Artist: BRIGADE" IN CASE OF FIRE" EGOAuthor: Scott Edgar
THE LIMELIGHT" BELFAST
THURSDAY 27TH JULY 2006
There has been a lot of hype brewing on the internet surrounding this gig" with message forums and Myspace buzzing with the anticipation of great things from local guys Ego and In Case Of Fire as well as the first Northern [...]

Artist: Cowboy X" New York Fashion Week and The EclecticAuthor: Dave Scanlon
Ah" I love it when a plan comes together" So Drop"D finally dropped on Dublin 2 weeks ago" spearheaded by the diverse talents of Cowboy X" New York Fashion Week and The Eclectic. We"ve been running them on a monthly basis down in [...]

Artist: Hoovers " Sledgehammers" The Ultra Montanes" Star Belgrade.Author: Liam Tyrrell
…and the Professional Touch

It"ll be grand now when they link up both those LUAS lines" the walk down to Crawdaddy gets longer every time" and that"s without the dilemma of whether Tara St or Westland Row is closer" and in this heat" well I"ll tell [...]

Artist: Lotus LullabyAuthor: Maaike
Of course Cork city sends its fair share of talented bands to Mitchelstown again August 4 "7th for the indie"pendence festival. Along with established names as Sultans of Ping and the Frank and Walters" "newcomers" Lotus Lullaby will climb onto their very first festival stage on Sunday 6 August. After winning Murphy"s [...]

Artist: HybrasilAuthor: Maaike
Things are going well for Hybrasil. VERY well indeed. We"ve seen them supporting the Frank and Walters in the UK "another Mitchelstown fest act" and Snow Patrol. We heard them on 2FM and Today FM. In the very near future we"ll see a new single" a nationwide tour AND a debut album coming [...]

Artist: THE WINDING STAIRAuthor: Scott Edgar
The reputation of Belfast based folk noir outfit The Winding Stair has been growing at a phenomenal rate over the last few months. They are one of the hardest working" most professional unsigned acts I have seen in a long time and that fact is reflected in their frequent [...]

Artist: LA FARO" IN CASE OF FIRE" ST DUDESAuthor: Scott Edgar

One of Belfast's newer alternative club nights" Two Step has been rocking along quite nicely for a while now" building up a reputation among music fans and hardcore scenesters alike. Local bands dominate proceedings with a delectable selection of indie" rock and alternative tunes from [...]

Artist: Out On A Limb RecordsAuthor: Mark McCarthy
Out On A Limb Records are an indie label based in Limerick that started in 2003 because they wanted to release a record from a band they really liked "as good a reason as any""". Since then they have gone on to sign more bands "Waiting Room" Tenpastseven" [...]

Artist: My Oxegen 2006 DiaryAuthor: Jason Golden
Two words sum up the whole Oxegen 2006 experience for me" from start to finish " Blown Away. Not a hugely descriptive" beautifully constructed phrase" but it is the only way I can describe how I felt after one of the wildest weekends of my life. Through the [...]

Artist: Purist ProductionsAuthor: Paul Mc Connell
The evolution of electronica has been a long and arduous trek into our mainstream. From the 60"s" when Robert Moog decided he wanted to hear something more" through the minefields of musical snobbery" the birth of house on the streets of Chicago" the illegality of the M25 Orbital motorway raves [...]