Time to champion a champion, so to speak. Champion Sound Records to be more precise. The Belfast-based label have been absolutely killing it with their recent releases. Home to Ryan Vail - who made this delicious mix for us last week - and a handful of other great artists, they've upped their game again on latest release, I Cry . Featuring Gemma Dunleavy on (rather stunning) lead vocals, I Cry is the lead track from Unknown's [...]
The last time we heard from Belfast producer Unknown, he was remixing Mmoths' track 'For Her'. He's now set to release a new EP and below is the title track, 'I Cry', which features vocals from Dublin's Gemma Dunleavy. You might recognise her from Clu's amazing song 'Moonrunner', while she's [Read more]
Last year's Freak Waves was one of my top albums of the year; it was such a joy that I still listen to it on a regular weekly basis. Well, Sea Pinks are back with a brand new single for your ears, and this one will hopefully promise more great songs to come! The guitar still jangles, but it's not as prominent this round; I feel as if the tonal quality of the guitar itself is actually a bit darker. Of course, the lyrics [...]
Stereophonics 's latest video for the title track and forthcoming single from the Welsh band. The visual for 'Graffiti on the Train' is part performance, part lyric video. The single comes out on Stylus Records on the 13th of May, at which time a limited edition 103 with the lyrics etched on it will be available. The band will be rocking out on an arena tour of the UK in November; all the details are below. Click here to view the embedded video. [...]
Hello AMBY!! What's a nice blog like you doing in a shithole like this?!!...We're very pleased to have made your acquaintance!! We're probably most often described as "a kinda punky rock n'roll band" out of Belfast...not "pure punk" but certainly leaning in that direction! We're attempting to write honest songs that actually address hard personal issues and some of the things we see going on in the world about us but (appreciating that a whole lot of people don't give two shits what we think about things!!) we try to dress these themes in up-tempo, exciting and, hopefully, [...]
Hornets have been whipping up a frenzy on the live stage and Truth captures that explosive energy. Hornets unleash an EP of infectious riotous fury. - By Phil Johnston.
Hello, we are Ed Zealous, we make up four best friends who met at school back in the day. Our love / hate relationship is always interesting to be around... you can usually find us hanging around in dark alleys finishing each others sentences or sometimes texting each other at the same time due to our telepathic skills. We have just finished our debut album with producer Eliot James ( TDCC, Bloc Party, Noah & The Whale ) and the first single is Medicines out on Fierce Panda / Fandango on Monday April 8th. In the midst of planning for [...]
Belfast based Empty Lungs have released their new EP called "Stand Up". Does it rock? Yes. Yes it does.
Together since 2008, Belfast's Kasper Rosa have crafted a number of singles and EPs over the years and show no sign of letting the quality drop. You can listen to everything over at their Bandcamp page, from first single 'First Breath, First Blood' right through to this week's new double [Read more]
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Girls Names returns with their sophomore album and it’s something that deserves to be enjoyed in all of its dark, post-punk glory.
Belfast, Northern Ireland's And So I Watch You From Afar announced that their forthcoming third album All Hail Bright Futures will be released on LP, CD and digitally worldwide on March 19, 2013 via Sargent House . Like a Mouse, today's Dose, is the third track on the album. "All Hail Bright Futures is ASIWYFA's first recording done as a three-piece following the departure of Tony Wright. The band will head back out on the road as a four piece with their new full time member Niall Kennedy. The album was recorded with Rocky O' Reilly at [...]
Here we are then. Acid Ted's fifth birthday and the end of 50/Fifty with my top tune for coming down. It's Orbital. You didn't really expect anything else did you? From the Green album (1991) comes this lovely dreamy sad tune. Originally released in instrumental version, it was also released in a vocal version. Both use a sample of soprano Emily Van Evera performing " O Euchari " from the Gothic Voices album A Feather on the Breath of God . The same sample had appeared on The Beloved's hit " The Sun Rising " a year earlier, [...]
Dazed yesterday premiered the second album from Girls Names, the Belfast band who have a tough job on their hands trying to better their debut, Dead To Me. On first impressions, they just might. There's also an interview with singer Cathal Cully, one of those annoying Q&As probably done over [Read more]
Due to extended recording commitments, Janet Devlin’s debut headline UK tour has been rescheduled, and will now commence on Thursday 12th September 2013 in Bournemouth. Janet and her Management sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this causes her fans. “Hey Guys! I wanted to be the first to let you know that my debut headline UK tour has been rescheduled to later this year. I’m so sorry for this, but I hope you can understand why this decision has been made. I need the next few months to fully concentrate on the recording sessions for [...]
[ via ] Unknown remixes labelmate T-Polar's , 'Feetwork', a track off his upcoming release on Belfast-based, Champion Sound Music . Unknown flips the footwork / juke tune into a upbeat UK garage bass rework with a bunch of hisses and pops that'll . Listen below on Unknown's youtube page ... Original :: Also :: Check out Champion Sound's [...]
For all the litany of premonitory Sound of 2013 -styled lists narcissistically divulged somewhere or other around the turn of the year, there was what to me appeared a glaring omission in every last one, and that would incontrovertibly be the inclusion of gloomy, Belfast-based jangle gargoyles, Girls Names . You'd have been hard pushed to happen upon a more exemplary eight minutes of racy invigoration than The New Life last year – the slow burn and somewhat ramshackle title track from their forthcoming début, anticipated February 18th on Tough Love Records – with that one [...]
After quite an exciting year 2012 indie-pop newcomers YES CADETS have deserved a little break it seems. The past twelve months have been a wilde ride for the trio from Belfast. Alan, Lisa and Steve released their latest EP Le Mans via German label Hummig Records and toured extensively throughout the past months. As a
Echo Raptors are a 4 piece Rock 'n' Roll band from Belfast. Formed in late 2009, by four lovers of the 602s and 902s musical greats; Long-term friends Philip Rainey and Emmett Stewart teamed up with Vincent Caddell and later Owen Duffy to complete the line up. This track is an earlier demo, but the recently released Plastic People E.P is available from iTunes Download Talking Machine [...]
Photo Courtesy of Gregory Nolan Frank paused during his show to tell the crowd what it means to be gathered in a single place: just as people and as people who love music, and to leave aside all the bullshit in our lives and be rocking out together for the evening. But there was something different in this pronouncement for the December 9 crowd of 750 people at the sold-out show in Belfast. We were all there as fans and as people who love the music and want nothing more from [...]
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