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  • HyperDuck SoundWorks Game for a Song

    Chris Geehan and Dan Byrne-McCullough on forging careers in video game music composition

  • Over The Hill Music Collective for Mature Artists

    Founder Paul Kane on making creative connections, welcoming new recruits and rocking in his 50s

  • For the Love of Letting Go

    Kowalski step out of Two Door Cinema Club's shadow with an effervescent debut album

  • Enturbulation = No Challenge

    Desert Hearts remain charmingly unfamiliar with the zeitgeist as they release their 'beguiling' third album

  • Welcome to Mikrosector-50

    Belfast's Space Dimension Controller is 'light-years ahead of his contemporaries'

  • New Releases

    The Wood Burning Savages, Vanilla Gloom and Elspeth bare their souls. Steven Rainey passes judgement

  • Icebreaker

    Progressive metallers Kasper Rosa have embraced vocals in this double A-side release in their quest to ascend to the big leagues

  • The New Life

    Girls Names leave their posturing days behind them to get serious on their 'textural, atmospheric' second album

  • Tundra

    Inspired by American new wave, Before Machines are outsiders looking in. Will their debut album win them more fans at home?

  • Your Pet is Dead

    Eatenbybears leave their math-rock days behind them in favour of an indie aesthetic, but does their new sound add up?

  • Return of the Pin

    Ambiguity is everything for anonymous duo Pinner as they release their debut album

  • Sons of Caliber Aim for Chart Domination

    Andrew Farmer has ambitions for his band to be as big as Mumford & Sons, and he's not afraid to say it. 'I don't want to be an old man singing other people's songs'

  • Boss Level

    Rap metallers Team Fresh are very angry about things. Steven Rainey ignores the outdated polemics and appreciates a 'confident, inspired' sound

  • Our Krypton Son Comes Full Circle

    'I would never sign to a major label again' says the Derry songwriter as he tours with his debut album

  • A Hocht

    A 'shambling behemoth of an album' from Belfast-based progressive metal masters Slomatics

  • MUSIC REVIEW – Singles Releases

    From Seven Summits sincere 'The Worrier' to The Answer's stealth power-ballard, listen to the best of July's singles here

  • Years Ago in Our Backyard

    There have been great expectations for the Farriers debut album. Was it worth the wait?

  • Singles Releases

    Listen to new tracks from Twin Terrace, Farriers and Fighting With Wire

  • Daniel Johnston

    VerseChorusVerse and Cashier No9 bookend a manic performance from one of Kurt Cobain's heroes

  • Bap Kennedy Releases The Sailor's Revenge

    Astronauts, booze and Energy Orchard – Bap Kennedy reflects on a life in music

  • Irish Album of the Year - From NI?

    Cashier No.9, And So I Watch You From Afar and The Japanese Popstars nominated for Music Choice Prize

  • Key Releases of 2011

    Steven Rainey chooses his top five Northern Irish albums of the year. Agree or disagree?

  • Singles Releases

    Overwrought anthems, a love song that's not for 'Barbara' and a 'more-metal-than-thou' EP 

  • Singles Releases

    Listen to shiny new tracks from VerseChorusVerse, Morning Claws and Seven Summits

  • SINGLES REVIEWS: October 2011

    Duelling guitars, rap-metal and the smug optimism of youth  

  • Easy Meat

    LaFaro's latest is anything but easy-listening. Is it worth the effort?

  • Silver Lining

    Microlip's debut shows you can buy a polished production, but you can't buy cool

  • Icelandic Duo Feldberg Prepare to Tour

    Smalltown America signing bring the joy

  • Third Man Theme/Kowalski

    Oh ye hipsters of little faith

  • John D'Arcy/Mojo Fury

    Power pop and a visit to Barcelona

  • Event Horses/Rams' Pocket Radio

    Two new releases to soundtrack your summer

  • Aaron Shanley's Complete Control

    The singer-songwriter won't let success drag him down

  • Controlling Your Allegiance

    The Japanese Popstars rope in some of their musical friends to create a 'credible' dance album

  • To the Death of Fun

    Cashier No.9 produce an anthem-filled album that isn't to be missed

  • Rush

    After 40 years, the prog rock trio finally arrive in Ireland - and prove that punk had a downside

  • Visiting Hours of a Traveling Circus

    The long-standing Lisburn quartet's debut album is a departure from their early sound

  • Daniel O'Donnell: The King of Country

    BBC Radio Ulster producer Steven Rainey on meeting the boy from Donegal - and finally understanding his appeal

  • A Plastic Rose

    Solid, remorseless gigging is a must for the indie rockers with a new single to promote

  • A Plastic Rose

    Solid, remorseless gigging is a must for the indie rockers with a new single to promote

  • Tourist History

    Chock full of singles, nevertheless Two Door Cinema Club's debut disappoints as a whole

  • Robyn G Shiels

    The Real Deal entices his flock upstairs in the Oh Yeah Music Centre
  • Snow Patrol Ward Park

    Snow Patrol

    Bed wetters and drum sticks - the Bangor boys storm Ward Park

  • The Best of Music 2009

    Steven Rainey considers the future of Northern Irish music after a year to remember

  • Jandek

    'Fraudulent art', 'a swindle of the highest order' - Jandek touches down in Belfast

  • A Christmas Carol

    David Lyttle's jazzy take on a Christmas classic warms hearts

  • Urban Hymns

    Duke Special, Foy Vance and a host of others bring tears to the eyes at May Street Church

  • AU Presents: Seasick Steve

    From the Dog Shed to the Opera House, AU speaks to music’s best loved hobo song-and-dance man

  • Edith Piaf - A Celebration of a Legend

    Music and make believe bring 1940s' Paris to Belfast's Spiegeltent 

  • Oh Yeah, Nevermind

    The 'revisited' concept takes a critical hit as inventiveness makes way for karaoke

  • CQAF: Desert Hearts, Silver Jews

    An unpredictable and exquisite night of indie and alt-rock in Belfast's Black Box

  • Making a Rackett

    Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon is just as comfortable with a Telecaster, writes Steven Rainey