Three of the North’s most exciting new musical prospects, Fighting With Wire, General Fiasco and Skruff have announced a showcase in The Stiff Kitten in July.
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...
Northern hopefuls Fighting With Wire and rising Dublin electro act Robotnik are among those set to play this year's HWCH festival, with the full line-up just announced.
Duke Special tops the bill on March 9 when Belfast’s refurbished Ulster Hall opens for business with a celebratory Do You Remember The First Time? knees-up.
Sheffield band Reverend and the Makers will accompany The Zutons, The Flaming Lips and The Go! Team on the line-up for the Belsonic festival in August.
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.
From the sophisticated noise rock of Fighting With Wire to the joyous indie pop of Clone Quartet, the 12 months ahead are shaping to be a bumper year for music north of the border.
With the sound of The Prodigy’s Marmite-esque set still ringing in our ears from last night, we arrive back on site to be greeted with some much needed Sunday morning sunshine.
Hotpress.com brings you the best live snaps from Friday at HWCH '08, including Fighting With Wire, Super Extra Bonus Party, Class of 1984 and De Slavo.
The big time looms for Ed Zealous, but they're not fazed by the prospect of playing one of the world's most prestigious rock festivals. In fact, they can't wait to crash the mainstream.
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.
This Thursday August 7 will see Nirvana's classic Nevermind album tackled in its entirety, with Belfast musicians paying tribute song-by-song at the Oh Yeah Music Centre.
There is many a haven for shunners of the Christmas Cheer like myself. Lots of lovely bands, singers, comedians and even hynotherapists are at hand to entertain the life out of us, and distract Santa while we throttle him. Right up to the New Year there’s so much going on you needn’t come home till Easter.
Dublin's HWCH band showcase has just revealed the breakdown of acts playing each day over the coming weekend, with Fight Like Apes added to the bill for this Saturday.
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.
Chewie Productions’ Richard Davis and Anna Fitzsimons are among those to benefit from the “trickle-down effect” induced by ATL TV’s promo-video showcase for Ulster.
Having struggled in the early days to balance the books, Alternative Ulster magazine is approaching its third birthday with optimism, and a big wad of Arts Council cash.
Foul-mouthed rebels with their fingers on the trigger and a take-no-prisoners attitude - no, it’s not the latest from Stormont, it’s Colin Carberry’s guide to the Northern Irish bands to look out for this year.
Why the ultra-rich, and their media mouthpieces, don't like the thought of lowly proles sticking their noses into the ruling class's financial jiggery-pokery...
The college circuit has always been a lucrative one for touring acts, and a fine opportunity for students to check out the best in show, at a reasonable price.
