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TALISK
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Opium Live • Sat 18 October 2025 • 7:30pm
One of the most talked-about folk bands of the 21st century, Talisk have been tearing apart stereotypes and redefining the genre for almost a decade. With over 15 million streams, 10,000 albums sold worldwide, and sold-out shows across five continents – from Paris to New York, London to Tokyo, Glasgow to Vancouver – alongside headline appearances at festivals the world over, the Scottish trio have amassed a global, die-hard following.
Wielding instruments that have rarely seen the likes of their music, Mohsen Amini (concertina), Benedict Morris (violin), and Charlie Galloway (guitar) have stacked up major awards for their explosively energetic sound – including five between BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio Scotland, and two highly coveted BBC Alba Scots Trad Music Awards.
At New Year 2022, they played BBC One’s Hogmanay show to a television audience in excess of one million, and – as the only folk act alongside pop headliners – quickly amassed a vast, mainstream audience that continues to propel the group to some of their largest live shows to date.
Headlining Glasgow’s iconic Barrowland Ballroom at the start of 2024 – during Europe’s largest winter festival, the legendary Celtic Connections – playing the OVO HYDRO at end of the year, Talisk’s star remains firmly on a rapid ascent.
In 2025, that journey reaches another milestone as they take to the stage at Glastonbury, bringing their electrifying sound to one of the world’s most iconic festivals.
Never afraid to push musical boundaries, or test the live production capabilities of just three people (yes, it’s all live), there’s captivating a crowd, and then there’s Talisk.
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Selective Memory proudly presents
BOOKA SHADE (LIVE)
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Opium Live • Thur 23rd & Fri 24th October 2025 • 7:30pm
Fresh off their epic set at Beyond The Pale last weekend, electronic trailblazers Booka Shade are hitting Dublin this October for an unmissable show at Opium.
The German duo, Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, will drop a mind-bending mix of their legendary tracks and fresh cuts from their savage new album, For Real.
Expect a night of genre-defying techno and house that’ll shake the city to its core. Snag your presale tickets now—this one’s gonna be massive!
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Selective Memory proudly presents
BOOKA SHADE (LIVE)
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Opium Live • Thur 23rd & Fri 24th October 2025 • 7:30pm
Fresh off their epic set at Beyond The Pale last weekend, electronic trailblazers Booka Shade are hitting Dublin this October for an unmissable show at Opium.
The German duo, Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, will drop a mind-bending mix of their legendary tracks and fresh cuts from their savage new album, For Real.
Expect a night of genre-defying techno and house that’ll shake the city to its core. Snag your presale tickets now—this one’s gonna be massive!
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MCD proudly presents
STEVE ‘N’ SEAGULLS
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Opium Live • Sat 25 October 2025 • 7:00pm
In the summer of 2014 Steve ‘n’ Seagulls filmed three live music videos back at the farm in Finland. The second one, their new and fresh take on AC/DC classic Thunderstruck took the internet by storm. Suddenly this unordinary group found themselves touring around the world, recording an album after another and combining musical styles like never before.
So far, all four previous Steve ‘n’ Seagulls albums have hit the album charts in Finland and the Billboard bluegrass chart. Finally in 2025 sun lays its rays on their long awaited fifth album The Dark side of the moo. And after a busy festival season The Dark side of the moo tour takes the band around Europe.
Steve ‘n’ Seagulls’ music videos have gathered close to 346 million views in YouTube alone. They have played on some of the biggest festivals on this earth – including Wacken Open Air, Rescontres Trans Musicales, Nova Rock, Sweden Rock etc. In over 30 countries and on four continents the audiences from small clubs to big festivals have witnessed their musical adventures and pure good times. And the flight continues on!
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DME Promotions proudly presents
BETTER LOVERS
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Opium Live • Wed 29 October 2025 • 7:00pm
By challenging each other to progress, Better Lovers challenge heavy music to move forward along with them.
Driven by the same restless spirit and clear intention, this cohort of longtime musicians have rallied around a shared vision of creative fearlessness and relentless energy. Playing with a chemistry bordering on magic, the musicians—Greg Puciato [vocals], Jordan Buckley [guitar], Will Putney [guitar, producer], Steve Micciche [bass], and Clayton “Goose” Holyoak [drums]—naturally evolve on their 2024 full-length debut album, Highly Irresponsible [Sharptone Records].
Puciato keeps it simple, “New album. First full-length. It’s a typical thing to say, but we’re excited to start getting this thing out there. Everyone really brought their best to this and brought out the best in each other.”
It’s been that way since the winter of 2022 when longtime friends Jordan, Steve, and Goose congregated in a cold Buffalo, NY basement to jam, sowing the seeds for early song ideas. They initially tapped Will to produce (he also jumped at the chance to play guitar), while Greg officially joined the fold upon hearing demos. Without warning in 2023, the group made their presence known with “30 Under 13” followed by the God Made Me An Animal EP. Metal Hammer christened the latter “one of the finest examples of savage modern hardcore you’ll hear in 2023.” Inciting further critical applause, Revolver raved, “they attack like a fresh, hungry band out for blood. Which is what they are,” and KERRANG! profiled them with a cover story. Not to mention, they sold out the bulk of dates on their very first tour.
They capitalized upon and catalyzed this momentum into Highly Irresponsible. Putney resumed his role as producer, and the bandmates ignited ten tracks with calculated intensity.
Putney notes, “Being a member of the band and the producer is actually a real advantage for Better Lovers. We’re so dialed in to exactly what we want to do, and our creative process is so in sync and natural that we rarely hit a wall when we work on music.”
“Writing and recording our first full length was slightly more surgical than the EP, but had a similar lack of restraint. I feel more pressure writing this press release than I felt all winter in Will’s studio. I got to wake up everyday and watch the masters perfect their craft. I was a student. It was a playground. Everything was funny. We were reading each other’s minds. Even creating our own language at some points. I didn’t know if I was watching my closest friends write music, or if I was watching music use us to exist. The voice in my head warning me how highly irresponsible it was to hop on this bull again was gone. Replaced by bad ideas, inside jokes, and a rejuvenated love for helping to write songs that don’t sound like anything else.
That brings us to the first single “A White Horse Covered In Blood.” Gritty guitar rolls in tandem with a punchy drumbeat, and Puciato teasingly warns, “Oh, there’s nowhere to run to buddy.” He delivers manic taunts with insidious charisma matched only by the wild dueling riffing across the bridge.
“I’m honestly just over here happy that I fit the word ‘buddy’ into a song,” the frontman grins.
Elsewhere, high-pitched squeals drain into a rollicking riff on “Future Myopia.” The melodic chant on the chorus belies menace in the lyrics as Puciato proclaims, “Hard to look up when you’re down. No perspective from the ground.” Eerie guitar echoes over a loose bass groove on the spacey “At All Times.” Simultaneously, an arresting vocal performance takes hold, “We corrected the lines we drew. Didn’t we?” Opener “Lie Between The Lines” leans into a sinister melodic lead before culminating on a realization, “I can’t believe I’m just like you.”
The finale “Love As An Act of Rebellion” might just be the perfect clarion call for the quintet. The breakneck beatdown and tense ticking clock give way to Puciato’s last word, “In a world where we’re the only. I’d still take life without you. I’d still be lost without you.”
Better Lovers found each other, and they’re going to keep pushing each other and heavy music forward.
“This is a band firing on all cylinders that is both dynamic and destructive,” Putney leaves off. “That translates through the speakers on this LP, and I can’t wait for people to experience the whole record.”
Buckley smiles, “Humans and animals alike are programmed to do wild things for what they love—Highly Irresponsible things. And we love what we’ve created. We know you will too.”
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