Saturday March 12 2016. A hidden location in Belfast’s city centre. No, not a meeting of some clandestine secret society, but a fundraising gig for Belfast hardcore rockers Hornets. As they’ve previously done (to raise money for a tour) the band chose a tiny studio location, holding a maximum of eighty people, to have ‘a bit of a do’, including an art gallery, a raffle, and a couple of up and coming young bands as support. First of these bands was Unyielding Love, who describe themselves as grind/noise. They gather ‘onstage’ (the end of the room) and begin their set…
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Comedy trio Foil, Arms and Hog live at Dolan’s Warehouse in Limerick over the weekend. Photos by Moira Reilly.
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Ahead of some UK and US dates over the next few weeks, Wicklow’s Enemies played two sold out nights at Dublin’s Bello Bar at the weekend. Support came from Bantum. Photos by Vincent Hughes.
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The phenomenal Joanna Newsom with support from Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold live at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin last night. Photos by Aaron Corr.
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Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox live at the Seapoint Ballroom, Galway. Photos by Patrizio Mancuso.
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Fat White Family with support from Shame at Limelight 2 in Belfast last night. Photos by Sara Marsden.
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Following last summer’s release of debut LP The Names, electronic artist Chris Baio now sits comfortably in the saddle of his subsequent world tour. “This is our 34th show,” he announced to the Dublin crowd in Workmans. In the preceding hype for this leg of the run, Baio held a Twitter-based giveaway of three sets of tickets to the first of his eager followers to tweet and greet him with ‘hi’. Three pairs were promised, but in the rush of responses, Baio shelled out five or six in his generosity. Given his time spent as bassist for the wildly successful indie-pop…
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Suicidal Tendencies live at the Academy in Dublin. Photos by Pedro Giaquinto.
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Róisín Murphy live at the Olympia Theatre last night. Photos by Aaron Corr.
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Suede live at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin last night. Photos by Aaron Corr.