![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Then there’s this new wave of alarmingly young bands coming up behind them.”Īdam Turkington, the arts and community co-ordinator for the Waterfront in Belfast, who programmes the Trans: Belfast festival, points to the success of Two Door Cinema Club. “There are four or five crucial second records from bands that made a bit of an impact with their first album, like General Fiasco and ASIWYFA. “This is potentially the biggest year for Northern Irish music ever,” says Rigsy, presenter of BBC Radio Ulster’s Across the Line. This might have sounded like a bold statement for Andrew Ferris of Northern Irish record label Smalltown America to make a decade ago but, with the recent success of And So I Watch You From Afar and Two Door Cinema Club, it’s clear that musicians in Northern Ireland have moved in to the spotlight. ‘YOU’RE not a hair’s breadth away from Northern Ireland becoming the next Portland, Oregon or the next Seattle, Washington.” With the recent successes of Two Door Cinema Club and And So I Watch You From Afar putting Northern Ireland back in the spotlight, AOIFE BARRYdigs a little deeper and finds a buzzing Belfast scene with a healthy DIY ethos Not since the heyday of Therapy? and Ash has such a glorious din emanated from the North.
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