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  • Taking Back Sunday @ Limelight, Belfast

    February 13, 2017 - By Loreana Rushe

    Taking Back Sunday live at the Limelight in Belfast with support from Frank Iero + The Patience. Photos by Sara Marsden.

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  • Distortion Project Fundraiser @ Limelight, Belfast

    February 9, 2017 - By Loreana Rushe

    Distortion Project held a fundraiser at the Limelight in Belfast featuring Two Tales of Woe, Drakonis, Sinocence, Zlatanera, S.L.U.T.S and Ketos. Photos by Liam Kielt.

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  • Gallery: Invaderband @ Bennigan’s, Derry

    February 2, 2017 - By Loreana Rushe

    Invaderband live at Bennigan’s in Derry with support from The Gatefolds and The Barbiturates. Photos by Mickey Rooney.

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  • Martin A. Egan Tribute Gig

    February 2, 2017 - By Loreana Rushe

    In November 2015 we lost a wonderful and powerful presence on the Irish music and literature scenes, Martin A. Egan – singer, songwriter, poet, artist and all-round visionary. On March 3 at the Bello Bar in Dublin, some of Martin‘s friends and family will get together to pay tribute to him with music and words. The event will also serve as a launch for Martin‘s magnificent final album, A Man in Full. The line-up for the event will include Carol Keogh, Brian Conniffe, Brian Damage & Krysstal, Will Merriman, Tommy Keane, Ben Prevo, Sean Millar, Davóg Rynne, Robin James Hurt, Ruairi…

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  • Otherkin w/ Bob Skeleton @ Roisin Dubh, Galway

    January 31, 2017 - By Loreana Rushe

    Otherkin with support from Bob Skeleton, downstairs at Galway’s Roisin Dubh on Saturday night. Photos by Vincent Hughes.

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  • James Vincent McMorrow w/ Ciaran Lavery @ Ulster Hall, Belfast

    January 30, 2017 - By Loreana Rushe

    James Vincent McMorrow with support from Ciaran Lavery at Belfast’s Ulster Hall as part of this year’s Out To Lunch Festival. Photos by Ruth Kelly.

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  • Wallis Bird @ Connolly’s of Leap

    January 24, 2017 - By Loreana Rushe

    Wallis Bird live at Connolly’s of Leap in Cork. Photos by Jason Lee.

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  • 17 for ’17: Super Silly

    January 24, 2017 - By Loreana Rushe

    There’s a need for the kind of music Super Silly are currently making. Sonically rooted in the anthemic theatricality of gospel, the warmth of R’n’B, and with a proclivity for the cutting-edge end of the urban music spectrum, theirs is a prospect that slices through the doom and gloom and offers acute relief. Take debut single ‘No Pressure’ as an example. A slickly produced showcase for the vocal dexterity of the collective of Precious, Solbas, Grooves, and Shek, the track extends to the listener the positive, familial, and inclusive attitude of Super Silly – not entirely surprising given their background…

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  • Meshuggah @ Limelight, Belfast

    January 18, 2017 - By Loreana Rushe

    Meshuggah live at the Limelight in Belfast with support from The Haunted. Photos by Liam Kielt.

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  • Irish Tour: HamsandwicH

    December 31, 2016 - By Loreana Rushe

    Peter O’Hanlon, Ian McDonnell andoira Reilly  capture HamsandwicH live at Dublin’s Academy, Kilkenny’s Set Theatre and Dolan’s Warehouse in Limerick. The Academy, Dublin Photos by Peter O’Hanlon Set Theatre, Kilkenny Photos by Ian McDonnell Dolan’s Warehouse, Limerick Photos by Moira Reilly

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