Reviews

Strange New Places have been present on the Belfast music scene longer than most. Making a name for themselves with...

How do you follow up winning the Northern Ireland Music Prize Album of the year with your debut release? Problem...

Someone once said that the only good thing to come out of Lurgan was the train to Belfast; they obviously...

This month's Under the Drum was the Reade family's second year running the festival, tucked away on Breckenhill Farm about...

After a long wait, the Belfast-based quartet’s eponymous debut EP arrives with a clatter. Following on from two tremendous support...

There is a certain school of thought that says you should never go back to places that you’ve had a...

Junk Drawer’s debut album – 2020’s Ready For The House (Art For Blind) – was a great LP that, truth...

Cathal Francis has become a well known name within the Northern Irish music scene in the last few years and...

To try and categorise the music of self proclaimed oddballs Cloakroom Q would be a futile endeavour and their latest...

Reading up on The Wood Burning Savages, the sentiment that they were a resistance band seemed to echo like the...

Was it a cold night when Bright Eyes released I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning in January, 2005? Given they’re from...

They say that a show at the legendary Empire Music Hall never disappoints, Tramp went above and beyond the statement...

When I was a kid, I was fascinated by blacksmithing - specifically, the process of smithing a sword. I think...

2024 saw Derry duo Tessio round out a breakout year packed full of festival slots and radio play with a...

Let’s get one thing straight: Susi Pagel isn’t here to blend in. Belfast’s reigning pink pop princess has just unleashed...