Last year one of NIs finest folk troupes, Farriers, began to look for help to put out their debut album, Years Ago in Our Backyard. They had all the tracks recorded, but needed a little hand to get the funds to mix, master and press the release. Their fans stepped up and donating over £4,000 on a funding site to help them out and now the album is finally here! Pretty good going!
So we're very excited at ATL towers! We've heard the album and reckon ya'll are in for a treat! Match the new tunes with one of the finest live acts about and Sunday at the Black Box will surely be one of 'those' gigs!
Plus there are some special guests, including support from the ever reliable Gareth Dunlop and Ross Clarke from Glasgow's Three Blind Wolves.
We spoke to Rachel Coulter from the band about what to expect:
"We are thrilled to finally launch our first album this Sunday at The Black Box. It has been a long time in the making but well worth the hard work and the wait. We are also really excited to be sharing the stage with some very special guests - Gareth Dunlop, Ross Clarke from Three Blind Wolves, Matt McGinn, Katie Richardson from KATC and Kowalski's Louis & Paddy. It's going to be a cracker night with a full band & choir towards the end, filled with warmth, banter, handclaps and plenty of stomps of course. A lovely way to end the weekend for sure."
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Farriers launch their album Years Ago in Our Backyard at the Communion Gig night on Sunday at the Black Box, Belfast. Support comes from Gareth Dunlop and Ross Clarke. Have a listen to some of the Farriers album tracks below!
Carrie Davenport is back with another selection of the finest cuts of new rock from the north and south! This week we have an aurally pleasuring mix of stoner rock and punk and, of course, plenty of great riffs!
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SETTING OFF SIRENS Enniskillen is known for loughs and castles but it also has some pretty good punk music in the form of Setting Off Sirens. Having shared stages with veterans such as the UK Subs, The Beat, Runnin’ Riot and Paranoid Visions they'll appeal to the old and new school punks among us.
STONE CROW Alice in Chains influenced grunge metal from Derry, Stone Crow released their debut EP From Within to good reviews from lots of places so it comes pre-tested and with a thumbs up. They describe themselves as being "like a morbidly obese dwarf - too small to be that heavy". I mean, who can resist that!
BRAINS Blackened rock and roll from the deep deep south (well Cork - it's as far south as ya can go in Ireland without falling into the sea so that counts) . Their music has a decidely bluesy twang with horror themed riffs and deep brooding basslines. Debut EP Strange Meat is filled with some super groovy heavy tunes and new track 'Alchemy' is set to be released next month! You can get the EP at brainscork.bandcamp.com and we can't recommend it enough.
Once again, it's quality AND quantity with our GOTW as not three, not five, not seven but FOUR decent bands take to the stage at The Empire Music Hall, Belfast this Thursday.
It's another SONI (Sounds of Northern Ireland) showcase, with Phil from SONI explaining:
'We run at least five gigs a month at three different venues in Belfast and Hague's Bar in Lisburn - we are also one of the main bookers and organisers of Sunflowerfest. Our business is putting on the best gig nights possible, featuring bands and acts from all over N.I and beyond...in a wide range of genres.
'The Empire gigs are our biggest night of the month, featuring some of the most exciting acts we showcase - at this show, Summer Shootout, we feature the big alt-rock anthems of headlinersLevity Breaks, special guests areDeadlights - a ferocious live act who have just won the Voodoo "B******s To Poverty" Battle of The Bands,In Elegancealso play...just back from touring the UK with Kill Hannah and Dear Superstar, and the mighty Stillpointkick things off with their huge, Biffy Clyro-esque riffage.'
Couldn't have put it better - can we get Phil to write these things from now on?
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Deadlights, Levity Breaks, IN Elegance and Stillpoint play The Empire this Thursday night (May 17th).
The ATL team write about anything and everything relevant to the Northern Irish music scene, the show itself and possibly some random stuff besides, and invite you to comment, discuss and participate.
by ATL on 14:32 UK time, Thursday, 10 May 2012
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