We go behind the scenes with Otherkin at Whelan’s on Friday night, including images from backstage and all the madness that ensued at their gig. Photos by Tara Thomas.
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Lucius live at the Academy in Dublin last night. Photos by Pedro Giaquinto.
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Engine Alley and Pete Holidai of The Radiators from Space at Kilkenny’s Billy Byrnes. Photos by Ian McDonnell.
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Presented by Medium Presents and yours truly, the second installment of Psykick Dancehall at Dublin’s Bello Bar on Saturday night was a dark experimental affair courtesy of Laura Sheeran, BAD BONES and Katharine Philippa. Photos by Pedro Giaquinto.
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Joe Laverty captures the launch of this year’s Cathedral Quarters Arts Festival at Belfast’s Sunflower, featuring performances from Jealous of the Birds and Hannah McPhillimy. Go here to check out the full programme for this year’s festival.
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The Button Factory plays host to the first night of Battles’ European Spring tour tonight, in support of their latest album La Di Da Di. Having sold out not too long after it was announced last year, the desire for the trio’s return to Dublin is immense. Tonight’s sole support, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith takes to the stage first with an impressive array of synths, sequencers, connective wires and blinking lights, evocative of a young Delia Derbyshire at the BBC radiophonic workshop. She begins with a series of robotic loops, which advances into Laurie Anderson territory as she distorts her vocals through…
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Amorphis live at the Button Factory in Dublin with support from Textures. Photos by Isabel Thomas.
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MMOTHS album launch at District 8 in Dublin, with support from Toby Kaar. Photos by Melanie Mullan.
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Lost Avenue live at Sandino’s in Derry. Photos by Mickey Rooney.
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Supported by Other Creatures, Dublin five-piece Little Green Cars played two sublime shows at Whelan’s at the weekend. Our photographer Pedro Giaquinto captured Friday night. Check out our review of new Little Green Cars LP, Ephemera, here.