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INTERVIEW: with Lazy Day’s Tilly Scantlebury

October 10, 2019 0

London based Lazy Day plays a headline Belfast show on October 11th, 2019 at McHughs Basement. Lazy Day began in 2014 as the solo bedroom project of Tilly Scantlebury. After recording her songs in her […]

INTERVIEW: Ali Barter – “I had to come to a place where I was happy with myself before I came back to music”

October 3, 2019 0

Two years on from her blistering debut ‘A Suitable Girl,’ Australian singer-songwriter Ali Barter has announced her triumphant return with ‘Hello, I’m Doing My Best’ – a revealing collection of songs that track her most […]

INTERVIEW: RICKY WARWICK on new BLACK STAR RIDERS album – “We wanted to shake things up a bit”

September 30, 2019 0

Black Star Riders new studio album Another State Of Grace was released on the 6th September 2019. Another State Of Grace sees the band deliver another stunning collection of songs. The band will support the […]

INTERVIEW: Amy Montgomery – “I enjoy sharing my energy with people, and touching hearts with my music”

September 27, 2019 0

Fresh from debut performances at 18 UK & European summer festivals including Glastonbury, Cambridge Folk, Electric Picnic and Black Deer, Northern Irish artist Amy Montgomery has riveted crowds this summer with her powerful voice and […]

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INTERVIEW: Taylor Johnson of Castlerock five-piece Brand New Friend

September 20, 2019 0

Castlerock five-piece Brand New Friend will play a headline show at The Limelight 2 in Belfast on 21st September 2019 – the final gig of their ‘Nothing Stays the Same’ tour. Mark Millar caught up […]

INTERVIEW: Mark Morriss discusses his fourth solo album, ‘Look Up’

September 20, 2019 0

Mark Morriss releases his fourth solo album ‘Look Up’ today via independent record label Reckless Yes. Perhaps best known as the frontman of indie band The Bluetones Mark Morriss is now well into a solo […]

BOOK REVIEW: Heavy Vinyl: RIOT ON THE RADIO By Usdin, Vakueva, Flores and Nalty

September 24, 2019 0

Whether one is a fan of Charli XCX and Troye Sivan’s hit “1999” earlier this year or not; it inevitably must have roused nostalgia amongst music fans of a certain age. Heavy Vinyl goes back […]

REVIEW: David Bowie – Trump Card Game

September 24, 2019 0

Whilst digital and streaming consumption of music itself is increasingly outmanoeuvring physical music sales; XS Noize has shown that the demand for music-related products from graphic novels to card games is increasing. XS Noize has […]

BOOK REVIEW: Theft! A History of Music By James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins & Keith Aoki

September 5, 2019 0

Whilst listening to music and discovering new artists and genres of music, along with the antics and personal lives of some musicians can be mesmerising, live changing, fun or just hilarious; studying the history of […]