Artist: Beginner 2 Band showcaseAuthor: Scott Edgar
So hard to beat"

Beginner 2 Band
The Burnavon" Cookstown
Thursday 29 March 2007
In 1979 Feargal Sharkey fronted a scruffy bunch of Northern Irish upstarts by the name of The Undertones as they unleashed "Teenage Kicks" on an unsuspecting nation. The song went on to become one of the most loved punk [...]

Artist: Elliott Smith " TributeAuthor: Hubert McIntyre
I don't think I've ever listened to Elliott Smith's music in company" his gentle charm is better suited to the times when you need something sensitive" and maybe even the times when all you're fit to do is crawl into bed with a big pair of headphones on [...]

Artist: Ash " La Faro " LIVEAuthor: Scott Edgar
Oh Yeah"
It was the start of the summer"
Ash " La Faro
The Stiff Kitten" Belfast
Friday 13 April 2007
It"s something of a lucky Friday 13th for the small crowd lurking in the blackness of Belfast"s Stiff Kitten club. Ash front man Tim Wheeler declares us to be an audience [...]

Artist: The Ghostwood Project" Hooray For Humans " LiveAuthor: Hubert McIntyre
The Ghostwood Project and Hooray For Humans " Live at Roisin Dubh
Singers. Who needs them" The perfect performer is created from a mixture of ADD induced histrionics and a preening desire to be the focus of all attention. It"s no wonder then that some bands [...]

Artist: Lucas " Letters to a FriendAuthor: Paul McConnell
Lucas launches "Letters to a Friend"
It"s often the case with much touted local acts that something doesn"t quite work when you first catch them live. All the whispers of greatness sometimes serve to create unrealistic expectations of what a band can offer. Thank God then for Lucas" [...]

Artist: Jape " InterviewAuthor: Jason Golden
JAPE " Interview
Not content playing in a band with his mate David Kitt from time to time or being part of cult instrumental group The Redneck Manifesto" Richie Egan has built up an even larger cult following under his latest artistic guise Jape.
Jape has two albums under his belts [...]

Artist: God Is An Astronaut ” interview
Author: Brendan Morgan
God Is An Astronaut interview
Try and describe instrumental post”rockers God Is An Astronaut“s music or live show to someone and there”s a good chance you”ll have to reach for a thesaurus at some point. Epic” breathtaking” intense” beautiful” menacing” cinematic: just some of the words that come [...]

Artist: Sister " In My Darkest HourAuthor: Jason Golden
Sister " In My Darkest Hour
In My Darkest Hour is the highly impressive" dreamy debut single from Irish/British 5 piece Sister. The band consist of Matt Jones "drums"" Steve Hackett "bass"" Alan MacFeely "yep" Simple Kids kid brother" "guitar"" Gema Banks "vocals" guitar" and Jamie Wright "keyboards". [...]

Artist: Kings of Leon ” Album Review
Author: Adam Lacey
When Kings of Leon first shuffled onto the scene in 2003″ they were a Pentecostal curio with a cracking debut album to present” awkwardly sporting the dodgiest facial hair/fringe combos north of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Soon enough they realised that they could get famous “and famously” laid” [...]

Artist: Carbon Copy " InterviewAuthor: Nicola Marie O Riordan
This is not the longest interview in the world. This is just a tribute.
What do you get when you add an arts student" an electrical engineering student" a civil engineering student and an accounting student" infectious riffs" intelligent lyrics and rockin" beats"" Carbon Copy" I met up [...]