Roesy returned home from Australia to do an Irish tour in support of his new album Wolf Counsel. We went along to the Roisin Dubh in Galway and Whelans in Dublin to capture all preparation and excitement during his shows. Photos by Sean McCormack and Brian Mulligan. Whelans by Brian Mulligan Roisin Dubh by Sean McCormack
Gaz Coombes live at CQAF in Belfast, with support from Ciaran Lavery. Photos by Alan Maguire.
Announced just last week, two of Belfast very best bands, Girls Names and Sea Pinks played a memorable show at Belfast’s Menagerie on Friday night. Photos by Sara Marsden.
And So I Watch You From Afar – or ASIWYFA for short – have set off on a huge tour in support of their new album Heirs. The lads landed in Paris with Mylets in tow, with a few dates in Russia and UK behind them and a huge EU tour ahead of them. Our photographer Tom McGeehan was there to capture the load-in, soundcheck and all the run up ahead of the gig and, of course, the show itself. Check out the gallery below for a comprehensive overview of the entire show.
PigsAsPeople live at The Bar With No Name with support from Hot Cops and Dinosaurs as Pets. Photos by Liam Kielt.
Opening with an extended version of ‘Forever’ and followed by the undeniable Madchester groove of ‘Weirdo’, The Charlatans get their CQAF headline gig off to an expectedly strong start, following a reportedly equally triumphant show in Dublin the night before. New album tracks like ‘Talking In Tones’ and ‘So Oh’ sound more like 1995 than 2015 and are welcomed like old favourites. However, the starry-roofed tent inhabitants explode with collective excitement as the fan favourites of ‘North Country Boy’, ‘One To Another’ – a song that’s been given a new generation of fans through soundtracking the E4 sitcom My Mad Fat…
“Och wise up!” chimes a female voice from a few rows back. Josh Rouse – smartly dressed in double denim and a dapper hat, gifted with a sweet, sleepy voice – has just announced that he is about to play his last song, and has been roundly chastised in the most affectionate way possible. The fact that the end of Rouse’s gig has been met with such a fine example of the Northern Irish vernacular should indicate how warmly his performance has been received. There is, to reach for that hoary cliché, a lot of love in the room –…
Le Galaxie embarked on a nationwide tour of the country in support of their new album Le Club. They kicked off the party in Dublin at The Academy, then west to the Roisin Dubh in Galway, South for Cyprus Avenue in Cork then North to Echo & Aether in Belfast. Check out the galleries below for a comprehensive overview of the tour. Aether & Echo, Belfast by Sara Marsden Cyrprus Avenue, Cork by Brid O’Donovan Roisin Dubh, Galway by Sean McCormack The Academy, Dublin by Isabel Thomas
In this installment of AAA we go behind the scenes with little xs for eyes as they launch their new album at Whelans in Dublin with plenty of backstage images and fun during the live show. Photos by Isabel Thomas.
It’s the final show of a ten-week trek across Europe and North America for The Twilight Sad. Front man James Graham tells the Belfast crowd his “liver is fucked.” The relief in his voice sets the tone for a breathless set taking in highlights from their back catalogue alongside half of the tracks from their fantastic fourth album Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave. The Twilight Sad’s gloomy intensity is utterly compelling from start to finish. They begin working through the gears with ‘There’s A Girl In The Corner’ and ‘Last January’ from the new album,…