Music Reviews
Dani Larkin – Walking With Natives
Hailing from the Armagh-Monaghan border, Dani Larkin has established herself as a powerful folk force not only locally but worldwide....
Parker – Never Let This Go
It is time. After seeing them last year, I wrote that “…Derry’s Parker are on incendiary form at the moment....
Max Sloan – Make Me Better
When I was younger, I remember seeing this pint-sized busker play outside the shop I was queueing for. Later, I...
Sasha Samara – Why Am I Still Here, I Never Learn
Three short-and-long years ago, the world was locked down. People had to stay indoors, only go outside when necessary, and...
Dirt Byrds – Standing in Line
We do take consistency for granted. Everyone wants to read about the latest upcoming artists, and for good reason. But...
Arborist – An Endless Sequence of Dead Zeros
Coming off the back of a sold-out tour and an array of impressive support slots from the likes of Cat...
Chalk – Conditions
Belfast based three-piece Chalk have had us wrapped around their fingers from the first moment we stumbled across the trios...
Exhalers – Meat Clown
Exhalers’ Meat Clown is the third full length album in the space of just over two years from Bangor’s Alan...
Lemonade Shoelace – Do Whatever Makes You Happy
Lemonade Shoelace, the musical project brought to life by Newcastle born Ruairi Richman, has made some name for himself. Fresh...
Nathan Connolly – The Strange Order of Things
The Strange Order of Things is the debut solo record from Nathan Connolly. With his day job as Snow Patrol’s...
Ferna – Understudy
It feels like a lifetime ago that we watched a young Hannah McPhillimy play her first gig in the Empire....
New Pagans – Making Circles of Our Own
Two years on from the release of their debut album, Irish indie-punk quintet New Pagans are back with their sophomore...
Joshua Burnside – Late Afternoon In The Meadow (1887)
The release of ‘Late Afternoon In The Meadow (1887)’ sees singer-songwriter Joshua Burnside delve into stylistic diversity, fusing the echoes...
Robocobra Quartet – Living isn’t Easy
Existential anxiety punctuates Living Isn’t Easy like rain punctuates a Northern Irish summer; it’s not always present but it’s never...
Soak – If I Never Know You Like This Again
SOAK’s third album is an anxious love story about accepting yourself. Derry singer-songwriter SOAK’s new album moves from the melancholy...
