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  Name: Yearning Curve Formed: 2013 Hometown: Cork Genre: Acoustic / Jazz Line-up: Lawrence O'Donnell and Bairbre Flood What They Say: 'Mixed bag of pop, jazz,...

  You can tell we're heading towards the summer time as the festivals are confirming their line-ups and the local...

  Name: Going 90 Formed: Late 2012 Hometown: Limerick Genre: Indie Rock Line-up: Ollie Phillips, Martin Ryan, Andrew Franks, Niall Phillips  Similar to: Editors, Two Door Cinema Club...

  ► Joshua Burnside Lately I've been delving into the wealth of singer-songwriters Northern Ireland has to offer. It's the ones...

  I genuinely thought that once Kickstart was over that things would calm down a bit; how wrong I was....

  What a night! I would just like to say a massive thank you to all those who came to...

  One of my "goals" for 2014 was to put on a live gig and this Thursday, I'm doing just...

Name: Candy's Eyes Formed: November 2012 Hometown: Belfast Genre: Folk/Acoustic/Jazz Similar to: Laura Marling | Rachel Austin | James Blake What They Say: Spooky songs...

  The relentless number of gigs from last week has thankfully eased off but there's no time to relax and...

  Name: Amanda St John Formed: January 2012 Hometown: Glenariffe, Co Antrim Genre: Soul/Blues Similar to: Bill Withers | Imelda May What They Say: Soul...

  Last week the impending madness that was our Kickstart competition got the better of me and meant our gig...

  The most polarizing of days is nearly upon us... cringe/celebrate based on your own thoughts but Valentines Day is...

  With some great new releases and exciting new bands emerging onto the local scene, 2013 was a great year...

  Happy anniversary to us! Yesterday Chordblossom turned 2 years old, how time flies when you're having fun. We've been...

  The gigging scene seems to be picking up as we start the slow descent into February. It was nice...