• Video exclusive: Sullivan & Gold – Glory

    April 2, 2014 - By 

    A week on from premiering the video for their exquisite cover of ‘Nobody Loves You’ by Reuben, we’re very happy to present an exclusive of ‘Glory’, the newest single by Derry singer-songwriter duo Sullivan & Gold. Shot in the charming, coffee-scented surroundings of Lost & Found Bar and Cafe on Queen Street, Coleraine, the video was shot by PIGMINTFILM. A song about “the little things in life, that seems to grow in stature every time the boys perform it live”, it is the second single to be taken from Sullivan & Gold’s debut album, For Foes. Sullivan & Gold will…

  • The Last Of Us: Left Behind (Sony, PS3)

    April 2, 2014 - By 

    Can a videogame be emotional? Exciting, yes. Thrilling, most definitely. Addictive… well, as anyone who has spent three hours straight rotating tetriminos into position will attest, that would be putting it mildly. But can a videogame be moving? Can it jerk tears or pluck heartstrings? The answer, of course, is a resounding, hollering from the rooftops “yes”. If you know what it means to either save or “harvest” a Little Sister in the Bioshock series, or have made it to the denouement of The Legend Of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, you should know just how emotive this medium, however artificial, can be. The idea…

  • In Photos: Foreigner, FM & Not Hot Ashes @ Waterfront

    April 2, 2014 - By 

    Do you want to know what love is? Good – so you should. Whilst we can’t help you out with that, our photographer Shaun Neary hit up Belfast’s Waterfront Hall on Tuesday, April 1 to shoot British-American rock veterans Foreigner. If you can’t make the connection, we apologise for the confusion. Check out his photos – also including FM and Not Hot Ashes – below.

  • Stream: Planet Parade – Before & After

    April 2, 2014 - By 

    Having first reared their head back in 2009 with their four-track EP, Ghosts To People, Kildare indie-pop duo Michael Hopkins and Andrew Lloyd AKA Planet Parade have released their latest track, the lulling narcosis of ‘Before and After’. With tracks ‘Prick’ and ‘You and the Devil’ proving equally immersive last month, the two-piece have returned with a three-minute gem, propelled by a hugging, synth-led nocturnalism, gently chopping rhythms and suitably entrancing vocals. Stream the track via Soundcloud below.

  • Westport Festival announces new acts

    April 2, 2014 - By 

    Dublin indie rock band Little Green Cars will be paying a visit to the Mayo town this summer for Westport Festival 2014, alongside the likes of Morrissey & Marshall and Tinariwan. Tickets for the event are priced at €76 for one day, and €131 for the weekend, with under 17s able to enter for €41. The latest acts will be joining the likes of Bryan Adams and Kool & the Gang on the 28th and 29th of June.  

  • Gig of the week: Documenta – The Happening

    April 2, 2014 - By 

    A stand-out highlight of this year’s Belfast Film Festival, our gig of the week for the first week of April is The Happening, a very special, one-off performance by Belfast drone pop outfit Documenta. Taking place on Friday, March 4 at Belfast’s Black Box, the performance will see the Joe Greene-fronted band perform two specially-composed, never-played-before forty-five minute sets accompanied by a multi-screening of Andy Warhol’s Empire, Blowjob and Kiss. Rounding off the event in typically fine fashion will be a Factory-esque DJ set by Joe Lindsay and Ryan Fitzsimmons. Doors are at 8pm, admission is £6. Alternatively, buy a ticket…