It’s almost time for festival season to kick off around the ÜK and Europe so Jase W is getting his fill of nice standalone shows before he disappears into his bubble of existing in various large crowds with a beer on hand at all times. And tonight’s show is a good dose of some lovely emo courtesy of Movements and their support for this tour, Sweet Pill.
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The new darlings of the American post-rock scene are setting us on a collision course for the upcoming release of their second album with this epic, ten-minute third taster.
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Barry McIlheney, original vocalist with Belfast punk veterans Shock Treatment, has died suddenly at the of 65.
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Some bands are intricately entwined in your lifetime of musical listening. In David O’s case this could be many of the artists he grew up listening to in the early ‘70s, such as Queen, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd and the West Coast rock sound of The Eagles: ‘One Of These Nights’ is still one of his favourite guitar sounds. With a long history in the latter, Don Felder’s ‘The Vault – Fifty Years Of Music’ is both a retrospective and a celebration, capturing the full arc of his storied career from his early days as a session musician to his pivotal years with the Eagles and beyond. The album compiles newly recorded versions of songs spanning five decades, some of which never made it past the demo stage until now. It’s a testament to Felder’s enduring musicianship and his often-underappreciated role in shaping the sound of West Coast rock.
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This is something of a slightly strange aside for us, as this set actually saw the Belfast death metallers playing a rare hometown show as guest headliners at the final of this year’s iteration of the Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses finale. But, Monk want to keep his observations on the competition to a deserved solo commentary, so decided to pen these few words as a separate piece.
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