Found 43 matches.
Music | Interview
18 Nov 2003
Watching Sparks Fly
Helen Toland
They may be travelling economy but Jetplane Landing are determined to claw their way to the top of the indie pile.
Music | Interview
14 Jan 2003
Pirate material world
Helen Toland
Music Review | Live
28 Nov 2002
David Gray
Helen Toland
Not the most challenging or exciting show ever – but tonight was a celebration of the triumph
Music | Interview
4 Oct 2002
Send in the clown
Helen Toland
“There doesn’t need to be any problems conjured for wrong interpretations,” says Clown aka Shawn Crahan. And while you’re chewing on the prime gibberish, here’s the Slipknot view on humanity (“filthy, disgusting, disease-ridden”), fans (“they’re all cows”), piss (“i like the way it smells”) and life in a band (“i’m so bored, so trapped”). Prepare to shake your head in disbelief
Music Review | Live
8 Aug 2002
Rod Stewart
Helen Toland
It is clear that those present believe they are having a great time
Music Review | Live
8 Aug 2002
Rod Stewart
Helen Toland
I wonder at what point in the journey to crippling self-delusion does an artist begin to believe that shoe-swapping is legit entertainment?
Music Review | Live
18 Jun 2002
Ikara Colt & The Parkinsons
Helen Toland
What sets these guys apart is that they’ve not forgotten to heap on the sleaze, the grime and the humour.
Music Review | Live
27 May 2002
hotpress and NIMIC present: Berkeley, Torino, Gentle Ben
Helen Toland
Forget the wanky, indulgent rawk music that is force fed us by MTV2 - this is pure, it's raw and it's sometimes out of tune. Most of all it's fun.
Music Review | Live
17 May 2002
Digital T Showcases
Helen Toland
Digital T - the dizzy electronic sibling of the annual BelFest bash - returns for its second year to give good showcase action
Music | Interview
17 Apr 2002
Going South
Helen Toland
Helen Toland checks out the Irish contingent at the South By southwest music festival in Austin, Texas
Music | Interview
27 Feb 2002
All the way up to 11
Helen Toland
From a Belfast bedroom to hobnobbing with the Hollywood A-list – and back again.
DAVID HOLMES tells HELEN TOLAND about the soundtrack to his life
Music Review | Album
21 Feb 2002
1 Giant leap
Helen Toland
Thankfully however they've garnered enough spot on contributions from Michael Franti, DJ Speech and Grant Lee Phillips - all held together by 1GL's pre-recorded soundtrack - to draw the curious in to this diverse melange.
Music Review | Album
20 Feb 2002
England, Half English
Helen Toland
England, Half English is the usual blend of the personal and the political, sung in the same familiar drawl, but with enough arch humour to save it from disappearing up its rear
Music Review | Album
11 Feb 2002
Music from Vanilla Sky
Helen Toland
It's almost like a mix-tape made up for you by a mate with particularly discerning taste....
Music Review | Album
5 Feb 2002
Sketch The Day, Paint The Sky
Helen Toland
10 songs, 43 minutes, this is yet another fine Irish album where less is overwhelmingly more
Music Review | Album
5 Feb 2002
Sketch The Day, Paint The Sky
Helen Toland
10 songs, 43 minutes, this is yet another fine Irish album where less is overwhelmingly more
Music Review | Album
17 Jan 2002
M!ssundaztood
Helen Toland
M!ssundaztood fails to distinguish itself from the slew of similar releases we’ve been offered in the past year
Music | Interview
14 Dec 2001
White Christmas
Helen Toland
Snow Patrol's When It’s All Over… is well up there in the all time essential stakes
Music Review | Live
6 Dec 2001
Divine Comedy
Helen Toland
Tonight The Divine Comedy bid a final adieu to a downhearted Belfast audience.
Music Review | Live
6 Dec 2001
Embrace, Snow Patrol
Helen Toland
A joy.
Music Review | Live
6 Dec 2001
The Last Post
Helen Toland
Nothing particularly new or adventurous, but unassuming beauty should never be discouraged
Music | Interview
6 Dec 2001
Ecstasy helped break down the barriers
Helen Toland
So says Phil Harnoll of the hugely influential electronic duo, Orbital, but then he's a man whose views are just as radical and progressive as the band's music. Interview: Helen Toland
Music Review | Album
29 Nov 2001
Mahogany Soul
Mahogany Soul
Helen Toland
Stone’s talent is all encompassing.She appears easily at home at the edge where boundaries are being crushed.
Music Review | Live
8 Nov 2001
Twisted Nerve Showcases
Helen Toland
If this is the future of Twisted Nerve, don’t expect another hatted genius in the near future
Music Review | Album
8 Nov 2001
White Lillies
Helen Toland
After the initial burst of melodies the album descends into a string of undistinguished and indistinguishable tracks.
Music Review | Album
8 Nov 2001
This is…
Helen Toland
Like so many other aspects of her work, Nordenstam doesn’t believe in taking things too far – less is decidedly more.
Music Review | Live
25 Oct 2001
Jet Plane Landing
Helen Toland
For the handful of fans who got the finger out and made it down to tonight’s gig, this will be one that will be talked about for a while.
Music | Homefront
25 Oct 2001
Commando a go go
Helen Toland
HELEN TOLAND meets Belfast’s GO COMMANDO, a band who are definitely going places
Politics | Frontlines
11 Oct 2001
The bitterest pill
Helen Toland
Rising abuse of prescription drugs, often mixed with alcohol, has introduced a deadly new dimension to Northern Ireland's drug problem. Helen Toland reports
Music | Interview
11 Oct 2001
Mary, quite contrary
Helen Toland
She may be one of the biggest r&b stars on the planet, but that doesn’t mean MARY J/ BLIGE is happy with her lot. in one of her frankest
intervews yet, she tells HELEN TOLAND why she’s been given a bad rap
Music Review | Album
11 Oct 2001
Consent
Helen Toland
Easy on the ear, the songs are beautifully arranged and flow easily as a complete piece
Music Review | Live
27 Sep 2001
Grand Drive
Helen Toland
The sunshine harmonies plough a furrow somewhere between the Byrds and Big Star
Music Review | Album
27 Sep 2001
Waiting For This Madness to End
Helen Toland
There’s nothing about this that makes it unworthy of your attention. Unfortunately there’s little that makes it particularly interesting either
Music Review | Live
13 Sep 2001
The Supernaturals
Helen Toland
The Supernaturals come across as a would-be Stereophonics – a slightly irritating band with a few semi-decent tunes
Music Review | Album
13 Sep 2001
First Thing In The Morning
Helen Toland
This is a collection you’ll be unable to resist returning to repeatedly.
Music Review | Album
13 Sep 2001
Music Of The Spheres
Helen Toland
I get the feeling he’s cleverly surrounded himself with a bunch of musicians who can take a lot of the credit – the right people to do justice to his own particular writing style.
Music Review | Live
30 Aug 2001
Undertones, Clearshot & Sirocco MCS
Helen Toland
It’s the Gas Yard Feile open-air weekend and as usual the weather is not co-operating. It’s pelting down.
Music | Interview
30 Aug 2001
Dillon Promise
Helen Toland
Helen Toland hears how folk singer CARA DILLON took to the country to record her debut album
Music Review | Album
30 Aug 2001
Warriorz
Helen Toland
"All real Niggas step up. Fake niggas step the fuck back. This is not for you". Brooklyn’s hardcore hip-hop outfit Mash Out Posse make no attempt at inclusion with the intro to their Warriorz album and it’s easy to see why you’d love to hate them.
Music Review | Album
30 Aug 2001
A Funk Odyssey
Helen Toland
With the title of their fifth album, Jamiroquoi appear to be promising momentous things. Odyssey: "Any long adventurous journey" according to my Collins pocket English Dictionary. Maybe a tad too rich a claim for 10 songs over 48 minutes?
Music Review | Live
3 Aug 2001
JURASSIC 5 & MC SUPERNATURAL
Helen Toland
Jurassic 5 have been a long time coming
Music Review | Album
2 Aug 2001
Beetroot
Helen Toland
Cast have taken themselves off in search of a new direction – attempting to shake off the past for once and for all.
Music Review | Album
2 Aug 2001
8710
Helen Toland
Way too serious to be good pop music, 8710 is simply no fun.
