By davy
Elspeth are a 5-piece indie-rock band from Northern Ireland. They have just finished recording their debut album and have played a host of recent shows, including Gifted at the Empire Music Hall, a storming set at Glasgowbury and support for Cashier No.9 throughout their last Irish tour.
Elspeth’s music has been played on radio stations across the UK including Tom Robinson; Gideon Coe on BBC 6Music, Phantom FM, Cool FM and BBC Radio 1 Introducing who featured a live session with the band earlier this year. They plan to release the record with an independant label in 2012.
Below is an acoustic performance of ‘Starry’ recorded to promote the launch of thier video for ‘Think Back’ in October.
By davy
Tom McShane writes quiet, intricate songs that bore into your heart. 2010 saw him challenge convention with an innovative recording project. Inspired by those great recordings from the days before overdubs and multitracking, Tom assembled and rehearsed a 13 piece band and in two live sessions recorded his entire full length debut in the presence of a live audience; ‘The Ural Winter’ will be released in 2012.
Tom McShane: The Ural Winter Recordings from BABYSWEET SESSIONS on Vimeo.
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Niall, Ethan and Ewan have been screaming and bashing their way round Europe this year touring the release of single ‘We Dine On Seeds’. Early in the year they were chosen by Rocksound Magazine to record a session in the legendary BBC Maida Vale studios aired on the Daniel P Carter Rock Show. The following UK tour was their most successful to date with Rocksound magazine labeling them “The most exciting band to come out of Northern Ireland, possibly ever”.
After a summer European tour Axis got stuck into recording their debut album with Barret Leahy and Rocky O’Reilly at Start Together Studios in the Oh Yeah Centre, which is finished and mixed and waiting to blow up in 2011.
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Wonder Villains’ infectious anti-pop has been making serious waves across the water this year. They have just finished supporting General Fiasco on a full UK tour, and current single Zola has been racking up airplay on stations from Cool FM to Radio One. The next single Ferrari produced by Rocky O’Reilly at Start Together Studios will be released in February.
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VerseChorusVerse is the alias of Tony Wright, previously of Zombie Safari Park and ‘And So I Watch You From Afar’. The fiercely energetic and instrumental nature of ASIWYFA coupled with their vast wall of sound led to Tony to explore just how to convey as much passion and intensity using only his voice and an acoustic guitar in a live setting. Tony puts it another way: “I just wanted to get scared again, jumping off a cliff into the ocean is way more daring than jumping off a table. Unless that table happens to be on a cliff of course.” He’s just recorded his debut EP with Mark Gordon at ScoreDrawMusic and is heading off on tour in the UK with Jonah Matranga, ex front man for the legendary Far and Gratitude and Cape of Good Hope drummer Howard James Kenny, then returning for a Belfast gig on the 8th of December in the Black Box.
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Third Bar have been working with A Plastic Rose, and it’s been a busy few months for one of Belfast’s hardest working bands. After a few great shows at T-Vital, Glasgowbury and One Cool weekend festivals the lads knuckled down to record their debut full length with Neal Calderwood at Manor Park Studios. Neal has worked with the likes of Fighting with Wire, The Answer and General Fiasco so needless to say the results should be very exciting! Belfast Music week saw performances at Volume Control at the Ulster Hall on Halowe’en night, a secret album party in the Menagerie and a stripped bare acoustic set headlining Belfast Calling at the Limelight. Some time writing album no.2 wraps up a great year for A Plastic Rose.
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Belfast indie stalwarts Desert Hearts have recruited Stephen Leacock of General Fiasco, and Stuart Bell of Panama Kings and now General Fiasco; they have recorded some acoustic demos (available below) and are in the middle of recording their new record with Ben McAuley at Start Together Studios at the Oh Yeah Centre.
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Third Bar are very proud to have worked with Street Monkey TV, AV Browne Group, BT & The Jane Bradfords on this brand new ad for BT Northern Ireland.
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Third Bar are very proud to have worked with Street Monkey TV, AV Browne Group, Power Ni & The Lowly Knights on this brand new ad for Power NI.
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Third Bar Artist Development are delighted to have worked with Street Monkey TV & AV Browne on the new Dale Farm advert in Ireland. Music performed by Katie and the Carnival, produced by Deci Gallen. Belter!