Blog posts by year and monthJuly 2012
Posts (9)
The Making Of... RunawayGo
On this week's radio show we featured both Forfey and Tanglewood, festivals taking place in Enniskillen and Newry this weekend. So who better to chat to than the only band playing both. Here's Chris Jackson to give us a guided tour of the good ship RunawayGo.... **** The first record I bough...
That New Band Smell: Psychojet
Hallo, good sir! Brian Coney here, stuck in the 1800s, having the craic. So, Glasgowbury has come and gone for another year and, as expected, with the dust (hangovers) having finally settled, the general consensus is that it was another stellar year at the annual Draperstown music festival on th...
The Making of...Ed Zealous
If you've listened to Across the Line at all in the last few years, there's a fair chance you've heard a track by Belfast's Ed Zealous. Well, their time has finally arrived with the eventual release of a debut album later this year. First taster 'Diamonds for Eyes' (check it out via their bandc...
The Making Of... Stillpoint
Time for another 'The Making Of' as we find out what makes our favourite bands tick. Ahead of his band's new EP coming out next month, it's over to Dave from kings of the hefty riff - Stillpoint! ************************************ The first record I bought, or remember buying, was Chef fro...
That New Band Smell: Murdock
Carrie Davenport returns to treat our ears to some of the best in metal, thrash and hardcore currently avalible for your listening pleasure. ****************************************** Dead label Hailing from Kildare dead label are a three piece who have achieved a great deal in very littl...
The Making Of... Seven Summits
This week we go under the bonnet of Seven Summits, ahead of the release of their new single 'The Worrier' and second album 'Fossils'. Responsible for 'Burning Heart', one of the finest, dreamiest and down-right lovable tracks ATL has played in recent times, this is a band on the verge of getting...
That New Band Smell: Distracter
Good day to you, keen explorers of sound. It's Phily Taggart here, armed with a bodacious bunch of bands for your consideration this week. Ok, so enough with the pleasantries, we all know what we have to do, get down and intimate with the green horns. Welcome to 'That New Band Smell'. ********...
The Making Of....The Answer
For this week's 'The Making Of…' we chat to long-haired legend Cormac Neeson, singer with Co. Down rock behemoths The Answer. Check out the band's new single 'Rise', released this week, for a little orchestral goodness. The Answer play a special show at The Empire tomorrow night (Thursday). *...
That New Band Smell: The Institute*
Howdy, Brian Coney here (stuck in some strange dimension where people greet each other with "Howdy"). Let it be known: at That New Band Smell we are all about diversity and mixing things - i.e. genres - up. Indeed, while the idea of following up the most twee of indie-pop with the downright blac...
