Posted on 10th Dec 06 by Contributor | 
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Artist: Steer Clear " InterviewAuthor: Susan Keally Steer Clear hail from the great big city of Belfast in the Land Above" It"s hard to believe it"s been 3 months since I last saw these lads perform. In a bustling little Radio City" among 5 other keen bands" they attracted much attention to their set" dominating [...]
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Posted on 9th Dec 06 by Contributor | 0
Artist: Juana MolinaAuthor: Cian O Callaghan Juana Molina is standing on"stage" her slight figure almost lost amid the mad"scientist gear that comprises her equipment. "I"ve said this before" she declares "and I"ll say it again. I grew up listening to all records in English and never understanding one single word. So"welcome to my world". Oh [...]
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Posted on 8th Dec 06 by Contributor | 0
Artist: Northern Soul "01Author: Scott Edgar Iain Archer" Dykeenies" Pop Up" Duke Special" Kowalski City Hall" Belfast 2006"11"27 Like it or not" some things occur year in year out in Belfast during this season of goodwill and festive cheer. A Z"List celebrity will come and switch on our city"s Christmas lights. Check. The Continental Market [...]
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Posted on 7th Dec 06 by Contributor | 0
Artist: Laura StevensonAuthor: Scott Edgar GIRLS ON THE SCENE "01 LAURA STEVENSON Sometimes the most unlikely of people pull off something amazing and I"m left somewhat flabbergasted. Sitting on a dampish chair in The Rotterdam Bar in the heart of Belfast"s Docklands watching the peculiar sediment sink to the bottom of a glass of water [...]
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Posted on 7th Dec 06 by Contributor | 0
Artist: Interview with 66eAuthor: Anna Murray Interview with 66e Dave and Anthony talk songwriting" Radiohead comparisons" success" islands and Elbow. In 2005" an Irish album was released that proved once and for all the theory first propounded by bands such as Radiohead and Mogwai: that the possibilities of the art of melodic rock song writing [...]
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Posted on 6th Dec 06 by Contributor | 0
Artist: BarrytronAuthor: Barrytron I have been variously and enormously embarassed over the years" I don't mind telling you. A man in an Ennis Lifts van once slowed down to laugh at me in Gort. I once had a pair of cotton trousers with yellow stitching made to look like a pair of jeans" which I [...]
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Posted on 6th Dec 06 by Contributor | 0
Artist: ScheerAuthor: Anna Murray Scheer A Reappraisal of a Forgotten Irish Band If Scheer had been a landscape" they would have been an icy tundra on a beautiful clear night " the kind of night where the sky is crowded with diamond stars shining like inspiration but the ground is dense with shadows that whisper [...]
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