Artist: Neon Flea CircusAuthor: Nicola"Marie O Riordan/Fergal Coulter
Cork based band Neon Flea Circus release their debut EP on May 31st. Neon Flea
Circus"s sound has been described as blues/retro funk/psychedelic rock.
"Candyfloss for the mind." Influenced by the likes of Stevie Wonder" Jimi
Hendrix" Traffic" Santana" Peter Green" Rory Gallagher" Gil Scott Heron" Small
Faces" Neon Flea Circus [...]

Artist: Brightblack Morning Light " Live at Roisin DubhAuthor: Hubert McIntyre
Brightblack Morning Light" Roisin Dubh" Galway" 18"5"2007
Brightblack Morning Light's Nathan Shineywater speaks in slow"motion Alabama twang" a good natured stoned drawl that sounds a little like Shaggy off Scooby Doo to someone who doesn't know their American accents well. He doesn't mind that it's [...]

Artist: Gary Lightbody" Lisa Hannigan" Elbow" Starsailor" Duke SpecialAuthor: Scott Edgar
Live Review
Gary Lightbody" Lisa Hannigan" Elbow" Starsailor" Duke Special" Burning Codes" Jetplane Landing" The Fools.
Oh Yeah Open Day" The Outlet Building" Belfast" 05 May 2007
The Oh Yeah project has been gaining momentum" like a rolling stone you might say if Dylan hadn't propelled the [...]

Artist: The Fools " Enjoy It EP ReviewAuthor: Scott Edgar
EP Review
"Enjoy It"
The Fools
The Fools have burst on to the Belfast scene in the last few months building on the reputation of front"men and songwriters Pat and Nipsy" unashamedly harking back to the heady days of the 1960"s. A brief trawl through the history books [...]

Artist: Cal " In Your Way " EP ReviewAuthor: Scott Edgar
EP Review
"In Your Way""
Cal
It's been a little over ten years since Colin McMurray released his first EP on an unsuspecting Northern Ireland audience. In that time he's watched Snow Patrol" Iain Archer" Duke Special and others who kicked around the same scene at the [...]

Artist: Waiting to Explode " Live in KilkennyAuthor: Keith Aherne
Waiting To Explode " Lost for Karma 12th May '07
Courtesy of Kilkenny Music " Cleere's
"An inward journey of outward Explosion"
Barry Harrigaden "Waiting to Explode guitarist"
The dim shades of fine blue rising to an exotic orange" beam onto the stage
as the craftsmen finely tune their [...]

Artist: KiptoAuthor: Kipto
Kipto"s Rants
Don"t vote for me"vote for David Bowie.
"It"s just a bit of fun for your lunchtime""
"no it fucking isn"t" Yes" Today FM has outdone themselves this time. Just when you thought the couldn"t top Ray D"Arcy "I"m going to solve all Ireland"s problems while mentioning my daughter every 5 seconds" and Toneee [...]

Artist: Eamonn Doyle " InterviewAuthor: Mark Mc Carthy
When it comes to finding significant figures in modern Irish dance music not many would argue against the work of one Eamonn Doyle. Boasting various credentials he has made his mark as a DJ" producer" label owner/manager" club promoter" and as all"round advocate and enthusiastic purveyor of all [...]

Artist: Crystal Castles " Interview/ReviewAuthor: Hubert McIntyre
Crystal Castles at the Roisin Dubh. 13"05"2007
Crystal Castles are a new breed. They were born on MySpace. The story goes that the name of their track "Alice Practice" is completely Ronseal: it was a practice session by their singer" Alice. The song was posted on MySpace initially [...]

Artist: Ideal End EP ReviewAuthor: Nicola Marie O Riordan
"I have to get the EP to you in person""" Ideal End drummer" Mike enthused. The second I saw the kick ass graphic on the sleeve I knew what he meant. Ideal End have already established an excellent live show having played in [...]