the year, live at Vicar Street in Dublin. Photos by Leah Carroll.