Our esteemed panel of judges have had a busy week narrowing down the ten shortlisted artists for this years Kickstart...

Strength N.I.A, Locky & John Saturday 28th April 2018 - Nerve Centre, Derry Saturday night's show in the Nerve Centre...

Only established in the second half of last year, Psychic Eyes are a bit of an unknown quantity to us. Neither their...

Armagh's Hello Casanova have been doing this for a good few years now, through name and line up changes, their music has...

Brand New Friend Seatbelts for Aeroplanes album launch with support from Hunkpapa & Hot Cops Saturday 28th April 2018 -...

Photos of brand new friend as they launched their debut album 'Seatbelts for Aeroplanes' in the Black Box. Support from...

Scots Canadian Peter GW Sumadh has been carving out his musical path in Northern Ireland for the past few years under the...

Photos from The Wood Burning Savages‘ debut album launch in Nerve Centre, Derry on Saturday 21st April 2018. With support...

Self professed purveyors of werewolf pop, Strength N.I.A are not one for convention. The Derry band's distinct sound and lyrics regularly...

With over eighty entries to the 2018 edition of our Kickstart competition, it was always going to be mightily difficult...

Dublin and Belfast based artist Constance Keane works under the name Fears. Continuing on from previous projects, Fears has put out...

Photos from Ciaran Lavery's show in The Belfast Empire on Friday 13th April 2018. With support from Kitt Philippa and...

Photos from Gigging NI's show in McHugh's Bar on Friday 6th April 2018. Featuring Rebekah Fitch, ROE, Ex-Isles, and Conor...

London based, Belfast native Aislinn Logan is no stranger to us. Her folktronica songs have found their way to us before. But...

Belfast band Gnarkats have put some solid alt rock music in the past couple of years, with their 'Waves Collide' EP certainly...