Posted on 25th Apr 07 by Contributor | 
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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 [...]
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Posted on 25th Apr 07 by Contributor | 0
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 [...]
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Posted on 24th Apr 07 by Contributor | 0
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 [...]
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Posted on 18th Apr 07 by Contributor | 0
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 [...]
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Posted on 12th Apr 07 by Contributor | 0
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 [...]
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Posted on 10th Apr 07 by Contributor | 0
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 [...]
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Posted on 10th Apr 07 by Brendan Morgan | 0
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 [...]
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Posted on 10th Apr 07 by Contributor | 0
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 [...]
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Posted on 10th Apr 07 by Adam Lacey | 0
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 [...]
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Posted on 10th Apr 07 by Contributor | 0
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 [...]
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