Belfast supergroup-of-sorts Pleasure Beach with support from Dublin quartet Orchid Collective at Galway’s Roisin Dubh. Photos by Sean McCormack.
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Tuesday July 12th saw the third in this year’s Event Talk series take place in Wood Quay. Hosted by Banter and Eventbrite, the series focuses on event-related talks and conversations, including festival trends and the science of events. For the third talk the topic was that of Dublin needing a Night Mayor, a topic of debate at SXSW and something many other European cities have brought in. The panel, hosted by Banter’s Jim Carroll, was made up of Richard Guiney (CEO DublinTown, Dublin City’s Business Improvement District), Niall Byrne (Nialler9) and Roisín McVeigh (Cheap Trick, Frock Advisor and Totally Dublin). Over the course of about an hour the…
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The latest installment of Sofar Sounds Cork at the Village Hall, featuring Fire & Water, Samanta Zina Spada and Siofra Fitzgerald. Photos by Shane J Horan.
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Featuring The Strypes, The Bonnevilles, exmagician and The Wood Burning Savages, Mickey Rooney captures the Saturday of this year’s Music City at The Guildhall in Derry.
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Hands up who loves the Pixies. That’s what I thought; who doesn’t? They’re one of those bands that does not require an introduction. Suffice it to say, they pioneered the loudQUIETloud technique, Kurt Cobain admitted to ripping them off, and their combination of cacophony and bubblegum pop continues to endure and influence thirty years after their formation and twenty nine years after the release of their debut EP Come On Pilgrim. They’ve also now been back together pretty much as long as they were broken up as odd as that may seem. Since their reunion, they have had a mixed…
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A highlight at this year’s string of high-profile shows at Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens, Mark Earley captures Wilco with support from Lucinda Williams.
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Featuring Strength, Girls Names and Gatefolds, Mickey Rooney captures highlights from the Thursday of this year’s Music City in Derry.
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The working name for Cork director, editor, designer, cameraman, alternative DJ, live visual artist and media designer Brendan Canty, Feel Good Lost just celebrated their 5th birthday party in the panoramic Mitchelstown Caves. This year featured candlelit performances from the enigmatic JFDR (Iceland) and an immense and explorative performance from Cork act Talos. As well as taking photos of the event, Blair Alexander Massie had the pleasure of chatting with Brendan about the milestone. After 5 longs years of emails, flights, videos, EP and LP’s and now a show in a cave. What’s the most rewarding part about what you…
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Featuring the likes of The Neville Staple Band, Anderson, ELM, The Academic and Zaska, Ian McDonnell captures this year’s Groove Festival at Killruddery House in Bray, Co. Wicklow.
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It was a busy night of gigs in Dublin this weekend with Beyoncé and The Stone Roses pulling big crowds. This might account for the fact that tonight’s gig at Iveagh Gardens isn’t sold out – a rarity for a John Grant gig in Dublin. However, those who do opt for the city centre garden setting are far from disappointed. Following a convincing set by Ane Brun (below) Grant starts off the set by easing the crowd into the evening via ‘Down Here’ and ‘Grey Tickles, Black Pressure’ mixed with ‘Marz’ from his debut album. Those newer tracks have really aged well and there’s a real…