Having released their Mercury Prize-nominated debut My Love Is Cool last year, London alt-rock quartet Wolf Alice stopped at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre & Belfast’s Mandela Hall at the weekend. Support came from Spies. Photos by Aaron Corr & Alan Maguire. Olympia Theatre, Dublin by Aaron Corr Mandela Hall, Belfast by Alan Maguire
Swedish-born, Berlin-based John Maus collaborator Molly Nilsson at Dublin’s Grand Social on Friday night. Photos by Pedro Giaquinto.
The Choice Music Prize celebrates the diversity and talent present in the Irish music scene. Tonight’s show in particular shows the vast range of bands and artists, both up-and-coming and those who have already well and truly made their mark. Whilst there may only be two awards up for grabs – Song of the Year and Album of the Year – the 12 bands that perform illustrate the real reason why we’re all here. Before announcing the winner of the former prize, there are performances and interviews for Today FM. Although the interviews fall slightly flat at times (simply because the crowd talk…
The phenomenal Joanna Newsom with support from Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold live at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin last night. Photos by Aaron Corr.
Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox live at the Seapoint Ballroom, Galway. Photos by Patrizio Mancuso.
The latest showcase by Mirador, Beauty Sleep, Franklyn and Strength played Belfast’s Bar Sub at Queen’s Student University at the weekend. Photos by Liam Kielt.
Fat White Family with support from Shame at Limelight 2 in Belfast last night. Photos by Sara Marsden.
Supported by Lucy Rose, Dallas Green AKA City & Colour stopped off at Belfast’s Mandela Hall last night. Our photographer Sara Marsden was there to capture the show.
Following last summer’s release of debut LP The Names, electronic artist Chris Baio now sits comfortably in the saddle of his subsequent world tour. “This is our 34th show,” he announced to the Dublin crowd in Workmans. In the preceding hype for this leg of the run, Baio held a Twitter-based giveaway of three sets of tickets to the first of his eager followers to tweet and greet him with ‘hi’. Three pairs were promised, but in the rush of responses, Baio shelled out five or six in his generosity. Given his time spent as bassist for the wildly successful indie-pop…
Cloud Castle Lake, Bantum and Slow Moving Clouds at the Food Co-Op in Dublin, presented by Homebeat and Ensemble Music. Photos by Melanie Mullan and Colm Moore.