In Photos: Throwing Muses + Teitur @ The Academy, Dublin (10.11.11)

2011 will undoubtedly go down as a landmark year in the long and winding career of Throwing Muses. Thirty years after forming in their hometown of Newport, Rhode Island, and some twenty-five years on from the release of their self-titled debut LP, the seminal alt. rockers recently celebrated the release of Anthology - a double-disc collection that represents the first ever official compilation of their work.

To coincide with the release, the band recently hit the road for their first proper string of European dates in a long, long time. Irish fans had to wait until the very last night of the tour to catch their heroes in the flesh, but Kristin Hersh and co. made it more than worthwhile with a riveting midweek set at Dublin's Academy. Indeed, the band – who reformed in 2009, and have a brand new album due for completion next spring – looked like they didn't really want the tour to come to an end, rounding off the night with not one, but two beefy encores (and this despite Hersh having a rescheduled solo show across The Liffey in The Workman's Club the next night to prepare for).

Colm Kelly brought us the following slideshow from the gig, which also includes a few shots of prolific Faroese songwriter Teitur - the singer having earlier gotten the night under way with a subdued set of twisted acoustic tunes.