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Gig / Album Launch Colm Mac Con Iomaire Celebrati
ng the release of his third solo album The River Holds Its Breath : Tost ar an Abhainn, The Frames and Kila co-founder and fiddler Mac Con Iomaire collaborates with composer Bill Whelan on the creation of what he calls “a collection of short stories”. There’s uplift and joy to be gleaned in each composition, a weather-beaten beauty comforted in the knowledge that the sun will shine again. Una canción para Venezuela being one such example in this current climate. Vicar Street, Saturday May 18, €28 Festival Eastbound Exhibition Chrysalis - Eva O’Donovan A new ‘new music’ festival from Aiken brings a selection of local and international buzz acts to town over five nights across five venues. WhenYoung (pictured), Just Mustard and The Murder Capital are among those togging out from the home side. Gwenno, Wild Front, Men | Trust and The Howl and the Hum are among the international draws, many of whom are making debut appearances here. Various venues, May 7 to May 12, €13 Chrysalis is a new collection of portraits of Transfeminine subjects. Eva worked with live models to create an oil on vintage fabric style. Collaborating with Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) to find subjects for the Chrysalis series, O’Donovan presents a collection of powerful portraits. Dublin City Hall, Thursday May 9 & Dublin City Council’s Civic Offices, Wood Quay from Monday May 27 to Friday May 31. Gig Better Oblivion Community Center Indie darling Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers bring the best of their respective games to the studio and stage with Better Oblivion Community Center. Having just dropped their excellent self-titled debut this spring, they are fleshing out their confessional folk-rock set with covers of the likes of The Replacements’ Can’t Hardly Wait, the Killers’ Human, Death Cab For Cutie’s Title And Registration and Gaga’s torchlight tune Shallow! Vicar Street, Monday May 13, €27.50 86