NOISE Weekender | Sunday in Pictures, @ Triskel Arts Centre, 30.09.12.
Pictured: Wasps vs Humans Rory Francis O Brien Cormac O Caoimh Fur Immer The Great Balloon Race Lamp REID Windings Photography by Bríd O’ Donovan
NOISE WEEKENDER
PRESS RELEASE Cork online zine Noise and Plugd Records have teamed up to host the first Noise Weekender, taking place at Triskel Arts Centre (TDC, Plugd and Gulpd Cafe venues) from September 28-30. In keeping with both Noise’s and Plugd’s policy of finding and sharing some of the best new Irish music, they have put...
Last Days of 1984 w/REID – The Pavilion, Cork, 16.06.12
Photo: Brendan Canty If there was ever a night to dish out a “fair play” or two, tonight’s the night. As I stand I can count 9 people in the venue. On stage is local electro extraordinaire Eoghan Reid, who goes to work under the name Reid. From where I’m standing the seated audience doesn’t...
Forbidden Fruit – Day 1
Eoghan takes us through a wet weekend in Kilmainham in June Photos: Eoghan O’Sullivan Day one of year two of Forbidden Fruit was a strange one. The first, big, proper festival of the Irish summer arrived, and in typical Irish summer festival fashion, optimism on the weather proved misplaced as the rain arrived soon after...
Hush War Cry, Cyprus Avenue, Friday March 2nd
The Notas, a Dublin 6-piece, took the stage first. Reportedly* all aged 18 and in the throes of their Leaving Cert year, they displayed some nice sub-Foals guitar shapes to begin, although lacking that band’s compelling conviction and watertight arrangements. They seemed to be aiming at Big Music but fell someway short. This had the...
The Lightbox Tour, The Pavilion, Cork
The Lightbox tour arrived in The Pavilion, Cork on Saturday evening this weekend. As their fundit page tells us, the tour goes under the ‘Lightbox’ moniker as each of the acts perform using visual based music hardware such as Monomes, Kaoss Pads, APCs and iPads. It’s a worthy venture: good to see some homegrown talent...
