Pedro Giaquinto captures No Monster Club, Lie Ins, Switzerland, Me & My Dog, The #1s, Squarehead and Ginnels at the fifth Popical Island All-Dayer at Whelan’s on Saturday night.
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A freezing cold night in Belfast city centre, surrounded by grimacing late night shoppers (outside) and beaming beered-up revellers (inside) – what else could it be but retro rockers Maverick‘s triumphant post-European tour/pre-Xmas gig in Voodoo? The perpetually cheerful lads gathered up a couple of support acts to help them celebrate the silly season, starting off with newbies So Long Until the Seance, who assemble onstage and proceed to rock out, delighting the growing crowd. Vocalist Mike Van D, formerly of horror punks Little Miss Stakes, quite simply belongs on a stage, as evidenced by the ease with which he cracks…
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The Vaccines live at the Olympia Theatre last night with support from Pleasure Beach. Photos by Ste Murray.
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The Selecter live at the Academy in Dublin. Photos by Brian Mulligan.
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As part of a string of sold-out shows at the Dublin venue, Pedro Giaquinto captures a triumphant set from The Riptide Movement at Whelan’s on Sunday night.
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With words from Conor Callanan at the former, Ste Murray and Liam Kielt capture the mighty Therapy? at The Button Factory, Dublin and Belfast’s Limelight 1 (AAA). The Button Factory, Dublin One of the main qualities of a band such as Therapy? is their pure and unadulterated unwillingness to compromise. During their 26 year career they’ve never shied away from sticking steadfastly to their guns when it comes to releasing what they’ve wanted. No matter what the response may be from fans or critics alike. With the release of 1994’s Troublegum it seemed like Therapy? were on the cusp of something…
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Tara Thomas captures the likes of Richard Hawley, Talos, Saint Sister, Rusangano Family and David Kitt at this year’s Other Voices Live in Dingle at the weekend.
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Sans his friends in Elbow, the matchlessly lovely Guy Garvey played a solo show at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre last night (December 7). Brian Mulligan captured the evening.
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The ever-inimitable King Kong Company at Cork’s The Pav. Photos by Rory Coomey.
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Having release his Mercury Music Prize-nominated second album Matador back in January, Gaz Coombes played Dublin’s Whelan’s on Friday night. Photos by Brian Mulligan.