We Are Scientists live at Dublin’s Opium Rooms, Galway’s Roisin Dubh and Belfast’s Limelight 2. Photos by Isabel Thomas, Sean McCormack and Colm Laverty. Roisin Dubh, Galway Photos by Sean McCormack Opium Rooms, Dublin Photos by Isabel Thomas Limelight 2, Belfast Photos by Colm Laverty
In the latest installment of Irish Tour, Jonny Currie and photographers Dee McEvoy and Aidan Kelly Murphy capture the return of Sleaford Mods to Dublin and Belfast. Mandela Hall, Belfast Photos by Dee McEvoy Behold, hear the voice of one calling: prepare ye the way of the Mods. The prophecy of Divide and Brexit has been fulfilled. The importance of securing entry to key markets clogs up our newsfeeds. Meanwhile two blokes called Jason and Andrew have signed a record deal with Rough Trade this year that should project their hard-worn, under-heard music to the wider audience it deserves, without compromise. Sleaford…
Mexican garage punk band Le Butcherettes with support from Sister Ghost at Belfast’s Black Box. Photos by Sara Marsden.
Four albums in, Cate Le Bon is making her long overdue Belfast headlining debut with the rest of her band, having previously only been here for a solo set supporting Manic Street Preachers a few years ago. Her guest appearances on the works of fellow Welsh artists the Manics and Neon Neon have brought extra attention her way, but her solo career has been on a gradual rise on its own terms, and with this year’s impressive Crab Day making waves, it’s as good a time as any to make up for that absence. Le Bon’s music has undergone something…
Rollercoaster Records presents the Kilkenny leg of Malojian’s This Is Nowhere album tour, with support from Freakwater and Peter Bruntnell. Photos by Ian McDonnell.
Michael Kiwanuka live at the Limelight in Belfast and the Academy in Dublin. Limelight, Belfast by Sara Marsden The Academy, Dublin by Brian Mulligan
Presented by Dutch Kills, Sister Ghost live at Sandinos in Derry with support from Lost Avenue and Susie Blue. Photos by Mickey Rooney.
It may be four years since Toronto quartet Holy Fuck last graced these shores – and six since they last treated us to a headline show – but they certainly haven’t lost their ability to bring in a crowd, if tonight’s packed out Whelan’s is anything to go by. Perhaps this being their only Irish date this time around has helped attendance, not to mention their formidable live reputation, but it’s heartening to see people haven’t forgotten about them in their absence, and with a long awaited and steller new album Congrats under their belts there’s a palpable excitement in…
Death Grips live at the Limelight in Belfast. Photos by Alan Maguire.
French electronic music legend Jean-Michel Jarre at Dublin’s 3Arena. Photos by Aaron Corr.