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  • Of Monsters & Men @ Olympia Theatre, Dublin

    November 25, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    Icelandic indie-folk five-piece Of Monsters and Men live at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre. Photos by Brian Mulligan.

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  • Mercury Rev w/ Nicole Atkins @ Button Factory, Dublin

    November 24, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    Having made their long-awaited return via The Light In You in October, US alt-rock legends Mercury Rev played Dublin’s Button Factory at the weekend, supported by Nicole Atkins. Photos by Mark Earley.

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  • Clutch & Planet of Zeus @ Limelight 1, Belfast

    November 23, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    Maryland riffmasters general Clutch played a packed-out Limelight 1 in Belfast at the weekend, with support from Greek band Planet of Zeus. Photos by Alan Maguire.

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  • Irish Tour: Paul Weller

    November 20, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    Our photographers Alan Maguire and Brian Mulligan capture a brace of Irish dates from Paul Weller at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall and Dublin’s Olympia Theatre respectively. Waterfront Hall, Belfast Olympia Theatre, Dublin

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  • Outburst: Outloud @ Black Box, Belfast

    November 17, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    Sara Marsden captures the inaugural Outloud @ Outburst at Belfast’s Black Box, a day long event of stalls, talks, workshops and music all with a feminist/trans/queer slant.

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  • Kurt Vile w/ Lushes @ Vicar Street, Dublin

    November 17, 2015 - By Stevie Lennox

    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…

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  • Kelley Stoltz @ Whelan’s, Dublin

    November 16, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    Often compared to the likes of Brian Wilson, The Velvet Underground, Nick Drake and Leonard Cohen, American singer-songwriter Kelley Stoltz play Dublin’s Whelan’s recently. Photos by Ste Murray.

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  • VerseChorusVerse & David Lyttle w/ Support @ Empire Music Hall, Belfast

    November 16, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    A highlight of this year’s Sound of Belfast programme, VerseChorusVerse & David Lyttle, Donal Scullion, Jess Edlin and Colum McIntyre played the Empire on Thursday night. Photos by Liam Kielt.

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  • Lonely the Brave @ Limelight, Belfast

    November 10, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    Lonely the Brave at the Limelight in Belfast with support from R51. Photos by Liam Kielt.

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  • Otherkin w/ SPINES & The Clockworks @ Roisin Dubh, Galway

    November 10, 2015 - By Loreana Rushe

    Supported by SPINES and The Clockworks, Dublin “grunge-pop” quartet Otherkin headlined Galway’s Roisin Dubh on Saturday night. Photos by Vincent Hughes.

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