Record Store Gay 2016 kicked off the first of a series of events over the weekend with an in-store performance from Gross Net and Joshua Golding at Little Gem Records, Dublin. Photos by Lucy Foster.
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Catfish and the Bottlemen live at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin. Photos by Pedro Giaquinto.
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HamsandwicH played two back to back nights at the Academy in Dublin at the weekend and our photographer Pedro Giaquinto had full access. Here’s what he had to say about his experience: If I had to gather all the adjectives in existence to describe the two full nights I shared with HamsandwicH at The Academy, they wouldn’t be enough. It was awesome to follow these guys through whole process, from the load-in of their equipment, the stage preparation, sound check, and the moments before they appeared on the stage. Both nights ended with confetti canons and balloons which had myself and the audience enthralled. I believe HamsandwicH…
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After ten incredible years and four critically-acclaimed albums, Dublin rockers The Mighty Stef called it a day last week with a string of fittingly unforgettable Irish shows. AAA photos by Ste Murray at Dublin’s Button Factory and Mickey Rooney at Sandino’s in Derry. Mickey Rooney Sandino’s, Derry Ste Murray The Button Factory, Dublin
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English folk group The Unthanks live at St. George’s Church in Belfast as part of the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival. Photos by Tremaine Gregg.
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With words from Aaron Drain and photos by Colm Laverty and Mickey Rooney in Belfast and Limavady, we go on tour with Northern Irish folk collaboration tour Northern Nights AKA Matt McGinn, Ben Glover and Stevie Scullion. Black Box, Belfast The hottest, sunniest, most welcome day of the year so far and it’s an afternoon of thoroughbred local music that’ll prove the final piece in this most glorious of puzzles. The turnout is overwhelming – a sold-out show for the boys making up ‘Northern Lights’ is a particularly poignant factor given that this afternoon will not only be the penultimate CQAF show, but the…
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Unchained at Levis’s Corner House in Ballydehob featured two nights of live music with Robert Sarazin Blake on Friday night, Tom Portman and Brother Dege on Saturday night followed an after session by Robert Sarazin Blake and present company. Photos by Jason Lee
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Brother Dege live at Brewery Corner in Kilkenny. Photos by Ian McDonnell.
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Aidan Moffat has been a busy man over the last few years but that hasn’t stopped him from quietly taking the Scottish folk songs of the countryside and transplanting them to the city. Working alongside documentary filmmaker Paul Fegan, Where You’re Meant To Be is part Road movie and part music documentary. Where You’re Meant To Be is Fegan’s first feature-length but the director is a former music promoter in Glasgow and has previously made a short film Pouters (streaming for free online) alongside a number of music videos for Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells and Belle & Sebastian. As…
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Making Monsters live at the Empire Music Hall in Belfast with support from Death Of A Salesman, Heel Of Achilles and Black Chapels. Photos by Liam Kielt.