In the first of a three-part photo feature, Carlos Daly and Isabel Thomas shoot Day One of this year’s Hard Working Class Heroes in Dublin, featuring the likes of Leo Morris, Elephant, Atriums, Carriages, SOAK and VOIDS. Gallery below by Carlos Daly Gallery below by Isabel Thomas
On Saturday night we (rather excitably) launched our physical magazine at Belfast’s Bar Sub. We could have had a group of spazzed-out, talentless street urchins banging a couple of bin lids in the corner all night and worried not, so to have Belfast party-starters par excellence Not Squares, fast-rising indie rock trio Hot Cops and DJ David Baxter AKA Kab Driver soundtrack the magazine’s birth was nothing short of amazeballs*. Our photographers Colm Laverty and Sara Marsden popped down to capture all the action – as you can see below! * first and last night we will ever use that word to describe anything… promise.…
Allah-Las played their long awaited Irish debut gig at The Workman’s Club last Sunday night, with support from Princess. Photos by Isabel Thomas.
The last time we encountered the tall, black-clothed figure of Jozef Van Wissem it was at a holiday camp in the southeast of England. The lone lute player delivered a unique set at the final ATP festival in December of last year. On that occasion he had just provided the soundtrack for Domingo García-Huidobro’s film Partir To Live, which premiered at the festival, but his collaborations with another director have garnered more attention in recent times. Jozef met Jim Jarmusch in New York and gave him a CD of his work. Both have a history in New Wave and noise…
Our photographer Isabel Thomas decided to try her hand at something different and covered hip-hop super group Serial Killers featuring Xzibit, B-Real (Cypress Hill) and their protege Demrick in the Voodoo Lounge in Dublin last Friday night.
Hands down of the country’s biggest musical success stories of 2014, Dublin noise-rock quartet Girl Band played the Button Factory on Saturday night, supported by Cian Nugent & The Cosmos. Check out Ste Murray’s photos from the show below.
Our photographer Alessio Michelini popped along to shoot English indie-rock band Alt-J at Dublin’s recently-renamed 3Arena at the weekend. Check out his sublime photo set below.
The Mighty Stef launched Year of the Horse in the Sugar Club over the weekend with a little help from his friends, Buffalo Sunn and Ghost Estates. Photos by Carlos Daly.
Shaun Neary captures a truly historic moment: the final ever Irish show – and penultimate ever gig – by Adebisi Shank. Supported by Cian Nugent, it was the band’s second two-stint at Whelan’s, Dublin, proving a properly unforgettable swansong for all in attendance.
Swedish post-punk band Lust for Youth played the Bello Bar last night courtesy of Skinny Wolves, with support from I <3 The Monster Hero and Ellll. Photos by Killian Broderick.