Tandem Felix live at the Roisin Dubh in Galway with support from Other Creatures. Photos by Ciaran O Maolain
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Motionless in White live at the Academy in Dublin with support from Ice Nine Kills. Photos by Ian McDonnell
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This Is The Kit secret gig at Levis Corner Bar in Ballydehob, Co. Cork with support from Emma Gatrill. Photos by Jason Lee
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King Kong Company live at the Academy in Dublin with support from Le Boom. Photos by Moira Reilly
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Lankum with special guest Lisa O’Neill live at Vicar Street in Dublin. Photos by Ciara Brennan
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The Eskies live at Cleere’s Bar in Kilkenny. Photos by Ian McDonnell
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Malojian live at the Set Theatre in Kilkenny. Photos by Ian McDonnell
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HamsandwicH live at Whelans in Dublin. Photos by Moira Reilly.
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Lisa Hannigan and her band have just edged into the first verse of their fifth song at Belfast’s Duncairn Centre for Culture & Arts. I’ve quickly nipped to the bathroom, where I overhear this brief tête-à-tête between two gentlemen: “Some gig, isn’t it?” “I’ve only just arrived. Stuck in traffic.” “Oh, Jesus.” As I leap up the stairwell back into the venue space, it suddenly hits me: the “Oh, Jesus” immediately (and very tellingly) severed the exchange between the two strangers. When it comes to a Lisa Hannigan show, it really is in your best interests to be present from the very first note…
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The initial seeds of BNQT were planted by Midlake’s Eric Pulido while touring their Antiphon album back in 2013. He hoped he could convince several of his favourite vocalists into a collaboration of sorts that mirrored something akin to the Traveling Wilburys crossed with The Band, with vocal and songwriting duties being shared. Fast forward to April of this year and BNQT’s debut Volume.1 finally blossomed, with Grandaddy’s Jason Lytle, Travis’ Fran Healy, Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapronas and Band of Horses Ben Bridwell joining Pulido and some of his fellow Midlake colleagues; Jesse Chandler, Joey McClellan and McKenzie Smith. With…