There is a lot to like about Sweet Taste. Since their formation in 2009 and despite various line-up changes, the band’s main men of Niall Graham and Chris Seaton have dragged the band up out of the ranks of the also-rans to become one of the brighter lights of the healthy N.I. Rock scene. They …
Enter Shikari with Support from Hacktvist and Wounds 1st May 2013 – Nerve Centre, Londonderry It seems to be a rule of thumb- don’t ask me why- that in recent times, you just don’t wear a band’s merchandise to their gig. However, this show is apparently the exception. Before the first act even gets near …
Belfast singer-songwriter Aidan Logan has done a lot in a short time. Constantly gigging, he has notched up some impressive gigs, including sharing the stage with the likes of Levity Breaks and playing at the One World Festival in Derry. As well as the live work, Logan has been busy in the studio recording the forthcoming ‘Facing …
I have seen Stonemasons live and I am acquainted with their previous recorded work. I know they have talent. When I saw them live I felt they exhibited both the beauty and the folly of youth. They had aggression but not enough control and volume but not enough power and as a result I felt …
Bernadette Morris - Sunday 5th May 2013:
A veteran of the infamous London grime scene it wasn’t until 2011 when Wretch 32 finally came to prominence as a mainstream MC. Scoring three consecutive top five hits that year with “Traktor”, “Unorthodox” and the number 1 single “Don’t Go”. Now respected as one of the finest lyricists in UK rap winning countless awards, this year …
Trucker Diablo are not just one of this country’s finest Rock bands, they are also one of the most hard-working and most savvy about the machinations of the music world at their level. Of course, every band aspires to get to the next level and all the way to the top, but the trick is …
Dublin Camden Crawl - Sunday 5th May 2013: The Black Lips and O Emperor where two bands I was extremely looking forward to see and to have the opportunity to photograph. Croupier kicked off Sunday playing the Button Factory, after some time I ventured across the city to catch The Picktish Trail who were playing Whelans. …
Transmit: Fight Like Apes with support from A Northern Light & Concrete Circus Wednesday 8th May – Limelight 2, Belfast Wednesday night at the Limelight. Sorry, Limelight 2. Something I wouldn’t have entertained in my youth as I was more of a Tuesday and Saturday man (Shag and Helter Skelter RIP). But it’s a different …
Dublin Camden Crawl - Saturday 4th May 2013: Having never attended the Dublin Camden Crawl before, I treated it like any other festival and did my research on the bands I intended to photograph. With so many venues hosting incredibly talented bands, I wanted to get to as many as humanly possible so that I could …
SONI: Shake, Stop Stop Start Again, Yellow Sam & The New Objective (now Left Undercover) - Saturday 20th April 2013:
This weeks see several legendary rock bands in Journey, Whitesnake and Meatloaf but more importantly there are several high profile local events taking place that shouldn’t be ignored either. Radar: Katie & the Carnival – Speakeasy – Thursday 16th May 2013 Katie Richardson has been in high demand of late performing covers of Marilyn Monroe …
Following a string of show stealing performances last summer, More Than Conquerors rise to one of Belfast’s shinning stars has always had a sense of inevitably about it. With two EPs under their belts and countless ringing endorsements from Radio 1 – these four lions are ready to shake off the tags of promise and potential, …
His New Atlas is essentially Eoghan O’Hagan from Co. Armagh and what a talent this young man is. What we have here is an almost outrageously ambitious single spanning over eight minutes. Essentially it’s two songs put together (‘Lost’ and ‘Found’) or else a song of two parts, whichever way you want to look at …
