Reviews

The revamp and repurposing of Bangor's Court House has been quite the journey for the Open House team. After seven...

A wordsmith if ever there was, Ciaran Lavery pays us another welcome visit with his latest EP ‘Another Night at...

Blasting out of festival season and having played the likes of Stendhal and Six Mile, Red Eye Pariah‘s ‘Koala Tea’...

The Open House team put on an incredible programme of events across the month of August but none was more...

Two years and a bit on from the start of lockdown and the complete shutdown of live music events and...

Fiery powerhouse release by Belfast punk trio blasts eardrums into eye sockets. Mob Wife’s dynamism and unpredictability sets them apart...

For years Axis Of were one of the most sought after performers if you were a promoter booking a gig...

As someone from Northern Ireland working in England, I spend a lot of time on flights back and forth across...

There’s nothing better than zoning out to a great record every so often. And what better a soundtrack to gaze...

Ambition is somewhat underrated these days. All too often, bands are quite content to play a few shows here and...

Four months into 2022, and it’s good to get back into the rhythm of hitting local gigs. International touring acts...

Back in 2016, Katie Richardson, then operating under the name Goldie Fawn, put on a pretty wonderful show named Murmur,...

It has taken a while but we finally have the debut album from Wynona Bleach. The wait from the initial...

Death forces us to re-examine ourselves and our life choices. Sometimes it means a complete overhaul. Sometimes it means carrying...

It was a bleak enough evening to begin with. With a notorious festive chill biting at the boots of your...