Dream Wife and O Emperor live at the Roisin Dubh in Galway. Photos by Vincent Hughes.
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Nuclear Assault live at the Voodoo Lounge in Dublin. Photos by Isabel Thomas.
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It’s a quiet, damp Monday evening in Cork City when St Vincent aka Annie Clark and her merry crew roll into town with their highly stylised, bombastic stage show, however the Texan act very quickly brighten up the hearts and imaginations of their crowd. First off, Cork natives Young Wonder warm up the audience with their indie-electronica hybrid. Despite the band’s best efforts to engage their audience – the phrase ‘make some noise!’ is thrown about far too often for such a short set – the crowd is very much there for St Vincent and St Vincent alone. Closing with…
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Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Live at the Marquee in Cork. Photos by Melanie Mullan.
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Nick Oliveri performing Death Acoustic live at Voodoo in Belfast. Photos by Sara Marsden.
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Tonight saw the Galway International Arts Festival Big Top host its first event of the season with the sheer spectacle of Texan powerhouse St. Vincent and support from the always-charming Little Green Cars. The tent by the river has already filled suitably by the time Little Green Cars take to the stage and there’s an immediate sense that the audience is more than willing to be drawn further in by the brutally honest and heartfelt tracks from the band’s 2013 debut LP Absolute Zero and a healthy sprinkling of equally emotive new ones, one of which wouldn’t sound out of…
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St. Vincent and Mew live at Iveagh Gardens in Dublin. Photos by Colm Moore.
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Damien Rice live at the Iveagh Gardens in Dublin with support from Bryan Dalton and Colm Mac Con Iomaire. Photos by Isabel Thomas.
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The Frames Live at the Marquee in Cork. Photos by Rory Coomey.
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Goons live at the empire music hall in Belfast with support from Oh Volcano and Dutch Schultz. Photos by Liam Kielt.