Having grunge legends Pearl Jam come to Belfast for the first time in history made me the happiest fan-boy in the entire country. Pearl Jam are that band everyone would like to see for one reason or another, be it because they were part of a fond memory or because they’re one of the greatest ...
The roars of football fans can be heard all around Belfast city, but they wont match the roars of a number of ecstatic metal fans in Auntie Annies tonight. Probably one of the heaviest gigs to take place in Belfast in a while with bands Kiriath, the young technical metal beasts, Bleed From Within, up ...
Support act, The Blackout, launched onto the King’s Hall stage in an explosion of energy and flashing lights. The 6 piece Welsh post-hardcore band used up every ounce of their energy, constantly running around, swinging brightly coloured microphones in the air and around each other’s necks. They carried an amazing presence, constantly jumping, head banging ...
MLM present a tasteless spinal tribute of alternative proportions to our Southern friend, Bono, who couldn’t make it to Glastonbury this weekend due to a back injury… In a secret location, somewhere between Japan and the Atlantic Ocean, two men and a woman (think younger version of the Black Books cast) are beavering away every ...
Last week, MLM were down at the Oh Yeah Centre, witnessing the launch of Belfast’s Music Tourism initiatives with entertainment in the form of a Lowly Knights acoustic set and The Answer… Words By: Matt Wheavil Photography: Peter Stuart The Oh Yeah Centre is a great place if you’re into music in any shape or ...
Duke Special is Northern Ireland’s, if not one of the world’s, most timeless acts, and has a thesaurus worth of associations to go with him: ‘Vaudevillian’, ‘Gramophone’, ‘Dreadlocks’, ‘Military Jackets’, ‘Accented Singing’ – the list goes on. His recent ‘The Stage, A Book and The Silver Screen’ tour didn’t just represent everything we’ve come to ...
Words By: Matt Wheavil Photograpy: Gary Moore and Matt Wheavil The Crowd were starting to build up, to the point that looking behind, I could barely make out a horizon past the sea of people. Unfortunately for me, a couple of loud drunken lads had made their way up to where I was and immediately ...
With this month marking the 15th anniversary of Rory Gallagher’s untimely death, MLM were down in Ballyshannon checking out a 5 day long tribute festival and the erection of a new statue in memory of the Irish Bullfrog Blues Legend… It has been said more times than I care to count that I was born ...
For Part One, Click Here Words By: Matt Wheavil Photography: Gary Moore and Matt Wheavil It’s 4:25pm… 5 minutes before General Fiasco enter stage right at what is to be the biggest gig ever in Northern Ireland. I take a quick scan around… I’m still surrounded by several teenagers all screaming their heads off at ...
After walking past Lavery’s Bunker several times, I truly thought I would never find the newly refurbished Crescents Art Centre. Finding myself lost, I resorted to buying something from the Spar I didn’t need, just so I could ask the sales assistant for directions. The guy was friendly but seemed quite amused by my question. ...