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Stuck in the house with no end in sight, spending days on endless work video conferences and e-mails, losing track of which day it is. Welcome, my friends, to another week of Covid-19 lockdown. But, as they say, every cloud…
Commeth the hour, commeth the man. What a time for a new Malojian album to drop. Long in the gestation, sudden in the release, Stephen Scullion has been working on this little gem since 2019’s tour with Grandaddy’s Jason Lyttle….
It was in the Black Box in April 2018 that Matt McGinn debuted some of the music and ideas that would eventually become Lessons of War, alongside a “making of” documentary directed by local film maker Colm Laverty. Full of…
An intimate venue, a worthy cause and six of the best home-grown acts around? What’s not to love about the Tough Enough To Care fundraiser in The Accidental Theatre? Tough Enough To Care is a relatively new charity set up…
It’s no small enterprise to self-fund an album, let alone record said album in the venerable FAME studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Home to Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Jerry Reed, Etta James, Wilson Pickett (among others) at various stages, that…
Vale may well be one of Belfast’s best kept secrets, hailing from the Greater Shankill area of Belfast. They are playing in some good company at the moment, having recently supported the likes of Lurgan’s finest, The Bonnevilles, and up-…
NI native Shauna Tohill goes full-on Anna Calvi for the new release from the infectiously fun indie rock outfit Rews. With strong hints of power-chord thrash bands like the Foo Fighters, ‘Birdsong‘ is the band’s first new material in just…
Ubiquitous Hilltown musician Matt McGinn teams up with local singer Ciara O’Neill for ‘Bubblegum‘, a taster track from McGinn’s forthcoming album release ‘Lessons of War’. The song takes it’s inspiration from the tweeted teenage diary entries of Bronagh McAtasney (@nornirongirl1981)…
The highlight of a day-long songwriting workshop run by Panarts, Ronan McSorley launched his first EP I Am Not Free, and what a piece of work it is. I had the chance to hear the EP a couple of days…
Bangor based singer songwriter Sam Wickens is a relatively young man but he has already covered a lot of ground, musically speaking. A Chordblossom Kickstart finalist in 2017 he was picked up in 2018 to appear on Sky Arts Unsigned…
Single number two from the Berlin band’s forthcoming EP Just Friends is an energetic and in-your-face track which the band have worked on and re-worked since 2016. Party Fears‘ ‘Sun King II’ is full of vitriol about our complacency at world…
Photos from The Mad Dalton’s debut album launch in Black Box, Belfast. Support from Lauren Bird and Giraffe Stairs. Photos by 2nd Shooter. Generated by Facebook Photo Fetcher 2
Photos of brand new friend as they launched their debut album ‘Seatbelts for Aeroplanes’ in the Black Box. Support from Hunkpapa and Hot Cops. Photos by Michael Barbour at 2nd Shooter. Generated by Facebook Photo Fetcher 2
Photos from the launch of Malojian’s album “Let Your Weirdness Carry You Home” in The Portico of Ards, Portaferry on Saturday 16th September 2017. Photos by 2nd Shooter. Generated by Facebook Photo Fetcher 2
Photos from Shizznigh Promotions’ Spectrum Festival in Elmwood Hall, Belfast on Saturday 12th November 2016. Featuring Joel Harkin, Brash Isaac, Rachael Boyd, Gnarkats, Life Goals, Bad Fit, Hot Cops, Gascan Ruckus, and Mojo Fury. Photos by 2nd Shooter. Generated by…