Found 20 matches.
Music | Interview
98% | 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 | News
93% | 13 Sep 2007
Kowalski to play headline gig
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Fresh from their support slot at the Snow Patrol homecoming gig, Bangor's Kowalski have announced a headline show.
Music | News
65% | 7 Jan 2009
Duke Special for Ulster Hall re-opening bash
The Hot Press Newsdesk
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.
Music | News
63% | 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 Review | Album
44% | 27 Apr 2004
Teclectic
Richard Brophy
29 track mix from Croatia’s biggest techno DJ
Music Review | Dance Single
42% | 12 May 2004
Way up High (remixes)
Richard Brophy
‘High’ may provide Lars Sandberg with his first taste of mainstream success.
Music | Interview
39% | 14 Mar 2006
Singe when you're winning
Richard Brophy
Don’t be fooled by Alex Smoke’s glossy techno. Beneath the slick beats and glitchy melodies is an artist with unflinching political views.
Music | News
38% | 13 Aug 2008
UPDATED: Mystery Jets forced to cancel Irish dates
The Hot Press Newsdesk
London indie merchants Mystery Jets have cancelled dates in Belfast and Dublin due to illness.
Music | Interview
38% | 26 Aug 2008
Knight fever
Colin Carberry
They recently played the glass roof of Belfast's prime shopping centre. But there's more to The Lowly Knights than attention-grabbing antics.
Hot Features | Interview
35% | 7 Sep 1994
NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS...
Joe Jackson
. . . Here’s T.P. McKenna, one of Ireland’s most eminent actors – and a punk at heart. In an outspoken interview he savages Marlon Brando, Joseph Strick, Ian Paisley and Margaret Thatcher – and talks about his desire to be held in the arms of young girls again . . .
Interview: JOE JACKSON
Music | Interview
35% | 20 Jan 2000
PRIMAL SCREAM COME CLEAN
Peter Murphy
Out of the fog of addiction bobby Gillespie sees clearly now and reckons it's time for some manic streetpreaching.
Music | News
35% | 7 Nov 2006
BellX1 lead Belfast Festival line up
The Hot Press Newsdesk
All roads lead to Belfast this month as the city hosts belFEST 2006, a veritable orgy of live music that runs from November 16 to December 3.
Music | News
35% | 7 Jul 2008
Join the revolution at Trans Belfast
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Los Campesinos! help Trans kick off the festival with a reloutionary twist.
Music Review | Live
33% | 7 Oct 2002
Primal Scream
Colin Carberry
The best bands have a gift for making connections even when they’re tearing things apart and – on tonight’s evidence – the Primals have a desire to join things up that verges on the evangelical
Film Review | Film
32% | 26 Feb 2009
Gran Torino
Tara Brady
Gran Torino is less weighty than Clint’s previous movie, The Changeling . But this poignant, tremendously entertaining film is how we’ll likely remember him.
Politics | Bootboy
31% | 5 Sep 2007
Love is a stranger in an open car?
aka BootBoy
Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire leaves Bootboy stunned.
Music | News
30% | 27 Aug 2009
Hard Working Class Heroes line-up
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Acts for Dublin festival are released.
Music Review | Album
30% | 17 Mar 1999
The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One
Peter Murphy
IN WHICH Liam Howlett, in the wake of the half-great but ultimately overblown shitstorm that was The Prodigy's Fat Of The Land album and panzer-campaign, holes up in the culture bunker, getting back to his B-boy bleach bum roots.
Music | Hit the North
28% | 24 Jul 2008
Worth their wait in gold
Colin Carberry
This summer, the brightest lights on the northern scene are veterans who've taken their time and grown at their own pace.
Music | News
28% | 17 Jul 2006
Beats + Pieces: Trance-y that
Mark Kavanagh
Irish trance producer Greg Downey is set to progress to the next level with his new single.
