Reviews

Derry based Alt.Folk artist RUÁ releases ‘The Healing’. An EP that follows in the footsteps of alternative Irish Folk with...

One Way Ticket to Sad City, Baby! The train to Sad City made a stop at The Wee Bar of...

I have followed the fortunes of Derry’s Cherym ever since, when nominating for the Northern Irish Music Prize in 2019,...

Eight years have passed since Daniel Todd and James Smith wrought exmagician from the ashes of Cashier No. 9 with...

Bangor Rock City doesn’t quite have a ring to it, but it’ll do as a lynchpin to this review of...

Listening to sittingbugs feels akin to those groggy yet comfortable mid-morning starts, the sun peeking through the curtain crack. You're...

Almost one year, (and one EP) on from Mark Hegan’s previous major Belfast headline in the Deers Head. He took...

The past couple days have proven to be a milestone in the career of Lord Jane. Friday saw the release...

Following on from the success of their single ‘Dilemma’, In June we saw one of Belfast’s newest and most exiting...

Conchúr White has long been a cherished part of the Northern Irish music scene. Whether that was fronting Silences or...

Rounding off over a year of frequent next-level live shows, the current Oh Yeah youth team Volume Control signed off...

Full disclosure: I had never been to AVA at any stage during the festival’s ten-year existence. I simply wasn’t all...

Starting 2024 off strong with their second EP, Belfast based post-punk trio Chalk have cemented their place in the Irish...

Virgins put out their debut EP ‘Transmit a Little Heaven’ to critical acclaim back in October 2022 and have spent...

Ending 2023 with their long awaited debut album, ‘Blouse Club’, Problem Patterns have made their mark in the modern punk...