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Reviews
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event(island)
It can't be easy coming up with a name for a band. But surely this Californian
fivepiece could have chosen a moniker that trips off the tongue a little
easier?
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Inside Reviews
Album Reviews 6/11/09
Friday, 6 November 2009
U2 - The Unforgettable fire(Mercury)
With U2 recently in the news thanks to their LA concert being broadcast live
on YouTube, it’s an opportune time to be releasing a re-mastered, 25th
anniversary fourth album.
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Classical Music 6/11/09
Friday, 6 November 2009
Moving on Music presents two jazz concerts this month at Queen’s University’s
Sonic Arts Research Centre in Cloreen Park, just off the Malone Road.
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Pop/Dance Music 6/11/09
Friday, 6 November 2009
Unless you were among the lucky few who saw The Beatles play Belfast at The
Ritz in 1963 or The King's Hall in 1964, any hopes of catching a live
performance faded when the band abandoned touring in 1966 and finally split
up in 1970.
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Roots/Folk Music 6/11/09
Friday, 6 November 2009
Old Flat Top Music is presenting a not-to-be-missed triple bill for Jazz and
Blues fans at the Black Box this evening.
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Annie- Dont stop(Smalltown supersound) (Rated 4/ 5 )
Friday, 30 October 2009
Brian Higgins has been one of the most important figures in pop this decade.
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Album Reviews 30/10/09
Friday, 30 October 2009
Bad lieutenant - Never Cry Another Tear(Triple Echo)
“It's like New Order, but without the bass.” So says Bernard Sumner of this,
his new project featuring New Order bandmates Steven Morris and Phil
Cunningham, with Alex James of Blur standing in for the estranged Peter Hook.
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Classical Music 30/10/09
Friday, 30 October 2009
Tonight’s largely Polish programme by the Ulster Orchestra presages the close
of the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s.
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Pop/Dance Music 30/10/09
Friday, 30 October 2009
There are plenty of Halloween festivities going on in the bars and clubs
across the province over the next few nights, but if dressing up as Dracula
and dancing to the Monster Mash doesn't exactly light up your pumpkin, check
out General Fiasco, one of our most exciting young bands, who have scored a
prestigious headlining slot at Belfast's Ulster Hall tomorrow night.
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Roots/Folk Music 30/10/09
Friday, 30 October 2009
With the release of her ‘Best of’ album, Circus Girl, and her opening slot on
Cara Dillon’s current tour, American singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters will
be building a solid fan-base here.
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Classical Music 24/10/09
Friday, 23 October 2009
As Belfast basks in the afterglow of week one of the Ulster Bank Belfast
Festival at Queen’s, Londonderry is staging a mini celebration of its own
this weekend.
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Pop/Dance Music 23/10/09
Friday, 23 October 2009
The fabulous Speigeltent is the setting for one of the Belfast Festival’s
musical highlights, with a live performance by Asian-influenced indie combo
Cornershop next Tuesday (October 27).
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Roots/Folk Music 23/10/09
Friday, 23 October 2009
There are still some musical gems hidden in the programme for the final week
of the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s, including folk legend Peggy
Seeger next Thursday (October 29).
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Green Day review: A band too big to be punks?
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Coming on as The Ramones’ Rock and Roll High School faded, Green Day exchanged
pleasantries with a packed Odyssey and launched straight into 21st Century
Breakdown.
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Pop princess Pink’s exuberance is just the thing for adoring fans
Monday, 19 October 2009
Six months after her last visit, Pink exploded back onstage at Belfast’s
Odyssey Arena on Saturday night.
Comment: 1
Bob Dylan - Christmas in the Heart (Columbia) (Rated 2/ 5 )
Saturday, 17 October 2009
Many are the musical atrocities committed in the names of Christmas and
charity; but rarely can they have been as downright weird as Christmas In
The Heart, which slipped out earlier this week with neither fuss nor
fanfare, promotion nor preview – an odd situation for an artist whose last
album topped both British and American charts this year.
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Classical Music 16/10/09
Friday, 16 October 2009
The Belfast Festival is the ideal context for events which we would be
unlikely to experience at any other time of the year.
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Pop/Dance Music 16/10/09
Friday, 16 October 2009
Belfast's City Hall has been the setting for many momentous events during its
103-year history, including important political rallies during the Troubles.
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Roots/Folk Music 16/10/09
Friday, 16 October 2009
This year’s Belfast Festival throws up a couple of interesting events for
music fans, including Sunday’s sold out gig by Josh Ritter at the Empire
Music Hall.
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Spandau Ballet's Belfast gig is pure Gold
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Was there ever a sillier pop band than Spandau Ballet? That name, those kilts
on TOTP, dodgy songs about the Troubles, they were a byword for glitzy style
over gritty substance. This, of course, made them the perfect Eighties group.
Comments: 7
Album: Editors, In This Light and on This Evening (Columbia) (Rated 3/ 5 )
Friday, 9 October 2009
For their third album, Editors have made a significant step away from the
indie-goth stylings which prompted previous releases to be compared to Joy
Division.
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