Wild Youth live at Cyprus Avenue in Cork. Photos by Philip Corkery.
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It’s a packed out, older than usual crowd that The Magic Numbers are faced with when they arrive at Cyprus Avenue. Despite the band’s relative obscurity in recent years, they’re met with an excitable, large audience and waste no time settling into riling that crowd up with their jangly, summery indie rock anthems. For the most part, the four piece settle comfortably into their set. They play with charismatic ease and it’s clear the act know their way around a live performance – combining banterous interjections with extremely tight, professional playing. However, the biggest issue facing The Magic Numbers seems…
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British Sea Power live at Cyprus Avenue in Cork. Photos by Silvio Severino
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O Emperor live at Cyprus avenue in Cork. Photos by Brid O’Donovan.
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Dublin indie rock band Spies live at Cyprus Avenue in Cork with support from Partisan Crowds and O Sister. Photos by Brid O’Donovan.
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After last week’s column promising more music and such didn’t materialise, this week’s is a wee bit of a catch-up. However – plug, plug, plug! – we’ll kick off by putting in a shout for our Cork launch on Saturday at the Crane Lane for the mag. Issue 5 of the mag (the cover pictured) features a full-length piece on the Altered Hours, from their beginnings and debut release ‘Downstream’, to their upcoming album and time in Berlin. We’ll also have an Inbound on Leeside multi-piece groove ensemble Shookrah, among so, so much more, and it’ll be available exclusively at…
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Beatboxer extrondinare Beardyman played Cyprus avenue in Cork over the weekend. Photos by Rory Coomey.