State Magazine’s annual new music tips Faces Of… finished up over the weekend with a gig in the Mercantile and the release of a beautifully-designed digital magazine by Simon Roche featuring some stunning photography of acts from Ireland tipped for the year including Hozier, Liza Flume, UNKNWN (pictured), Overhead The Albatross, Simi Crowns, Affleck, video director Aoife McArdle, Carriages and Maria Somerville.
Photography is by Rich Gilligan, Cait Fahey, Olga Kuzmenko, Phil Fisk, Jason McCarthy, Mark McGuinness and Frances Marshall. There’s also a mixtape of the acts below. Respect.
DOI: I used to work for State but I don’t anymore.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
