One afternoon in 2016, I necked an industrial vat of coffee and proceeded to make the case for the Quietus that, when all is said and done and hyped and re-issued, ad infinitum, Trompe le Monde was Pixies 1.0 at their most downright irresistible. Marking their shapeshifting, space-obsessed last hurrah before combusting two years after its release in 1993, it’s spent the last three decades astride its predecessor, Bossanova, as a genre-mangling snapshot of the band being indie rock’s OG mentalists par excellence. Eight years on, I’m more sure than ever that, for all their relative dearth of Kim Deal, it’s…
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Gilla Band live at the Empire Music Hall in Belfast. Photos by Matt Gorman
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The Smile live at the 3arena in Dublin last night. Photos by Sean McMahon
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All Tvvins live at the Roisin Dubh in Galway with support from Wolff. Photos by Mark Earley
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Rónán Ó Snódaigh and Myles O’Reilly live at Middle Third Social Farm in Maree, Co. Galway with support from Rhob Cunningham. Photos by Mark Earley
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Reneé Rapp live at the 3Olympia Theatre in Dublin. Photos by Kate Lawlor
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HamsandwicH live at the Spirit Store in Dundalk. Photos by David McEneaney
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Jape live at Coughlans in Cork with support from Sean Parnell. Photos by Celeste Burdon
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Wunderhorse live at the Button Factory in Dublin with support from Basht. Photos by David McEneaney
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Royal Blood live at the 3Olympia Theatre in Dublin with support from Hot Wax. Photos by Stuart Hayes