Found 41 matches.
Music | News
100% | 28 Jul 2009
And So I Watch You From Afar to play Academy 2
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Northern Irish post-rock wizards will headline a date in Dublin's Academy 2.
Music Review | Album
99% | 16 Apr 2009
And So I Watch You From Afar
Lauren Murphy
Invigorating debut from northern Noiseniks.
Music | News
93% | 14 Nov 2008
And So I Watch You From Afar Sign Deal
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Hot Press' favourite Northern Irish post-rockers are to have their debut album released in the New Year by Smalltown America.
Music | Interview
89% | 5 Jul 2007
This watch keeps ticking
Colin Carberry
Nevermind the silly name, Portadown’s ...And So I Watch You From Afar are an act worth keeping tabs on.
Music | Interview
88% | 24 Apr 2009
Throbbing Epistle
Colin Carberry
They’re the hottest thing to have come out of Belfast in years. Ahead of the release of their hugely anticipated long-play debut, guitar-abusing noiseniks and so I watched you from afar, give us a track-by-track lowdown on the album.
Music | News
88% | 13 May 2008
Tracer AMC, And So I Watch You From Afar play Dublin show
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Tracer AMC join And So I Watch You From Afar for a dual headliner in the Boom Boom Room this weekend.
Music | News
80% | 27 Apr 2009
Fighting With Wire, ASIWYFA play double header
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Belfast's Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival are pitting two of the North's hottest rock acts against each other this May. It's Fighting With Wire Vs And So I Watch You From Afar...
Music | News
63% | 6 Jun 2008
Ash to headline Glasgowbury
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Ash will headline Draperstown's Glasgowbury festival in Derry this July.
Music | News
61% | 24 Apr 2008
NvTv announces 4 nights of music
The Hot Press Newsdesk
KICK OUT THE JAMS @ NvTv to host best Northern Irish sounds
Music | News
60% | 2 Jun 2009
Glasgowbury festival announces line-up
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The Norn Iron indie fest returns this July with a host of top local acts including Fighting With Wire and In Case of Fire.
Music | News
59% | 28 Oct 2009
RTÉ 2fm select And So I Watch You From Afar for Eurosonic 2010
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The Belfast band (ASIWYFA for short) has been chosen as their main act for the annual festival, Europe's most important live music industry event.
Music | Interview
59% | 8 Jun 2007
Cruz - finally in control
Colin Carberry
Belfast scenster Geoff Topley has quit throwing mid-gig wobblers and is back with a new sound and a new name, Cruz.
Music | News
57% | 5 Feb 2008
NvTv launches new video podcast
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Belfast community TV station NvTv will take its 'Kick Out The Jams' series global with a new video podcast. This week's show includes Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro.
Music | News
56% | 13 Aug 2009
Smalltown America stage mega club night in Derry.
The Hot Press Newsdesk
They've also confirmed an all ages And So I Watch You From Afar gig in Dublin.
Music | News
54% | 17 Jun 2009
Glasgowbury add BBC stage
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Already a fixture at several major international festivals, 'BBC Introducing' will take charge of Glasgowbury's Small But Massive stage.
Music Review | Album
54% | 7 May 2008
Carling Supports: the Oh Yeah Sessions 08
Edwin McFee
The Northern Rock scene is showcased to superb effect in this Gary Lightbody-approved compilation.
Hot Features | Reports
51% | 8 Jul 2009
Gaels Aloud
As the country’s largest music festival, Oxegen is a crucial shop window for Irish acts. From main-stage headliners Snow Patrol through new kids on the block The Script. Here are some of our favourite Irish picks.
Hot Features | Reports
50% | 25 Oct 2007
Hit The North: Seek and you shall fund
Colin Carberry
The strange truth behind the North’s so-called dependence culture.
Hot Features | Interview
45% | 30 Jun 2009
Small town, big ideas
Edwin McFee
Smalltown America supremo Andrew Ferris tells Edwin McFee the secrets behind the Derry label’s success.
Music | Interview
39% | 20 Oct 2009
Creatures From Outer Space
Celina Murphy
Killarney-based instrumental foursome HELIOPAUSE say they’re keen to keep rock ‘n’ roll alive in the Kingdom. We caught up with drummer Jamie O’Donoghue to talk mountains, his instrumental icons and supporting fellow sticks man R.S.A.G.Punk, Mark Morrison with Muse and Bob Marley with TLC, they show real production potential.
Music | Interview
38% | 6 Mar 2009
Hit the north: Catch him if you can
Colin Carberry
Bounding between genres, Derry rocker Andrew Ferris would seem to suffer from the best sort of attention-deficit disorder. And he also has his own label.
Music | News
35% | 3 Apr 2008
David Holmes adds track to The Oh Yeah Sessions
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Superstar DJ and film scorer extraordinaire David Holmes contributes an exclusive track to the forthcoming Carling Supports: The Oh Yeah Sessions ’08.
Music | Interview
35% | 24 Feb 2009
My Clubby Valentine
Colin Carberry
One of Belfast’s best-loved indie clubs has undergone a radical reinvention – but is still going strong after more than ten years at the front line of alternative culture in the city.
Music | Interview
35% | 12 Jun 2008
Northern Soul
Colin Carberry
Young guns Kowalski are declaring war on generic guitar music, armed with horn sections, percussionists and a vocal choir.
Music Review | Live
34% | 26 Aug 2008
Glasgowbury, Eagle's Rock, Draperstown, Derry
Eamonn McCann
We arrived just in time for Ham Sandwich – soft vibes, floating vocals, bass-player with the best rhythmic leg scratch in Ireland. It might have been the midges.
Music | News
33% | 18 Nov 2009
Jenny Huston to release new book - In Bloom - Irish Bands Now
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The leading RTE 2FM DJ's new book, celebrating the current Irish music scene, will be published on November 27.
Music | News
33% | 3 Apr 2009
Imelda May plays Belfast
The Hot Press Newsdesk
As are dozens of other top acts as part of the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival.
Music | News
33% | 23 Oct 2009
Happy birthday sweet 16!
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Tower Records celebrate their time in Dublin with a day of free gigs.
Music | News
30% | 6 Jul 2009
More acts added to Belfast festival line-up
The Hot Press Newsdesk
16 of Norn Iron's finest are playing MoNIO
Music | News
30% | 4 Jun 2009
Oxegen: IMRO New Sounds stage line-up
The Hot Press Newsdesk
See the likes of David Kitt and Villagers take to the stage.
Music | News
30% | 11 Jun 2009
Belfast Trans Festival line-up announced
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Massive Attack's Daddy G, ASIWYFA and Simian Mobile Disco are among the headliners.
Music Review | Album
30% | 13 May 2008
Carling Supports: the Oh Yeah Sessions 08
Edwin McFee
Northern Rock scene showcased in Gary Lightbody-approved compilation
Music Review | Live
27% | 31 Jul 2009
Glasgowbury Festival 2009
Edwin McFee
The wild hills of Derry play host to a truly eclectic festival.
Broadcast | Audio
26% | 18 Jun 2009
Northern Exposure
Francis Jones
Have a listen to our exclusive playlist of some of our favourite Northern acts who are appearing on July 25 at the small but massive Glasgowbury festival in Draperstown, County Derry.
Politics | McCann
26% | 12 May 2009
I read the news today, oh boy
Eamonn McCann
Our man is distinctly unimpressed with the quality of insight on offer in the Sunday broadsheets...
Politics | McCann
25% | 25 Aug 2009
Protest & Survive
Eamonn McCann
Rip-off Ireland is dead. We’re broke and no one else is gonna fix it but us chickens. Time to agitate, educate, organise...
Politics | McCann
25% | 11 Jul 2008
The rotters' club
Eamonn McCann
Hob-nobbing with dictators, robbing graves and shaking hands with the devil - it's just another week in politics
Politics | McCann
25% | 4 Sep 2007
Oh, Mandy
Eamonn McCann
A gobsmacking performance heralds the arrival of a major new talent.
Politics | McCann
24% | 18 Sep 2007
Get up, stand up
Eamonn McCann
Why fans at rock gigs have become far too well-behaved, and should strive harder to incite riot and revolution.
Broadcast | Gallery
24% | 1 Jan 2010
Glasgowbury 2009
The rock came to Eagle's Rock in Derry as the Glasgowbury festival brought together a host of small but mighty talent, including And So I Watch You From Afar, General Fiasco, The Mighty Stef and more!
Music | News
24% | 30 Jul 2008
Club AU puts on 'New Irish Noise' in Belfast
The Hot Press Newsdesk
We Are Knives, Adebisi Shank and And So I Watch You From Afar all feature in the first Club AU 'New Irish Noise' night in Lavery's Attic, Belfast.
