B.A.R.E in the Woods festival took place over the weekend at Garryhinch woods in Portarlington, Co.Laois featuring The Sugarhill Gang, Natty Wailer, Raglans, Jupe, Fangclub, CPNHGN and many more. Photos by Peter O’Hanlon.
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The foundations of Belfast’s Empire Music Hall were (probably) permanently altered when Norma Jean came to town on Friday night. Support from Hornets and Last Wishes. Photos by Sara Marsden.
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Faithless at Belsonic in Belfast with support from Le Galaxie. Photos by Alan Maguire.
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The final Retro Revival Club at Dublin’s Sweeney’s featuring headliners, Manchester quartet The Hipshakes, No Monster Club, Field Trip and Nerrvs. Photos by Paolo Lisarelli.
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Lisa Hannigan live at Connolly’s of Leap in Cork with support from Ye Vagabonds. Photos by Jason Lee.
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Lisa Hannigan live at De Barras in Clonakilty, Cork with support from Ye Vagabonds. Photos by Jason Lee.
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Mudhoney and Bog Log III live at Whelans in Dublin. Photos by Pedro Giaquinto.
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Going to see the greats in the twilight of their career can be a tricky business. Often you find the artist behind some of your records to be a shadow of their former selves, churning out the hits one last time or looking for one final payday to straighten out their accounts. Neil Young and the Promise of the Real’s Rebel Content tour is the antithesis of these concerts. Somehow managing to occupy both the roles of career retrospective and showcase for newer songs, this is a show that will have even the most casual Young fan going home a believer. Excitement has…
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It truly is silly season on the live circuit, and circumstance would have it that the same night grunge godfathers Mudhoney returned to Belfast would be when the granddaddy of them all, Neil Young, decided to play his first ever date in the city. Mudhoney have never been about huge arenas though: the demise of Mark Arm and Steve Turner’s previous act Green River came when he didn’t match the ambitions of the stadium hungry band mates Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard, and while the later dominated the 90s as the founders of Pearl Jam, Arm and co.’s Mudhoney provided…
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Day Three of Forbidden Fruit festival at Imma featuring Underworld, Flume, Maya Jane Coles, Klingande, Jackmaster and many more. Photos by Isabel Thomas.