Sunday at KnockanStockan 2018, featuring Æ MAK, Dowry, JyellowL, Chewing on Tinfoil, Shrug Life and Wastefellow. Photos by Zoe Holman.
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Tune-Yards with support from Æ MAK at Dublin’s Tivoli Theatre. Photos by Niall O’Kelly.
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Overall my experience so far in the Irish Music Industry has been a positive and supported one. Unfortunately the music business is most definitely a business. Like any business it boils down to who you know and what connections and contacts you make along the way to enable a further reach for your music. Ireland’s music scene is very small in comparison to London’s or L.A’s but being small it also has its advantages as once you’ve been working in it for a few years you just end up meeting and getting to know almost everyone else moving in it;…
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The ever-tasteful Citog present Æ MAK with support from Agu and Tobi Kaye at Galway’s Roisin Dubh. Photos by Ciaran O’Maolain.
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There comes a point where the visage of being inscrutable begins to wear off, even the most beguiling cool kids have runny shits some days and when your defining trait over ten years into your career remains a kind inscrutableness, the trick risks wearing thin. The backing music is very Cure-esque, the singing is soft, melodic, harmonious, channelling any number of 90’s female vocalists from Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval to Dolores O’Riordan. Seeing them live (and indoors) is a significant clip ahead of listening to them on record, that distant echo quality reverberates satisfyingly. It’s nice; lovely even, like being…
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All Tvvins live at the Roisin Dubh in Galway with support from Æ MAK. Photos by Sean McCormack.
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Five Band Bash at Dublin’s The Academy, featuring BARQ, Rocstrong, Æ MAK, Zaska and Harbouring Oceans. Photos by Lucy Foster.
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On their debut EP I Can Feel It In My Bones Æ MAK have produced something that is inherently joyful to listen to. Childlike glee permeates the EP; not in the sense that it’s immature or undeveloped, but in the sense that it’s pure and unadulterated. This is complimented by the lyrical knowledge projected throughout, urging the listener not only to dance, but to be mindful, to observe oneself without making judgement. The duo chant “Run away/forget your place/let the other piece fall into place” in the title track, highlighting the amalgamation of those qualities. The release follows from ‘I Can Feel It…
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Featuring live music, theatre, film, dance and visual art, Ruth Kelly captures MURMUR at Belfast’s The MAC, with Goldie Fawn, AE Mak, New Portals and Beauty Sleep.
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Æ MAK live at the Spirit Store in Dundalk with support from Naoise Roo. Photos by Brian Mulligan.