Philm featuring drummer Dave Lombardo live at the Button Factory in Dublin on Wednesday night with support from New Secret Weapon. Photos by Isabel Thomas.
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Royal Blood live at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin with support from Mini Mansions. Photos by Isabel Thomas.
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Royal Blood kicked off the first of their Irish dates at the Ulster Hall in Belfast with support from Mini Mansions. Photos by Sara Marsden.
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Vann Music launched their new EP Running at the Button Factory in Dublin on Saturday night. Photos by Isabel Thomas.
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Going to see Jape for the first time in a while is always an interesting proposition, seeing as the lineup can often be entirely different from the previous occasion. Such is the case tonight – they’re still a trio, albeit with a different drummer from the Ocean Of Frequency tour, and Richie Egan is still front and centre of course, with Glenn Keating still his right hand man but things have still been rejigged, with Egan now on bass and sampler rather than guitar and keys, and Keating on electronic percussion and sequencer. It’s an interesting adjustment and seems to…
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Booka Brass Band live at the Roisin Dubh in Galway. Photos by Sean McCormack.
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Power fists at the ready! Europe and Black Star Riders brought the rock to the Ulster Hall in Belfast on Tuesday night. Photos by Liam Kielt.
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tUnE-yArDs live at Vicar Street in Dublin on Tuesday night. We’ll have the full review and an exclusive image in our April issue of The Thin Air magazine. Photos by Aidan Kelly Murphy.
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In the first of a new regular feature called Roving Eye, our photographer Tara Thomas sets off around Europe with some of the best and brightest bands our fair Isle has to offer. Documenting the trials and tribulations of touring life, Tara heads to Brussels with The Minutes. In her own words, she breaks down the entire proceedings from load-in to bed-down. ___ Brussels is a surprising city. My expectations of a drab grey place were unfounded, for it’s emblem is the Manneken Pis, a urinating little boy. He symbolises the rebellious nature of the city and its capacity for…
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We followed Pennsylvanian rockers Halestorm on their Irish tour taking in The Academy in Dublin and Limelight in Belfast with support from Wilson. Check out the galleries below by Carlos Daly and Liam Kielt. The Academy, Dublin by Carlos Daly The Limelight, Belfast by Liam Kielt