Posted on 29th Mar 07 by Contributor | 
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Artist: The Gift " InterviewAuthor: Mark McCarthy Right now seems to be the time of year that bands get signed and with Ireland brimming with quality talent it is no surprise that a few bands have been snapped up double quick. Cork band Lotus Lullaby are one such band and have recently sign to Irish [...]
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Posted on 29th Mar 07 by Contributor | 0
Artist: Exit Pursued By A Bear" The CitizenAuthor: Mark McCarthy Exit Pursued By A Bear" The Citizen" The Blizzards Yes folks it"s the time of year again when various competitions kick off and make for an exciting music calendar with IMRO Showcases" National Student Music Awards and Murphy"s Live providing highlights for music fans. Exit: [...]
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Posted on 28th Mar 07 by Brendan Morgan | 0
Artist: The Aliens Author: Brendan Morgan The Aliens ” Astronomy for Dogs 2007 EMI Arriving at a time when all that was left of 90s Britpop had been snorted up the Gallagher”s noses” it was never going to be an easy path for acclaimed Scottish oddballs The Beta Band. Losing founding member Gordon Anderson almost [...]
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Posted on 28th Mar 07 by Contributor | 0
Artist: DezAuthor: Dez Foley The Good German Steven Soderbergh"s latest film puts paid to the old clich"" "they don"t make them like that anymore"" because they just have. The Good German is set in post WWII Berlin" against the backdrop of the "Big Three" conference in Potsdam. George Clooney underplays perfectly as Jake Geismar" a [...]
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Posted on 28th Mar 07 by Contributor | 0
Artist: Analogue Mindfield Album reviewAuthor: Nicola Marie O Riordan Analogue Mindfield Album review A Fine Adjustment of Time Kicking off with a mellow reggae beat along with some ambient jazz and intricately weaved harmonica "Reckless Behaviour" is the first track on Analogue Mindfield"s second album "A Fine Adjustment of Time." According to Analogue Mindfield musical [...]
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Posted on 27th Mar 07 by Contributor | 0
Artist: Hell is for HeroesAuthor: Scott Edgar Hell Is For Heroes" Fighting With Wire" Mojo Fury" Dopamine The Limelight" Belfast 22 March 2007 Back in 2004 we were in the midst of a music revolution. Britpop was celebrating its tenth anniversary and whiney northerners had been usurped by art school drop"outs with fashion sense" teenage [...]
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Posted on 27th Mar 07 by Contributor | 0
Artist: MyspaceAuthor: Susan Kealy Myspace or yours" Oh admit it" more then half of you have a Myspace webpage" either active or left in the dust. You either used it to chat with those few friends who for their own reasons wanted a myspace instead of a Bebo account. Though Myspace is much older then [...]
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Posted on 26th Mar 07 by Contributor | 0
Artist: BeangrowersAuthor: Anna Murray Interview with Alison Galea of Beangrowers Watching Maltese band Beangrowers on stage" their strutting confidence and obvious relish in the show makes it easy to believe that they already have three internationally well"received albums under their belt. You can"t help but wonder then" why so few over this side of Celtic [...]
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Posted on 26th Mar 07 by Contributor | 0
Artist: SplitscreenAuthor: Scott Edgar Are Splitscreen happy enough" To be the next Snow Patrol" Derry boys Splitscreen have been recording and gigging for almost two years now but until not too long ago they were relatively unknown outside of their home county. Masters of shameless self"promotion and opportunistic gig slots have led to them working [...]
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Posted on 23rd Mar 07 by Contributor | 0
Artist: kiptoAuthor: Kipto Kipto"s rants" more musings from a tortured soul. Fucking self pitying wimps A couple of weeks ago whilst reading the movie bible that is Empire magazine" I came across a full"page ad for Q magazine. Q"s a decent mag" although it"s no Mojo. Anyway" the subject of the ad for the latest [...]
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