Tag: Arts and Entertainment
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Live Review: Girls Names – Hangar (June 6th)

In the late 70’s and early 80’s Belfast found it’s sound. At a time of great struggle and difficulty, residents of the besieged Northern Irish capital took solace in a new form of music spilling-over from across the Irish Sea. And whilst the troubles may have dissipated, the resonating edgy tones of punk remained an…
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A Song For The Weekend: There Goes Our Love Again

I know the weekend is technically over but it’s still Sunday night, making it the weekend. And so bearing this point in mind, here is this weekends offering. Taken from White Lies new album, Big TV, here is the KFMB’s (Keelan Foley Music Blog’s) SFTW (Song For The Weekend) ‘There Goes Our Love Again’. I wanted…
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Indiependence Festival Review 2013 – Day 1

The Indiependence Music and Arts Festival is more living entity than music festival. One which is undergoing a constant hormone fuelled growth spurt, that is. Having become a sort of indie regular with three consecutive visits I can honestly say that the same festival has not greeted me on more than one occasion. But while…
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Introducing: Analogue Wave
Let me introduce you to Analogue Wave, a band (or electro super-duo in waiting) who have all but taken over my musical playlists ever since their compact disc bombardment of my letterbox commenced a couple of months ago. Okay it was 3 CD’s that fell through my door, but that single action has all but managed…
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Corner Boy – Morning Morning E.P.

Bluegrass, folk, a big double bass and an ole banjo thrown in for good measure. Sound familiar? Of course it does! Corner Boy are relatively new kids on the tweed covered block, can a block be covered in tweed? We’ll it was only a metaphor, but disprove me if you must. The ‘Irish Folk Rockers’ formed under…