All fans of local Rock music plus the bands themselves should laud what Phil Horner is doing with Comrades Rock. Based in the Ballyclare Comrades Social Club, it gives music fans from outside Belfast a chance to hear some of the best of local talent without the added expense of a trip to the city. …
Rams’ Pocket Radio – Beton Album Launch Friday 7th June 2013 – Stiff Kitten RAMS’ Pocket Radio takes his name from the influential designs of Dieter Rams. The alias of multi-instrumentalist, Peter McCauley, RAMS’ started life as a drummer in bands and orchestras before beginning to write his own music. With wide ranging and ever …
Bushmills Live In the City: David C Clements, Farriers & Little Bear Thursday 13th June 2013 – Whites Tavern, Belfast Little Bear are the hottest property in the local scene with a clattering of record companies chasing their signature. They open their set with the sombre ‘The Devil is a Songbird.’ While admittedly there’s a …
Amanda St John Thursday 30th May 2013 – Black Box, Belfast Amanda’s EP launch was a success in every way, there was excitement, emotion and entertainment had be everyone there. Amanda and her wonderful band kicked the night off with a funky one from her EP, ‘Reach,’ the perfect way to kick off the evening. Her songs …
Transmit: Silhouette with support from Runaway Go & Rocket Propelled Gorillas Wednesday 5th June 2013 – Stiff Kitten, Belfast At first glance Rocket Propelled Gorillas’ front woman Jordan Catterson looks a little lost to begin but she soon finds her stride. Scuzzy rock is what’s on offer and it’s riveting, debut single ‘Clutch’ really comes …
We asked around to find out what people made of Radio 1′s Big Weekend. This is what members of our team / CB readers thought of the event. A free festival? The BBC were onto a winner from the start. Expanding the event to three days for the first time gave it that big-time feel. …
Robyn G Shiels with support from Aborist 24th May 2013 – The Barge, Belfast This evening we are on a boat. Honest to God, a real boat. It floats and everything. At first it seems a peculiar environment for a gig but it is a surprisingly good venue. The modestly sized hall is quickly packed …
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 …
Bernadette Morris - Sunday 5th May 2013:
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:
Million $ Reload with support from Maverick Sunday 28th April 2013 – Diamond Rock Club, Ahoghill The Diamond Rock Club is packed tonight and for good reason, as this is no ordinary night in the history of this fine venue. Tonight, one of the country’s finest rock bands plays in one of the country’s finest …
