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Guerrilla Shout, Visual Ideas Collective
Not just for techno heads, the Belfast firm is lighting up Ireland's leading festivals and stimulating the senses of top brands across the globe -
NI Acts for 2016
Chris Jones sets his sights on the emerging names, established favourites and returning heroes expected to make the most noise in the year to come -
Requiem for a Scene
Following the end of Radar, former AU Magazine editor Chris Jones raises a final toast to a golden age for local music -
How The Chemical Brothers Brought Belfast Together
Local DJs recount the dance duo's mythical gig at Sugar Sweet and the club's lasting impact on both rave culture and social divides across the capital city -
Northern Irish Albums To Get Excited About
From And So I Watch From Afar to SOAK, our pick of which local releases to start counting down the days to -
Famous Bands With Northern Irish Members
From Belle and Sebastian to Whitesnake, Pulp to Paul McCartney's Wings, some of the biggest bands on the planet have relied on the talents of Northern Ireland's finest -
Independent Venue Week
Chris Jones and musical friends, including Across the Line presenter Rigsy, reveal their favourite Northern Irish haunts -
Queen's Comedy Club Returns
Colin Murphy on two decades of compèring 'the best gig anywhere' and a star-studded 2015 lineup -
Joshua Burnside's DIY Tour of the States
Unsigned singer-songwriter on lessons learned from organising a tour of America -
Twitch Celebrates 8th Birthday
Phil Lucas and Matt Burns on the club night celebrating riotous house and techno in Belfast since 2006 -
Andrew WK: On Partying
The rock musician and motivational speaker explains his philosophy ahead of Belfast's October 16 Output conference -
Talking Tatts and the Allure of Ink
Carrie Davenport and Paul Kane curate a multimedia exhibition at The MAC exploring our love for tattoos -
Jesus, Mary and Joseph at Belly Laughs Festival
Belfast Paddy Mcdonnell on the therapy of live performance and confronting issues of intolerance in his new show -
Pulling Michael's Legge
The London-based comic returns home to Northern Ireland for the Open House Bangor Festival on August 29 -
Bright Plans for Wonder Villains
The Derry~Londonderry pop band on working with Gianfranco Zola and their colourful future -
Summer Festival Guide
Chris Jones sifts through the events programmes of everything from Celtronic to Forfey, Stendhal, Féile, Sunflowerfest and more -
Rock Against Racism at the Limelight
Bands from across Northern Ireland unite in aid of the Northern Ireland Council For Ethnic Minorities -
Traveling Troubadour Pat Dam Smyth
Chris Jones talks with the worldly songwriter about touring with Johnny Borell, burning out and seeing his album The Great Divide reborn -
Meeting Little Bear
With a momentous 2013 behind them, the indie act from Derry~Londonderry look forward to 2014 -
Introducing Unknown
Chris Jones interviews the anonymous Belfast beatmaker after tweets from Ellie Goulding and a year of bad reviews, killer singles and collaborations -
Tony Wright is VerseChorusverse
The singer-songwriter talks to Chris Jones about and the 'magic' of going solo after recording his debut album -
15 Years of Bedrock - John Digweed Q&A
The English DJ and producer looks forward to celebrating his enduring dance label at Belfast Music Week -
Meeting Mojo Fury
Frontman Mike Mormecha looks forward to launching second album The Difference Between during Belfast Music Week, writes Chris Jones -
Introducing Arborist
Singer-songwriter Mark McCambridge can finally see the wood for the trees after years spent performing with other bands, writes Chris Jones
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