Sara Marsden captures the inaugural Outloud @ Outburst at Belfast’s Black Box, a day long event of stalls, talks, workshops and music all with a feminist/trans/queer slant.
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As a preface-turned-thinkpiece, it’s probably important to note that I suffer from epilepsy and although I have my suspicions that this correlates with my connection to music, that hypothesis is probably, at best, pseudo-science. But then again, Neil Young – fellow epileptic – has, before even the diagnosis, been this writer’s favourite musician of all time, connecting in a way no other has before or since. Apart from, perhaps, the first time my teenage self heard Appetite For Destruction. That may seem a roundabout way of introducing a Kurt Vile review, but there’s an inescapable influence on those who channel…
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Often compared to the likes of Brian Wilson, The Velvet Underground, Nick Drake and Leonard Cohen, American singer-songwriter Kelley Stoltz play Dublin’s Whelan’s recently. Photos by Ste Murray.
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A highlight of this year’s Sound of Belfast programme, VerseChorusVerse & David Lyttle, Donal Scullion, Jess Edlin and Colum McIntyre played the Empire on Thursday night. Photos by Liam Kielt.
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Lonely the Brave at the Limelight in Belfast with support from R51. Photos by Liam Kielt.
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Supported by SPINES and The Clockworks, Dublin “grunge-pop” quartet Otherkin headlined Galway’s Roisin Dubh on Saturday night. Photos by Vincent Hughes.
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Featuring Trinity Orchestra performing LCD Soundsystem, Giorgio Moroder, CHIC and much more, Brian Mulligan captures the second and final day of the inaugural Metropolis Festival at the RDS in Dublin at the weekend.
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Before gracing the launch of Metropolis in Dublin on Saturday, Hot Chip played a sold-out Limelight 1 in Belfast on Friday night. Colm Laverty captures the latter show for us here.
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Conchúr White-fronted Armagh indie-folk act Silences live at the Arts Club, Liverpool. Photos by Christopher Flack. Check out our recent live session with the band here.
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Hot Chip, Todd Terje, Le Galaxie, Vic Mensa and many more got the inaugural Metropolis Festival at Dublin’s RDS off to a resounding start on Saturday. Photos by Mark Earley.