Album Review: Forest Swords- Engravings (Tri Angle Records; 2013)
BY HAYLEY GAULT It is always a challenge for artists to bring something new to the table in the over-saturated
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2013
Arts Feature: How to shake off the cold and boredom in Belfast this Easter
By PETER MCLOUGHLIN Happy Easter everyone! We at the Gown understand, implicitly, that one must prioritise discipline in one’s chosen
Read MoreFilm Review: Good Vibrations (2013)
BY PETER McGORAN “I knew there were other people like us, they’d just fallen in-between the cracks.” So Terri Hooley
Read MoreFilm of the Month: Stoker (Fox; 2013)
BY STEVEN ARMOUR In the opening scenes of Stoker we see a young girl, carefree, frolicking through a lush woodland
Read MoreI Give It a Year (Working Title Films; 2013)
BY STEVEN ARMOUR 2011 saw a new standard set for the comedy genre when the box-office smash and critically acclaimed
Read MoreAlbum Review: Biffy Clyro – Opposites (14th Floor; 2013)
BY BEN WHITTINGTON Opposites is a surprise. It appears to be an album that has not been written with radio
Read MoreAlbum Review/Preview: Keaton Henson – Dear…/Birthdays (Motive Sounds; 2010/13)
BY DARREN McCULLINS One of music’s great challenges is to create an album that on the surface can be perceived
Read MoreAlbum Review: Trichotomy – Fact Finding Mission (Naim Jazz, 2013)
BY HAYLEY GAULT As a complete jazz novice, I was pleasantly surprised with the musical offering of Australian band, Trichotomy.
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