For fans of: Sufjan Stevens, Sigur Ros, Radiohead
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Rachael Boyd is a genius.
Sometimes there is no other word for it. Having made her name playing alongside the likes of Joshua Burnside, Rews guitarist Shauna Tohill and more recently the runaway success story that is Ciaran Lavery, the young multi-instrumentalist boasts an impressive CV. With a sound as eclectic and difficul...
For fans of: Neck Deep, The Wonder Years, State Champs
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Rarely will a brand new band emerge onto any scene as fully formed as Steady Decline.
Formed at the tail end of 2016 by four friends with a pop-punk shaped hole in their hearts, the Dublin band announced themselves to the world with a cool name, logo, merch, a seven track EP/Mini album and an Irish tour literally within their f...
For fans of: Damien Rice, Joe Purdy, The Tallest Man On Earth
The ambient sadness of 'Fromthecarpet', the debut release from Tyrannosaurus Wrex, resonates long after the final chord has rung out on this quietly brilliant collection of demos.
The side project of Brand New Friend and Sea Above's Aaron Milligan, Tyrannosaurus Wrex's introduction to the world was made as subtly as the music itsel...
For fans of: Weezer, Pixies, Blur
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By their very nature, Belfast's favourite vegetable-cult band don't take themselves too seriously. Born over a shared love of snacks and good times, SALAD BOYZ are a rare breed in a musical landscape littered with trend and self-importance; 'Silly Guys Having A Fun Time' sounds like a peaceful rebellion against that mentality, with some real bangers h...
For fans of: Royal Blood, Twin Atlantic, Circa Waves
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It's been a while since Lisburn's premier garage-rock band The Couth last unleashed a wave of their chaotic, ramshackle pop, but after a hiatus spent crafting new songs and a new sound, they're back this Summer with their latest EP, 'BURNOUT'.
Everything from frontman David McCrum's passionate delivery, to bassist and brot...
For fans of: Weezer, Martha
Step for a moment into the world of SALAD BOYZ, four best friends making vegetable-flavoured rock and roll with their tongues placed firmly in cheek. Their latest EP is titled 'Silly Guys Having A Fun Time' and that's exactly what they sound like on 'CROCODILE' a track of such pure at heart charm, it could be easy to overlook the gentle sadness percolating through.
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Our Krypton Son
For Fans Of: Andy Schauf, The Divine Comedy, Leonard Cohen
Derry singer-songwriter Chris McConaghy, Our Krypton Son's debut record sparked a tidal wave of acclaim too substantial to be ignored. Whilst Electric Mainline presenter Stephen McCauley claimed him to be "one of the best songwriters in the country", cultural magazine/website The Thin Air went one further, calling the ...
Foreign Owl
For Fans Of: Royal Blood, Pixies, Axis Of
It's probably fair to say the tiny village of Burt, in County Donegal, isn't known for it's pioneering alt-rock. It may also be fair to say the tiny village of Burt, in County Donegal, isn't really known for anything at all; yet it is here we find 'Foreign Owl', a brand new three piece hoping to change that perception of their home village ...
The Winter Passing
For fans of: Yuck, Candy Hearts, Cloud Nothings
As one of Ireland's most exciting bands, Tipperary natives The Winter Passing have had a significant weight of expectation thrusted on their young shoulders in recent times; and whilst for some this expectation can turn into pressure, The Winter Passing use it as rocket fuel on 'Significance', their latest single and possibly b...
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Various Artists / Over The Hill Collective
For fans of: The Travelling Wilburys, Kate Bush, Tom Petty
Based in the Oh Yeah Music Centre in Belfast, the 'Over The Hill Collective' are a band of older musicians collaborating and writing original music purely for the love of it.
The brain child of Oh Yeah's outreach development officer and lead guitarist Paul Kane, the concept grew o...
The Oh Yeah Music Centre's fantastic Women's Work project is coordinating a fun, exciting and ambitious photo call on Saturday 11th March!They are inviting as many women involved in music and other creative projects as possible to be in a photo which will then go on to feature in an upcoming festival booklet, to be launched at the end of March (date tbc). Dates and content for Women's Work wil...
Name: Life Goals
For fans of: PUP, Joyce Manor, The Menzingers
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Belfast three piece Life Goals have returned to the studio in fine form, unleashing new single 'Alright' into the world just before their latest tour announcement.
A hook-laden suck punch of a track, lyrically we hear frontman Decky McBride wrestling with the truth, and what he wants to be the truth."He could be...
Name: Paper/Boy
For fans of: Robocobra Quartet, Cloud Nothings, The Libertines
When I think back to being fifteen/sixteen few things of any significance come to mind.
Football until dark, my first solo trips to Belfast to meet friends, perhaps? The most creative plans I had were to avoid doing homework! Yet hidden somewhere in the tranquil hills of Donegal is 'Paper/Boy', a ferociously ambiti...
M Y L K
For fans of: Weezer, Los Campesinos!, The Muffs
M Y L K are the sound of a Summer day slowly fading into the evening. Vibrant and glorious, yet tinged with the sadness of knowing it can't quite last forever.
'Are You Happy?' is a record painting an honest picture of love, self doubt and the reality of life in the 21st Century. Straddling the line between sincerity and irony is a tough...
Artist: Fionn Crossan
For fans of: Ben Howard, Joshua Burnside
To be so young, Mallusk-songwriter Fionn Crossan sings the weathered songs of a life fully lived, with lamenting regret, sorrow and even flashes of hope pouring out of every line.
If it's this maudlin reflection that draws you into Crossan's world, his virtuoso picking-patterns keep you there. Rustic and poignant, without ever thr...
Artist: Michael Bell
For fans of: Boards of Canada, Explosions in the Sky
There's a serene nostalgia to ambiant producer Michael Bell's music that feels as comforting as it is untracable. If Brian Eno's 'An Ending' conjures a tranquil image of the end of the world, then Bell's paints a similarly relaxing feel to universe which surrounds it.
The guitars here play the role of strings, quietly ...
Be it deliberate or not, Monaghan born, Dublin based, songwriter Dáithà Murphy's move from the hardcore end of the musical spectrum, to the acoustic has proved an inspired decision.
As the live-wire frontman of heavy-af-rock band 'Attack the Day', Murphy's aggressive vocals and bold performances marked both him and his band as eventual successors to the likes of Axis Of on the Irish punk sce...
Part two of our comprehensive round up of the best tunes to emerge from these shores in 2016.
If 2015 kickstarted the emo-revival, this past year cemented it, as throughout the uncertainty people seemed to bind together more than ever before. The #IAMWHOLE campaign saw thousands of people unite to combat mental health stigma, football's 'Rainbow Laces' campaign emerged to show the sports suppor...
As we wave goodbye to the madness of 2016 and look toward a future more in doubt than an Oasis reunion, it's good to remind ourselves of some of the quality local music released over the last 12 frantic months.
Here at Encore NI we've arranged these tunes into a top 20 list of our absoloute favourites to come from these shores. We start with...
#20. The Autocratic ~ Revelations
A young four...
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