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Gallery: Lindsey Stirling at Dr. Phillips Center For The Performing Arts, Orlando,02.08.24

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Gallery: Chicano Batman/ Lido Pimienta at Union Transfer, Philadelphia, 13.05.2024

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Gallery: CSS/ Sloppy Jane at The Foundry, Philadelphia, 06.05.2024

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In the intimate upstairs at Whelans, two future pop stars peddled their significant wares to a enthusiastic sold out crowd. Opening up was singer-songwriter T A D H G, who played a half hour set on the piano, sounding and performing a bit like Elton John, as if there were ever a better compliment. T …

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Red Rum Club Thursday evening saw Liverpool’s intoxicating indie-pop band Red Rum Club play a special intimate gig at the Leadmill to mark the release of their fabulous third album ‘How To Steal The World’, which dropped last Friday. Having discovered Red Rum Club through my son Dan whose own band played on the same …

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Words: Max Falvey Pictures: Ian McDonnell // Carl McGrath “I want tequila on the rocks, I want the keys to all the locks, and I never wanna lockdown again!’. With an unrivalled level of swagger and oozing with pandemic angst, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes began their latest tour in Dublin last night, promoting their …

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As the screaming starts at a quick sound check and the crowd are going crazy for some classic pop punk songs (Paramore and My Chemical Romance help the time pass a bit quicker), the atmosphere in the room – Rock City, Nottingham, is becoming electric. The Hunna can’t enter the stage at a better time; …

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A PILGRIMAGE of sorts, to see the Bard of Barking, Billy Bragg (although these days it’s the Bard of Bridport, not so many miles east along the Dorset coast); who’s playing this date of a hugely virally-delayed tour in the lofty surrounds of the university’s Great Hall, pine-panelled and architecturally brutalist and blessed with good …

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Hermitage green are a Limerick based five piece rock band consisting of Dan Murphy (guitar and vocals, Barry Murphy (Bass and vocals), Dermot Sheedy (drums and bodhran), Darragh Graham (percussion, digeridoo and banjo), and Darragh Griffin (keys and guitar) who fuse many different styles while using a plethora of instruments, from harmonicas to digeridoos and …

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Words: Martin Clarke // Pictures: Jason Siddall Last night was the debut headline gig for Sheffield’s emerging indie-pop prince Frankie Beetlestone – fresh from a triumphant run of support shows on Tom Grennan’s recent sold-out tour and successful appearances at festivals including Dot to Dot, Liverpool Sound City, Live At Leeds and Twisterella. A new, …

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Words: Chiara Strazzulla // Pictures: Spela Cedilnik London has plenty of venues with plenty of history, but there is a special charme to the Columbia, a space which has seen a good number of rock legends go by and which now sees its stage trod upon by some of the most interesting emerging and alternative …

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Saturday, the day before Halloween, was a busy day at the Lone Fir Cemetery in Portland, OR. Blessed with an unusually sunny and mild afternoon the cemetery was abuzz with activity. Families were having picnics, young couples were walking hand in hand, photographers were shooting models curled around headstones, and a post-punk band was playing …

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What better than on a cold November night, to warm yourself up at a sold out new venue, with a couple of brilliant Irish bands on the bill for good measure. Opening act DeCarteret did their bit, dragging the crowd along with their funky, indie jams in the newly opened (and rather good) Dublin Workman’s …

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