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Gallery and set-lists: Soft Cell / OMD / Sophie Ellis-Bextor / Heaven 17 – St Anne’s Park, Dublin 03.06.2023

It was a feast of electronica and new-wave at St Anne’s park Dublin as some of the biggest names of the new-wave / synth-pop scene took over the park for…

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Premiere: Newly signed to 4000 Records, Start Together are a post punk new wave delight with the cool and urgent ‘Separate Beds’, ahead of new album.

We feel very privileged to bring you the premiere of ‘Separate Beds’, the single from Meanjin/Brisbane outfit, Start Together, a new signing to the esteemed 4000 Records label. Opening with…

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Live Review: The Pretenders – Limelight, Belfast 23.05.2023

Photos and words David McEneaney I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, they don’t make ‘em like they used to.These days, in the Spotify and TikTok universe, it…

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Gallery and set-list: The Pretenders – 3Olympia, Dublin 21.05.2023

The Pretenders playing Dublin’s 3Olympia as part of their Relentless UK & Ireland tour 2023. Intro (Habanera: L’amour est un oiseau rebelle, Georges Bizet)Losing SenseA LoveTurf Accountant DaddyMessage Of LoveThe…

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Gallery & Set-list: Duran Duran / Jake Shears – 3Arena, Dublin 07.05.2023

Duran Duran’s Future Past – 40th anniversary tour hit Dublin’s 3Arena with Jake Shears ( Scissor Sisters) and Lia Lia as supports, unfortunately we didn’t get to photograph Lia Lia.…

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Keeping Control : Independent Manchester Music Scene 1977-81 Remembered

April 26, 2023

Keeping Control: Independent Music from Manchester 1977-1981 Various Artists on Cherry Red Records (76 track 3xCD set) This a great collection of Manchester music from a 4-year period in its…

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Gallery: Hugh Cornwell – The Pepper Canister Church, Dublin 13.04.2023

Hugh Cornwell (Original Stranglers Frontman) played a fantastic solo acoustic show in the also fantastic setting the is Dublin’s Pepper Canister Church.Hugh Promised to bring a show to Ireland that…

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Premiere: Mako Bron recalls those ‘Newtown Nights’ – another brilliant release from the Sydney maestro of glittering indie pop.

We are inordinately proud to bring you an exclusive listen to the new single ‘Newtown Nights’ from the mysterious and criminally under appreciated Mako Bron. Mako Bron is the moniker…

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Premiere: Fleeting Persuasion ease into the stratosphere with the atmospheric ‘Slipped’.

Working with Tobey Doctor (ex-drummer from Sounds Like Sunset), James Harrison is back in 2023, again under the nom de plume Fleeting Persuasion, and we are overjoyed at being able…

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Premiere: The hyperkinetic Radio Free Alice provide us with an exclusive look at their new video for the heady joys of single ‘I Gotta (Fall In Love)’.

Last month we brought you news of the delightfully snotty young band Radio Free Alice‘s signing to the tremendous Double Drummer label and cast an ear over their frenetic and…

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