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 …
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 …
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 …
Limavady’s Dyingbreed have been working and gigging hard since the November 2011 release of their first EP ‘Don’t Follow the Rabbit’. The 3-track EP had an air of swaggering confidence, rare for a new band, with a sprawling prog-metal sound. The combination of singer James Moore’s distinctive voice, clever time changes and chugging beats made …
Comparisons can be lazy, often inaccurate but with a hint of the truth in there. Taking a path similar to Nick Cave (Australian moves to London and then Berlin, signs to Mute, takes member of Einsturzende Neubauten as guitarist, has Mick Harvey in band) has led to Crime & The City Solution often being overlooked …
The ambitiously titled “We Light Fires To Watch Things Burn” is the third EP from North Coast alt-rockers, The Bayonettes. Recorded within the space of a day in Nicholl’s (Daniel, lead vocals/guitar) house, what this EP may initially seem to lack in length is more than compensated for by its actual contents. Opening with “Alternative …
The current musical landscape may be seemingly overflowing with plenty of everything, yet there is a drought of sorts going on. Somehow, within this massive boiling pot of music, full of almost every genre imaginable and then some, it is becomingly increasingly difficult to find hardcore bands with real Jaws-worthy teeth amidst the flash flood …
Harmony is the fourth effort by New Zealanders Die Die Die and with ‘Harmony’ we have a jagged and energetic album to sink our teeth into. We jump right into the frenetic pace of ‘Oblivious Oblivion’, with guitars blazing and drums banging from the offset. The vocals have a lo-fi, almost underwater quality to them …
Hardcore rockers Axecatcher consists of three young dudes from Limavady, drawn together by their mutual love of heavy music. Forming in 2011 and gaining attention almost immediately on the local gigging scene, the trio – Ryan Montgomery on vocals/lead guitar, Colin Wilson on backing vocals/bass guitar, and Danny Kaye on drums – released their epic …
Port St. Willow is the musical project of one Nick Principe, hailing from Brooklyn, New York. This is Holiday, his ambitious début album of “music and noise”. Principe takes inspiration from the more ambient side of the music world, lines can be drawn to Brian Eno, the Antlers and perhaps in particular Bon Iver’s self-titled …
Rock quartet Godsized have been leaving their mark on the rock scene over the last few years, by playing gigs and festivals all over the UK. After much anticipation the band will be self releasing their debut album ‘Time’ on April 22nd. Upon sampling, it’s an album the band and their fan-base should be extremely …
With the release of the Good Vibrations biopic, it’s easy to surmise that Belfast punk began and ended with Terri Hooley’s label. Bollocks. If anything, it became even harder and more serious as time went on. And The Defects personify this. Their first LP, ‘Defective Breakdown’, is a master class in merging ’77 punk rock …
Chvostek… Not an overly used name in today’s popular music genre however Annabelle’s a borderline veteran in this fickle music industry and having 11 dates in venues booked all around England in March alone for her live gigs, you may want to get better acquainted with her sound fairly quickly. Opening the album is a …
The good old fashioned split. A way to save money on pressings and promote a scene. Great for bands. Not so great for the punters. This is because for every great group you discover, there’s always some bunch of third rate no hopers who happen to be mates with the better group. Countless potentially great …
