Music Reviews

I first came across Hurdles, quite back accident in late 2013 and it was love at first listen. Returning with...

  Succulent riffs and tap-along melodies are the order of the day following newly released EP of Belfast’s own genre...

  For a small place, Northern Ireland surely does produce an awful lot of indie/alt/post rock bands – the sort...

Ruairi and the Owls is a project by Derry singer-songwriter Ruairi Connolly, who recorded the three track ‘Me Without You’...

Belfast singer/song writer uses honey smooth vocals that soothe and shout simultaneously to create a “calm before the storm” ambience...

  EP opener ‘Cut my cord’ kicks with a stop start riff, leading into some spacey guitar, followed by some...

Given the Indie revolution/ New world order that was established by Arctic Monkeys and Razorlight back in the early days...

When Chordblossom first came across Lisburn youngsters Dream Awake in a support slot for the recent Making Monsters gig (which...

  Alpha is defined in the dictionary as “the highest grade or mark” that something can achieve. Twin is defined...

Before I even started to play the first track, I read that the music produced by Don’t Shoot should come...

Do you ever do that thing where you suddenly think “hey, whatever happened to (insert band name here)? They were...

  The Mighty Boosh’s Old Gregg described ‘the funk’ as a living, breathing outer space entity that whose crash landing on...

Northern Ireland's leading light in the symphonic metal genre, Derry's own Selene, have certainly been busy beavers since their formation...

  Lisburn guitar slingers The Couth have been critical darlings in the Northern Ireland music scene since the realease of their...

  Personally, Owen Denvir’s E.P release was one of the releases I felt most excited for following his participation in...