PJ Harvey live at Custom House Square in Belfast. Photos by Jane Donnelly
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Two Door Cinema Club live at Custom House Square in Belfast with support from Lucy Gaffney. Photos by David McEneaney
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We’ve Only Just Begun is a tonic in music festival form, created to celebrate the wealth of musical talent possessed by women and non-binary artists of Ireland. Taking place in Whelan’s over a balmy mid-August weekend, showcased a mere fraction of feminine musical power on the island. Comprising both Whelan’s upstairs and main stages, the festival boasts alumni ranging from Soda Blonde and Sorcha Richardson to SPRINTS and Cathy Davey. This year’s line-up included Choice Music Prize nominee Ezra Williams, 2FM Rising Star Qbanna and radio presenter and musician Rachel Mae Hannon. A report published by research activist group Why…
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Waxahatchee live at Vicar Street in Dublin with support from Anne St. Louis. Photos by Monika Ruman
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The Staves live at St. Luke’s in Cork with support from Memorials. Photos by Erin Plaice
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Girli live at the Academy in Dublin with support from Tillie. Photos by Ian Davies
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It’s almost 45 years to the day since Gary Numan appeared with Tubeway Army in one of the all-time memorable Old Grey Whistle Test performances, promoting the then-new album Replicas. The band, led by some shamanic, androgynous alien cyborg, felt like a transmission of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders as imagined by William Gibson or Philip K. Dick. A totem for the lost and alienated, his words sought out glimpses of humanity and connection in the darkest corners of a dystopia caused by the excesses of technology, and this was reflected in the music, a literal post-punk antithesis to the…
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Tenacious D live at the 3Arena in Dublin. Photos by Sean McMahon.
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Mitski live at the 3Arena in Dublin with support from Richard Dawson. Photos by Ian Davies
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Sprints live at the Ulster Sports Club in Belfast. Photos by Aislinn McGinn