• Kurt Vile w/ Lushes @ Vicar Street, Dublin

    As a preface-turned-thinkpiece, it’s probably important to note that I suffer from epilepsy and although I have my suspicions that this correlates with my connection to music, that hypothesis is probably, at best, pseudo-science. But then again, Neil Young – fellow epileptic – has, before even the diagnosis, been this writer’s favourite musician of all time, connecting in a way no other has before or since. Apart from, perhaps, the first time my teenage self heard Appetite For Destruction. That may seem a roundabout way of introducing a Kurt Vile review, but there’s an inescapable influence on those who channel…

  • Irish Tour: Everything Everything

    Having released their third album, Get To Heaven, back in June,  Everything Everything played Belfast’s Mandela Hall and Dublin’s Academy this week with support from Mojo Fury. Photos by Colm Laverty and Isabel Thomas. The Academy, Dublin by Isabel Thomas Mandela Hall, Belfast by Colm Laverty

  • Years & Years @ Mandela Hall, Belfast

    Having released their debut record, Communion, at the end of June this year, it was only a matter of time before Years & Years graced our shores for a headline show. With tickets flying out upon release, the band added a second show at Dublin’s Academy due to demand. The popularity of the electronic pop trio has soared throughout the year, having won BBC’s Sound of 2015 award, alongside frequent radio airtime with singles ‘King’ and ‘Shine’. The sold-out show has been highly anticipated by the Irish fans, many determined to see their first Irish show since Longitude Festival, that…