Name: Owen McGarry
Genre: Experimental Pop
For Fans Of: And The Giraffe, Amber Run, PØRTS
Location: Belfast
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'Perfect Then', the latest effort from songwriter Owen McGarry, is a real gem ~ but he does a good job of hiding it.
His distinctive tone is on display and sounding good from the off, but there's no real intent to grab the audience in the opening few bars. It's in tune...
Name: Rebekah Wilson
Genre: Alt-Pop
For Fans Of: The Cranberries, Avril Lavigne, Alanis Morissette
Location: Belfast
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There are few musicians today, North or South of the border, that command the same level of respect as 17 year-old Rebekah Wilson. More still, the excitement surrounding her debut single rates higher than most local releases you can expect this year, as the hyp...
Name: Moscow Metro
Genre: Alt-Rock
For Fans Of: Depeche Mode, New Order
Location: Limerick
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Now reformed as a three piece, Limerick's Moscow Metro have undergone quite the makeover. Former bassist Sean Corcoran's shift from stage left to centre proves inspired in this new, dance worthy single.
Metro fans of old need not fear however, as this transition to the groovier side ...
Name: Munez
Genre: Low-fi Surf
For Fans Of: Peace, Pond, The Strokes
Location: Brighton
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Our coverage of Brighton's music scene (which has been entirely accidental) continues with the next installment of Encore Introducing, where this week we focus on Munez, a band of harmonious chaos and melody drenched paranoia. Their latest release, 'Bunch Of Legend' see's the bands echo-surf cre...
Name: Glen Foye
Genre: 'Sad-Punk//Emo'
For Fans Of: A Plastic Rose, Million Dead
Location: Brighton
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Don't let the name fool you, the amorphous mystery of Brighton's 'Glen Foye' is not a maudlin singer songwriter writing quirky acoustic songs about elephants. Far from it in fact. This South Coast power-trio are the antithesis of everything that's been coming out of England in recent y...
Name: Tanizaki
Genre: 'Occult tinged-Electronica'
For Fans Of: Tycho, Merchant Ships
Location: Belfast
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Entrancing electronica is the most accurate description we could find when describing beat maker Tanizaki. Based in Belfast, the mysterious producer's debut spins with a quiet foreboding, each track's whimzy eclipsed by the lingering feeling that something terrible is on the horizon...
Name: Visitors
Genre: Garage-Doom Rock
For Fans Of: Royal Blood, Joy Division, Mojo Fury
Location: Liverpool
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Today's new found musical offering hails from Merseyside, a band who's self proclaimed 'garage-doom rock' has taken them from leather clad-also rans, to headline shows in the likes of the world famous Carvern Club. For those expecting mop-tops and three part harmonies ...
Name: Ryan McMullanGenre: AcousticFor Fans Of: James Bay, Foy VanceLocation: PortaferryFacebook//Twitter
Encore NI is already well acquainted with the soothing tones of Ryan McMullan. The young singer-songwriter was kind enough to headline one of our Modern Life Is Rubbish shows, putting on as excellent a performance as you'd expect. His debut single, "Holding Me Down" (released this week), is...
Everybody calm down. Micheal McCullough, the acoustic nut-job we know and love, hasn't literally died; but his mysterious moniker certainly has. Making the announcement over Facebook and Twitter last week, the bluegrass inspired artist will from now on be known as 'Son Of The Hound', a name which clearly means a great deal to him. Encore NI caught up briefly with Micheal to find out the reasons...
Band Name: More Than Conquerors
Genre: Alt-Rock
For Fans Of: You Me At Six, Foo Fighters
Location: Belfast
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Belfast's More Than Conquerors commitment to their home city left a bigger hole than most during their significant time out of the gig circuit last year. Reunited briefly to produce an incredible performance in support of 'Therapy?' at the NI Music Awards, the band hinted...
Name: Lilla Vargen
Genre: Piano-Pop
For Fans Of: Emeli Sandé, Regina Spektor
Location: Belfast
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Young songstress Lilla Vargen is perhaps one of Belfast's most enigmatic artists on the scene today. Whilst in possession of a glacier vocal, an irrepressibly warm tone and an undoubted gift on the piano, she has only recently released her first, and only, song to date. No warnings...
Band Name: A Plastic Rose
Genre: Alt-Rock
For fans of: N/A
Location: Belfast
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I think it's safe to say that the fifth single to be taken from A Plastic Rose's massive new record 'Flickering Light Of An Inner War' came as a bit of surprise. A curve-ball in more ways than one, this soft centered single see's the band revive the gentler roots of years gone by, with 'Silence You'...
Band Name: Alice Signal Fires
Genre: Indie-Rock
For Fans Of: Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, Ben Kweller
Location: Carryduff
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A track of real intent, 'Consolation Prize' is the result of simple acoustic guitar, smothered in waves of reverberated beauty. Coming straight off this very young bands DIY debut record, Alice Signal Fires have chosen to go into this crazy business all guns ...
Band Name: Ruairi And The Owls
Genre: Acoustic
For Fans Of: Daveit Ferris, The Feeling, NeverShoutNever
Location: Londonderry
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Ultimately, Ruairi and The Owls debut is a charming batch of cheeky imagery, simplistic lyricism and a genuine warmth that at the very least, allows him to stand out from the 'sad songwriter' stereotype. There's a nice balance here between overdubbed e...
Band Name: Mere Moths
Genre: Acoustic-Indie
For Fans Of: Richard Ashcroft, Sixto Rodriguez, Ray LaMontagne
Location: Dromore
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Following up from the hazy softness of debut solo release 'You Grew Up', this latest effort from Dromore native Patrick Wright see's his acoustic project emerge from it's awkward teenage years into a comfortable new maturity. His 'rock-band' skin now co...
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