Goons live at the empire music hall in Belfast with support from Oh Volcano and Dutch Schultz. Photos by Liam Kielt.
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Has realisation dawned that the drummer from the support band is the guy – the other guy – from the main band, the guy who’s not in the movies? Probably not. Alden Penner, he of The Unicorns and Clues – both of whose albums are respectively mercurial and wondrous, collaborative and eponymous – and Michael Cera don’t actually seem an unlikely pairing. When tickets for their initial Workman’s Club gig sold out quick smart the gig was duly upgraded; ambitiously it turned out, to Vicar Street, before finally settling in Hangar. The Adam Brown warms up an already roasted crowd,…
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The Hangar, formerly Andrew’s Lane Theatre, is fast becoming the best place in Dublin for punk and metal gigs. Grimier, in all the right ways, than the Academy and much more spacious than Whelans, it’s a place that bands like Fucked Up and Titus Andronicus should be playing. So it makes sense that U:Mack, a thoroughly great group, would use the Hangar to host the Instrumental noise makers Russian Circles. The night kicks off with Dublin’s Val Normal, a math rock group. Val are very much a touring band. They’re the kind of group that you’d see on bills throughout…
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Wyvern Lingo live at Whelan’s in Dublin with support from Sinead White. Photos by Isabel Thomas.
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Ham Sandwich live at the Olympia Theatre with support from Third Smoke. Photos by Mark Earley.
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Dublin-born New York singer-songwriter Mark Geary live at Monroe’s backstage bar in Galway. Photos by Sean McCormack.
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Sibling trio Kitty, Daisy & Lewis set off on their Irish tour, hitting the Limelight in Belfast and Roisin Dubh in Galway. Photos by Sara Marsden and Sean McCormack. Belfast by Sara Marsden Galway by Sean McCormack
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Duke Special live at Vicar Street with support from Lisa O’Neill. Photos by Isabel Thomas.
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Rae Morris live at the Limelight in Belfast. Photos by Ruth Kelly.
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People Under The Stairs live at the Sugar Club in Dublin. Photos by Colm Moore.