The Gossip, with support from SPRINTS and Nation of Language, as part of Wider Than Pictures at Collins Barracks, Dublin. Photos by Seán Kelly
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After 14 years, Co. Tyrone indie rock legends Pocket Promise returned for a one-off show Queen’s Student Union in Belfast. Photos by Brian Coney
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A mesmerizing night at the Róisín in the company of Will Oldham aka Bonnie Prince Billy alongside one of the island’s finest musical pairs, Nuala Kennedy and Eamon O’Leary. Photos by Ciarán O Maoláin
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Two Door Cinema Club live at Custom House Square in Belfast with support from Lucy Gaffney. Photos by David McEneaney
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Poor Creature live at Bello Bar in Dublin with support from Bataa Jamaldor. Photos by Thom McDermott
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Thom McDermott captures a DIY one-dayer for the ages: the inaugural Conncert at The Lodge in Co. Mayo, featuring Poor Creature, Fixity, John of the Apocalypse, Hands Up Who Wants To Die, Rún and more.
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Waxahatchee live at Vicar Street in Dublin with support from Anne St. Louis. Photos by Monika Ruman
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Susan O’Neill live at the Roisin Dubh in Galway with support from Seba Safe. Photos by Mark Earley
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With about as fitting a title as possible, Sit Tight is the self-released, second full-length release from exmagician, coming a whopping eight years after debut Scan The Blue (Bella Union, 2016). The duo, better known as Daniel Todd and James Smith, are half of one of Belfast’s most criminally underrated prospects, Cashier No. 9. While Cashier No. 9 were more interested in bringing shoegaze sounds up to date for the millennial generation, exmagician is an entirely different beast. More so a studio project than a band, the band have seemingly spent all this time moulding this wonderful collection of songs…
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Bloc Party live at the Telegraph Building in Belfast. Photos by Aislinn McGinn