God is an Astronaut live at Cyprus Avenue in Cork. Photos by Celeste Burdon
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Pillow Queens made a triumphant return to Cyprus Avenue, Cork, this past weekend, having last played in 2021 during that weird phase of the pandemic where people were allowed to aggressively breathe into each other’s mouths at the bar but couldn’t be trusted to stand upright in a half capacity gig venue. At the time, the band opted to pull double duty and played two gigs a day so as to avoid cancelling tickets in what they called their “2 Shows 1 Cup” tour. An inspirational effort in both commitment to their fans and to bad jokes. Those in attendance…
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Just Mustard live at Cyprus Avenue in Cork with support from Elaine Malone. Photos by Celeste Burdon
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Sharon Van Etten live at Vicar Street in Dublin with support from L’rain and at Cyprus Avenue the following night for Cork Midsummer Festival with support from Maija Sofia. Photos by Aaron Corr and Celeste Burdon. Vicar Street in Dublin by Aaron Corr Cyprus Avenue in Cork by Celeste Burdon
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Maverick Sabre live at Cyprus Avenue in Cork. Photos by Philip Corkery
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Baby Queen live at Cyprus Avenue in Cork last night. Photos by Philip Corkery
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Squid live at the Roisin Dubh in Galway and Cyprus Avenue in Cork. Photos by Ian Davies and Celeste Burdon
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James Vincent McMorrow live at Cyprus Avenue in Cork. Photos by Celeste Burdon.
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The Staves live at Cyprus Avenue in Cork. Photos by Celeste Burdon
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Ireland has a strange, almost Lynchian relationship with country music. There are the Daniel O’Donnell/Nathan Carter/Garth Brooks die-hards, of course. This cohort is usually composed of people who grew up on westerns of the ’60s and ’70s, and came of age to the bizarre strings of the “Country and Irish” genre of music proliferated by the showband era. But interestingly there’s also a large chunk of millennials who were impacted (quite tragically) by Garth Brooks’ sold-out Croke Park concerts in the ’90s, and subsequently found themselves in some strange time-warp where youth clubs were teaching line dancing and the price…