Tag: Christopher Owens

Unveiling themselves in June, Sacred Noose have certainly made people sit up and take notice of them. Made up of ...

As the dismal summer of 2023 reaches the moment when the pupal stage begins, later emerging as autumn, it’s nice ...

Stepping out from the confines of bass and drums duo Fagash McCann, Mark Holloway has unveiled Goth Fight Cage. Described ...

It is time. After seeing them last year, I wrote that “…Derry’s Parker are on incendiary form at the moment. ...

We do take consistency for granted. Everyone wants to read about the latest upcoming artists, and for good reason. But ...

Most people know Belfast’s Time to Be Proud Records as a home for the eccentric and the eclectic: after all, ...

Northern Ireland’s vinyl enthusiasts haven’t had it so good since the early 90’s. Up and down the country, a host ...

When Acid Age first appeared in 2013, their goofy personas and fast riffage (dubbed by the band as ‘hyper thrash’) ...

It’s too easy to take consistency for granted. Since playing their first gig in Auntie Annies (lest we forget) in ...

Debut singles can be a thing of wonder. The right single at the right moment can catapult a band from ...

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

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

Stop Stop Start Again were one of the highlights of the local scene over the past decade. Taking the glam ...

Pop punk is a funny old genre. It's been bastardised by so many awful bands that it's easy to forget ...

With a career spanning over two decades and having played sold out shows all over the country and much further ...