Meli writes on the most recent developments in Kneecap’s battle with the UK Government, and whether it has changed public opinion despite the charges against Mo Chara being dropped.
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Emma Ferguson sits down with incredible up-and-coming musicians Mob14 and Jessie Lea to talk all things music and their careers. All after their exciting support slot for Bino Bames and Villanelle at the Oh Yeah Music Centre.
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This summer features a vibrant lineup of fresh Irish talent at festivals. Notable acts include Fizzy Orange, a soul group known for their lively shows; Hotgirl, a rising indie rock band; Sexy Tadgh, a genre-bending performer; Puzzy Wrangler, an energetic all-female DJ collective; and Negro Impacto, a neo-soul duo.
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Luella Coley reflects on her experience at Record Store Day (RSD) on April 12th. Attendees lined up early to secure exclusive vinyl releases, facing competition and challenges. Coley successfully collected sought-after items but felt guilt over disappointing others. The event highlights the ongoing struggle against scalpers in the music community.
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Ellen Lundy welcomes the new year with a fresh guide to Belfast nightlife.
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Alexandra Rosbotham reviews Irish band Fontaines D.C.’s newest album “Skinty Fia”
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Alexandra Rosbotham reviews The Florentias first headline gig at Ulster Sports Club in Belfast.
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As we settle in to the new year, The Gown’s Arts and Entertainment Editor, Ally Rosbotham, gives music fans something to look forward to in 2022.
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Claire Dickson reviews the 127th BBC Proms as it demonstrates that some tradition can keep up with the times.
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Arts and Music Editor, Alexandra Rosbotham, reviews Lorde’s “Solar Power”.
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PREVIEW: Claire Dickinson reviews the 127th BBC Proms as it demonstrates that some tradition can keep up with the times.
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Peter Donnelly, Opinions Editor. Over a period of 18 months, producer Vivienne Perry and director Dan Vernon embarked on a
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Peter Donnelly, Opinions Editor and Niall McElroy, Contributor. Luther Vandross was raised in the years when the Motown movement was
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Peter Donnelly, Opinions Editor. News of soul great Bill Withers’ death broke on Thursday 3rd April, after he passed away
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Sam Farrell, Arts & Entertainment Editor. With her highly publicised relationship with technology innovator Elon Musk and the announcement that
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Kristen Sinclair, Editor. Bruce Fielder, better known as Sigala, answers the phone from his studio in London. Having racked up
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H. R. Gibs, Contributor. Matty Burke’s solo album has been something of an urban legend for a small unit of
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Kristen Sinclair, Editor. Incorporating a personal element into the lyrics of a song written for a film soundtrack is as
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Mr Oizo (Quentin Dupieux) is due to release his new album, All Wet, on the 30th September this year, and it’s sure to be a great one. He’s already shared a taste of what is to come in the form of his most recent single ‘End of the World’, featuring the much-memed and notorious divider of opinions, Skrillex.
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Rhonda Mayne, contributor. When ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine states that, ‘The Cadillac Three’ are “poised for their first big break in
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Contributed by Mark Loughrey The atmosphere of this gig was a rather relaxed one, with opening singer-songwriter James Gillespie doing
Read MoreBy Joseph Gilson Woods cannot be pigeonholed into the folk bracket that they often are. The Brooklyn based band cover
Read MoreBY ANDREW DOHERTY We sit sipping cider whilst staring out the window at the drizzle sparking off the pavements. In
Read MoreQUESTIONS BY ANNA CAFOLLA The Gown met with Samuel Lockwood, the guitarist of Australian “intensindie” band, The Jezabels– who
Read MoreQUESTIONS BY PETER MCGORAN Currently in the middle of his first UK & Ireland tour, The Gown caught up with
Read MoreBY JOE GILSON A new society has started up with the hope of bringing Queen’s students into the wonderful world
Read MoreBY PETER MCGORAN Stornoway are effortlessly precise, lyrically nuanced, and, when they took to the stage in Black Box on
Read MoreBY LAURA SHIELDS Love Christmas but are too punk rock for the festive tunes that fill the air leading up
Read MoreBY LAURA SHIELDS Following an indefinite hiatus in 2006, The Darkness reformed in 2011 and released Hot Cakes, their newest
Read MoreBY RYAN ANNETT What a night in McHugh’s Basement. Nick Mulvey’s music created the perfect atmosphere for a small and
Read MoreBY CHARLES COOK Primal Scream front man Bobby Gillespie appears high. Not slightly high, or high on life, but really,
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Read MoreBY HANNAH GREENFIELD Reflektor is exactly the album you would expect if you were to throw Arcade Fire into a
Read MoreBY PETER MCGORAN As Van Morrison enters the stage to be awarded the Freedom of Belfast, donned with his trademark
Read MoreBY PETER MCLOUGHLIN There are few bands (or artists for that matter) that have such a naturally strong connection with
Read MoreQUESTIONS BY PETER MCGORAN Ahead of Kodaline’s concert at Limelight, I was lucky enough to get an opportunity to speak
Read MoreQUESTIONS BY JOANNE SAVAGE After a four year hiatus, the Birmingham-based band Editors are making a welcome return to the
Read MoreQUESTIONS BY PETER MCGORAN Since parting from Portico Quartet in 2011, Nick Mulvey has built up a reputation as a
Read MoreAmerican indie rock band formed in Cincinnati,The National will perform at Odyssey Arena this November. They’ve been described as “dark,
Read MoreBY PETER MCGORAN I was warned by Lawson’s Joel Peat in an earlier interview not to write the band off
Read MoreBY PETER MCGORAN Johnny Flynn has that certain quality of being just as competent as a poet as he is
Read MoreQUESTIONS BY CONOR KERR KT Tunstall spoke to Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor, Conor Kerr, about her new album Invisible Empire/Cresent
Read MoreQUESTIONS BY HAYLEY GAULT Indie pop, self-taught singer/song-writer Lewis Watson speaks to The Gown about touring with Birdy, turning twenty-one
Read MoreBY MICHAEL DEVLIN So much of this album is Alex Turner and his crew ramping up the sleaze. The seedy
Read MoreBY MICHAEL DEVLIN Mechanical Bull largely follows what’s gone before in the Followill clan’s repertoire. Two years ago, fans feared
Read MoreBY LIAM CASSIDY Bastille’s success story has been an accelerated one. From mid 2012 they have gained steady momentum, increased
Read MoreBY SARAH MCCREEDY Haim’s debut album, Days are Gone, is aptly titled. It perhaps indicates that the days are
Read MoreBY HAYLEY GAULT It is always a challenge for artists to bring something new to the table in the over-saturated
Read MoreBY TARA McEVOY Bursting onto the indie-rock scene in 2010 with the universally acclaimed debut album Gorilla Manor, Local
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Read MoreBY CATHAL DELEA All tailored suit and slit-throats, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are back after an over-long absence,
Read MoreThe frankly iridescent Jenn Bostic performed for The Gown at Ten Square Hotel, Belfast, on 3rd March 2013 We were also privileged to interview
Read MoreBY DARREN McCULLINS One of music’s great challenges is to create an album that on the surface can be perceived
Read More” I think that every man has some of the worst traits – the whole challenge of being a guy is
Read MoreBY HAYLEY GAULT As a complete jazz novice, I was pleasantly surprised with the musical offering of Australian band, Trichotomy.
Read MoreBy COLM O'CONNOR @Colm16 Conor J. O’Brien, the man behind the Villagers, has returned to much publicity. In {Awayland}, he
Read MoreConor O'Brien spoke to Peter McLoughlin shortly after the release of Villagers second album, {Awayland}. Villagers are performing in
Read MoreBY NIAMH MARLEY Ed Sheeran is the type of act that comes along once every twenty years. A stripped-back style,
Read MoreBY PETER MCLOUGHLIN This is not a comprehensive list. I haven’t even heard all the albums released this year. These
Read MoreBY CATHAL DELEA The Saw Doctors are a fucking amazing band. That, dear reader, will be the crux of this
Read MoreJack & Glen performed in a place that is not actually called Malone Park, but is called something which I
Read MoreDANI performed somewhere off University Street in Belfast on 17th November 2012, exclusively for the Gown. To visit her Facebook
Read MoreThe Moving Word was a 'drive-through' poetry reading event (with live music) held at the QFT as part of the
Read MoreBY BEN WHITTINGTON The Hale & Hearty will not change your life, but it will make you happy for a
Read MoreHere is a gallery of the best photos taken by the Gown at the NI showcase at the Limelight. All
Read MoreLocal bands are constantly emerging in Belfast, and in the Northern Ireland music scene. When one such band cites ‘The
Read MoreThe Slow Ticks performing at Governor's Bridge, Belfast, in early November 2012 exclusively for The Gown. The Slow Ticks are
Read MoreBy Emma Cox Hailing from Brooklyn New York, Grizzly Bear are no longer a mere cult favourite among their local
Read MoreBy Ryan Annett We Are the Physics are in no way conventional. Self-diagnosed, the Glaswegians describe themselves as “mutant science
Read MoreBy Darren McCullins If Nameless Path was the album where London born Marcus Foster found his feet in a cut
Read MoreBy Christopher Parkhill Between them and a huddle of eager fans, Heathers deduce that it’s been two years and a
Read MoreBy Orry Robinson Last week saw the release of Mumford and Sons second album Babel. This highly anticipated record comes
Read MoreThe Saw Doctors, who have recently returned from a six week Coast to Coast Tour of the US and Canada,
Read MoreBy Tara McEvoy @tara_mcevoy Is protest music dead? For many years, it certainly seemed to have slipped out of
Read MoreQuestions: Peter McLoughlin @PeterGownArts P: At what point did you realise that the urge to create was the most vital urge
Read MoreBy Matthew Law Studying under traveller Stanley Robertson and learning songs from gypsy communities led Sam Lee to create this
Read MoreBy Tommy Greene For a while now it has been clear that The xx’s follow-up to their Mercury Prize-winning debut
Read MoreBy Cathal Delea Despite what Mark Ronson would have you believe, horns aren’t cool. No, horns and in particular the
Read MoreRyan Annett performing in Musgrave Park, Belfast, in late August 2012, exclusively for the Gown. With Special thanks to Ultan
Read MoreMike Hannaway performing in Botanic Gardens, Belfast, in early August – exclusively for the Gown. [jwplayer config=”Custom Player
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