• Output Belfast To Return in February

    December 6, 2018 - By 

    The country’s largest annual music conference, Output Belfast will return to the city for its fifth outing on Thursday, February 21st 2019. Organised by Belfast City Council, as ever, the conference will include various panel discussions, music sessions, workshops and speed networkinge events from various artists, managers and industry figures. In the evening, there will once more be various free, collaboratively-curated showcases in venues right across the heart of the city. The line-ups for each – including a bill co-promoted by yours truly – will be revealed in the coming weeks. Go here to sign up and be the first to hear about…

  • Output Belfast 2018

    February 11, 2018 - By 

    Ciara Brennan captures some of the highlights from this year’s multi-venue Output showcase in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter, including New Pagans, Robocobra Quartet, Beauty Sleep, Molly Sterling, Blue Americans, Callum Stewart, ROE and more.

  • Video Premiere: Blue Americans – Apparition

    February 7, 2018 - By 

    Leftfield pop duo Blue Americans have just lifted the cloche on the video for ‘Apparition’, their fourth single in five months, and it’s once more a pristine, self-produced slice of vibing, somnambulant pop that begs to be listened to in a warmly-lit bedroom, well into the early AM. As with the singles that have preceded it, we’ve also found much allure in the genuinely leftfield, exploratory B-side, with Danny Ball production transforming Platt’s vocal on ‘Beetroot (What If I Was 1?)’ into very real moment of yearning. It’s out now on their own label, Oil Tape Records, ahead of the release of their debut album later this year. They’ve nailed it on…

  • Keynote Speakers Announced for Output Belfast

    January 18, 2018 - By 

    Following on from the likes of Steve Albini and Bob Lefsetz, the keynote speakers set to close this year’s Output Belfast at the MAC on Thursday, February 8 have been announced. Marking a change of format from previous years, Ireland’s largest one-day music conference will end with a panel discussion around scoring for horror/thriller films and television shows. On the panel will be LA composer Rich Vreeland AKA Disasterpiece, Mogwai founder and guitarist Stuart Braithwaite (pictured), composer Carly Paradis and And So I Watch You From Afar guitarist and composer Rory Friers. The panel will be moderated by director and Belfast…

  • Output Belfast Reveal 2017 Line-up

    January 16, 2017 - By 

    Set to return to the city for its third year in a row on Thursday, February 16, the line-up for this year’s Output Belfast – the country’s largest music conference – has been revealed. Organised by Belfast City Council in partnership with Generator NI, the conference – which takes place between the MAC and the Oh Yeah Music Centre – will include panel discussions, music sessions, workshops and speed networking events as well as keynote speeches from award-winning musicians and managers of globally-recognised talent. With specifics venues, line-ups and times to be announced, a series of free shows hosted by the…

  • Output Belfast To Return In February

    December 16, 2016 - By 

    The country’s largest music conference, Output Belfast will return to the city for its third year in a row on Thursday, February 16. Organised by Belfast City Council in partnership with Generator NI, the conference – which takes place between the MAC and the Oh Yeah Music Centre – will include panel discussions, music sessions, workshops and speed networking events as well as keynote speeches from award-winning musicians and managers of globally-recognised talent. Later in the evening,  a series of free showcasing events will take place throughout the Cathedral Quarter, featuring bills curated by the likes of Smalltown America, Homebeat,…

  • Output Belfast Showcases Revealed

    February 2, 2016 - By 

    On Thursday, February 18, Output will return to Belfast for the latest installment of the North’s largest one day music conference, featuring key speaker, bona fide music industry legend Steve Albini. Later in the evening, several of the city’s venues will host a variety of free, genre-spanning showcases, including our show with Nialler9 at the historic Duke of York, featuring Paddy Hanna, Katie Laffan, exmagician and A Bad Cavalier. Check out the other showcases below. PRS/Scratch My Progress present: Abandcalledboy, Hot Cops, R51 & Silences @ Oh Yeah Centre Champion Sound and Third Bar present: Alphabetika, The Late Twos, Ryan Vail,…