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Delicate fury: An interview with Maija Sofia

November 25th, 2019 | by Andrea Cleary

The simple, private act of bathing links generations of women, from pre-Raphaelite models of the 1850s to Chelsea Hotel socialites …

October 8th, 2019 | by Susanna Li

Cork-born producer and DJ ELLLL creates gravitating music without the gravitas. Armed with samples of Youtube videos and voice recordings …

October 4th, 2019 | by Maija Makela

Pearly are an Irish-bred dream-pop duo based in Berlin. Made up of Saramai Leech and Cormac O’Keefe, their first release …

September 30th, 2019 | by Brian Coney

Asuna is a pioneering Japanese sound artist set for this year’s Belfast International Arts Festival to perform his latest mind-bending …

September 25th, 2019 | by Stevie Lennox

The first of ten commandments that Captain Beefheart drilled into guitarist Moris Tepper upon joining the band in 1976 was: “Listen to the birds …

September 10th, 2019 | by Will Murphy

It’s long been the contention of this publication that if any songwriter could claim to be the voice of Dublin …

August 22nd, 2019 | by Caolan Coleman

Inflammable Material, the ferocious debut from Belfast legends Stiff Little Fingers, is now forty years old and stands as one …

August 6th, 2019 | by The Thin Air

Ahead of the release of their eagerly-anticipated debut album in Belfast’s Voodoo on October 12, we catch up with THVS, …

June 20th, 2019 | by Jonny Carberry

This Saturday (June 20) discerning party-throwers Belfast Music Club invite DJ and producer Eric ‘Dr Dunks’ Duncan to the Ulster …

June 10th, 2019 | by The Thin Air

In the latest installment of Inbound, we catch up with Belfast alternative folk band No Oil Paintings ahead of the …