As the grotesque spectre of Brexit hangs over the Halloween countdown, many artists are joining in the collective retch and railing against the ghouls who got us here. But not everyone can pull a Slowthai […]
Tag: belfast
Kneecap kicking against the pricks
Last week Belfast hip-hop act Kneecap posted a tweet quoting “some fella from Dublin” asking them, “Why would you rap in Irish? No one even speaks it”, above a photo of one of their recent […]
Stiff Little Fingers: ‘Still putting the fast back in Belfast’
When stiff little fingers formed in Belfast in the late 70s, the idea of them playing an outdoor gig for thousands beside the High Court would have been beyond a surreal joke. But the veteran […]
Dead To Us: A fond Girls Names obituary
Girls Names have decided to call it quits. The full stop came with a post on Instagram, just 11 days shy of a decade since their first ever show. With that announcement ends a journey […]
AVA Festival: It’s all about the Belfast crowd
AVA creator and organiser Sarah McBriar was boasting in the Irish Times this week about the festival’s USP — the unpretentious up for it Belfast crowd. If you’ve got that as a base for an […]
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