Reviews

Having won a scholarship to study at Eton College, Frank Turner always had potential. Along with his work ethic, sincerity and willingness to get people to participate and come together, his impact has been nothing […]

It wouldn’t be a Pixies LP without having to reach for the thesaurus or dictionary at least once. Doggerel is a comic verse composed in an unusual or irregular rhythm. It could be argued that […]

The number of biographies and autobiographies of artists is colossal, but what makes Sound within Sound unique is the largely unknown contributions of the ten twentieth-century artists Kate Molleson has featured. The one thing all […]

The Queen of rock ‘n’ roll, Suzi Quatro, made her long-awaited return to the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. The rock veteran had everyone up for a boogie for hits like ‘Devil Gate Drive’ and ‘Can […]

Having enjoyed a thirty-two-year career, it’s entirely plausible to think that Charlatans’ frontman Tim Burgess may have exhausted the limits of his creative brain cells. Yet, if the last two years are to go by, […]

New Zealand indie-rock band The Beths releases their third album, Expert In A Dying Field, a 12-track gathering of autobiographical songs about the aftereffects of elapsed, intimate relationships, be they platonic or romantic. In essence, […]

This album arrived on the day I managed to get tickets for Suede’s March 2023 gig at the O2 Academy in Glasgow, a gig I’ll be going to with my three friends, repeating our first […]

This twenty-first-anniversary edition of Know Your Enemy doesn’t feature the LP in its original track order. Instead, the first set of songs under the title of Door to the River feature, to use laypeople’s terms, […]

The legendary former Mama Boy’s member, Pat McManus, opened the night. Performing tracks of his own and classic Mama’s Boys tracks. After numerous rescheduled, prog icons Magnum made their return to Belfast. Performing such classics […]

One of the key concepts behind Parkway Drive’s latest offering, Darker Still, is a Tom Waits quote that emblazons frontman Winston McCall’s refrigerator in his Byron Bay home; “I want beautiful melodies telling me terrible […]

The Divine Comedy’s five-night residency at the Barbican was initially billed for October 2020 to celebrate the band’s 30th anniversary. The Irish chamber pop band would chronologically play their first ten LPs back to back. […]

Gary Lightbody, lead singer of Snow Patrol and the City of Bangor’s most famous son, was awarded the Freedom of the Borough by Ards and North Down Borough Council at a special civic ceremony at […]

All Points East opened with Gorillaz headlining. Eight days in XS Noize caught up with The National, who were joined on stage by Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold. XS Noize also returned with headliners Nick […]

All Points East only started in 2018, and in less than five years, it has become a ten-day festival catering to 40,000 music lovers daily. The first-day headliner was Gorillaz, where Alina Salihbekova captured some […]

I spent nine months during the pandemic living with my parents in rural west Clare; in the midst of the world falling apart, the appreciation of where I am from sored in heights my teenage […]

“Chris Farren will perform soon,” read the enormous letters projected on to the side wall of Belfast’s Telegraph Building. Soon after, as he warned us he would, Chris Farren bounded out on to the stage, […]

This ninth Muse offering makes a departure from their previous venture, Simulation Theory, where the rock trio stepped into a metaverse. Now, Muse confronts the tumultuous global reality on Will of the People. Whilst Muse […]

British rock sensations Stereophonics returned to Belfast with a headline show at Custom House Square on Wednesday, 24th August 2022. The Welsh rockers played a fantastic set of hits and tracks from their new Number […]