Music Reviews

A lot can happen in 5 years - as Irish shoegaze mainstays Virgins are here to remind us. The band’s...

The first thing that will grab you when you listen to Niall McDowell’s excellent debut album is the voice. It...

Polar Bolero have firmly solidified their place in the Northern Ireland music scene in the last few years with their...

The new incarnation of Amy Montgomery’s musical journey is firmly cemented with this debut album from the four-piece PREYRS. Given...

Five piece Lord Jane released their new EP 'The Lifting of the Fog' and it is absolutely exceptional! With a...

Alt rockers Monday's Child have been a fixture of the live scene for a while now and their new EP,...

‘The Whole Damn Cake’ is the long awaited sophomore record from Beauty Sleep’s Cheylene Murphy and Ryan McGroarty. Crafted over...

Strange New Places have been present on the Belfast music scene longer than most. Making a name for themselves with...

How do you follow up winning the Northern Ireland Music Prize Album of the year with your debut release? Problem...

Someone once said that the only good thing to come out of Lurgan was the train to Belfast; they obviously...

After a long wait, the Belfast-based quartet’s eponymous debut EP arrives with a clatter. Following on from two tremendous support...

Junk Drawer’s debut album – 2020’s Ready For The House (Art For Blind) – was a great LP that, truth...

Cathal Francis has become a well known name within the Northern Irish music scene in the last few years and...

To try and categorise the music of self proclaimed oddballs Cloakroom Q would be a futile endeavour and their latest...

Reading up on The Wood Burning Savages, the sentiment that they were a resistance band seemed to echo like the...