• Stream: Dugout – Topsoil

    April 17, 2020 - By 

    It’s been a couple of years since we’ve heard from Belfast quartet Dugout. Making themselves heard in such a supersaturated indie scene, their carefully-crafted indie rock is equal parts fiercely melodic and masterfully economical. A sub-three minute, starry-eyed burst of stellar refrains and =W=-worthy twin guitar harmonies, new single ‘Topsoil’ is a welcome return penned and recorded over the last few weeks in lockdown. Fingers crossed for more of the same in the not-so-distant future. Topsoil by Dugout

  • Premiere: Dugout – Ride

    July 13, 2018 - By 

    One of several acts set to play the first ever Coaster in Portrush next Friday (July 20), Dugout are a new-fangled Belfast-based quartet whose debut single is a statement of intent. An earworming three-minute blast of Cuomo-conjuring indie-rock, the Ryan McGroarty-mixed, Rocky O’Reilly-engineered ‘Ride’ was, in the band’s own words, written about “that terrible job that we’ve all had.” Sealing the deal on the single is its video. Shot by Ciara McMullan and edited by Brendan Seamus aka BeeMickSee, it was filmed on location at Belfast venue Voodoo and features Dugout giving us a little preview of what to expect from their…

  • Line-Up Announced For Inaugural Coaster

    May 28, 2018 - By 

    Hosted by Ewen Friers’ CATALAN!, New Pagans (pictured), fast-rising experimental alt-folk artist Joshua Burnside and Belfast dream-pop trio Beauty Sleep are amongst the names set to play the inaugural Coaster in Portrush on July 20. A self-proclaimed “summer gathering on the North Coast celebrating local music” the event will take place at the Atlantic Bar and Babuska. See below for the current line-up (including  The Thin Air DJs) below and go here to buy tickets, which are priced at a very reasonable £11.00 including booking fee.