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.
Brains photo by Patricia Klich
Greetings stench followers. This week , I Philip Taggart, serve you three ripe new bands for your consideration. We start with some instrumental prog metal, then off to ‘da club’ for some J. Cole influenced hip hop finalizing in the Maiden City for yet another of their far fresh prodigies.
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Eros Theory – Exodus
Yet another fledgling band from the Maiden City conveyor belt of talent. This thundering four piece have armour piercing riffs, prog metal passages and in their first single ‘Exodus’ a strangely compelling latin inspired guitar solo outro. Check em out!
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Some say variety is the spice of life – others (namely myself, Brian Coney) reckon it’s heading straight to the pub straight after knocking around the gym for twenty minutes. No matter! When it comes to music – the more local, the better – variety is what it's all about. Cue this week’s choice of three acts guaranteed to get you feeling all “eclectic” and shizz.
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Steering Fail - Dress Rehearsal
Belfast-based three-piece Steering Fail have been on the local scene for a while now nit only recently have they managed to capture what they’re all about over the course of a full-length EP, set for release on May 18h. Placed extremely well nicely between alt-prog, schizophrenic thrash punk and straight up hardcore, ‘Dress Rehearsal’ from the EP sessions epitomises the kind of battle-cry sound that they’ve worked had to perfect over the last few months.
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