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The phenomenon that is Snow Patrol has released a two-CD “best-of” album called Up To Now in time for Christmas. The band also has a new single out, entitled Just Say Yes, to promote the 30-song CD (and a special CD/DVD/vinyl boxset) which also playlists previous hits Run, Chocolate and Chasing Cars.

LATEST: Snow Patrol has just announced a very special tour of Ireland in December 2009. The 5-date run entitled “Snow Patrol Reworked” includes two nights at the [doomed domed - ed] Waterfront Hall, Belfast and is described as “a live celebration featuring highlights from the bands 15 year career to date, specially reworked and reinvented“. [...]

Iain Todd dons his scuba gear and desends into the inky darkness of The Black Box for an exclusive UlsterMusic.com interview with… The Brent Flood is a band that I am somewhat familiar with through a student radio show I used to do in Glasgow, which was dedicated solely to acoustic and folk [...]

With their latest studio album One Hundred Million Suns currently burning spots in the UK top 10 album chart, Snow Patrol has announced a major arena tour starting 2009. The Belfast dates are March 19-20-21 and March 23 at the Odyssey Arena. Tickets for these shows are available via http://www.snowpatrol.com/events/

According to a report in Macworld, Snow Patrol and iTunes owner Apple are collaborating to create an application for the iPhone/iPod that offers impatient fans exclusive access to extra content in the run-up to the Oct 27 release of their next album, “A Hundred Million Suns.” Using the application, fans will get to explore artwork, [...]

by Edel Close, July 2008: Ed Zealous tonight headlined a good mix of quality local music in Auntie Annies as they launched their new double A-side single “Pretty Face” and “Gateway Cars“. The night kicked off with music from Two Door Cinema Club, followed by The Jane Bradfords. The evening brought a varied mix of [...]

Released by San Francisco record label Penny on split 7″ vinyl and digital services on June 23, both songs have enjoyed airplays on BBC Radio 1, Radio Ulster, Radio Foyle and RTE 2FM, Phantom FM, XFM and Feile FM.

volver musicrich@volver.co.uk07737 405831Escape Act / Tom McShaneIrish Tour and Single Release on June 23rd, 2008PR: Rich @ Volver07737 405831 rich@volver.co.ukBooking & Info: Nick @ Penny07525 714313 nick@pennydistribution.com20/06 Derry, Masons 21/06 Belfast, Backbeat Records (Tom only)04/07 Dublin, Tower Records04/07 Belfast, Pavilion (with Serpentine Smile)06/07 Dublin, Whelans (with Mumblin’ Deaf Ro)08/07 Phantom FM Live Session (Escape Act only)11/07 Cork, The Quad (with Vertigo Smyth)12/07 Limerick, Baker Place (with Vertigo Smyth)

TOM MCSHANE is a musician from Northern Ireland. His first releases, the lo-fi, home recorded “Songs Are Sad” and the follow-up album, “Departures” have attracted critical acclaim. Co-produced by Oppenheimer’s Rocky O’Reilly, the bejeweled and brassy “Fighter” represents the latest peak of Tom’s compositional powers. As well as drawing on the lo-fi influence of Smog, Nick Drake and Mount Eerie, the mood also calls to mind the dark tone of one of Tom’s biggest heroes: Charles Mingus.

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the Belfast date on the EA/TMcS tour has been changed to The Attic at Laverys.

Invitation is the title of the 6th in a series of self-produced CD albums from prolific singer-songwriter Fra Donaghy. Available via free digital download, all 10 tracks are performed by 28-year-old Fra, and written by him, except “Torture Again“, which was co-written with longterm collaborator Deane Morrone, and two cover versions.

The Windmill, Brixton in south London, is the venue for a weekend showcase of new-generation bands from N. Ireland. The NI:NG Showcase features up-and-coming indie acts Panama Kings, Escape Act, Kowaski, Cutaways, and Pocket Promise on Saturday, April 26 – and V-Formation, General Fiasco, And So I Watch You From Afar, Pat, Nipsy, Ned and [...]

Co. Down singer-songwriter Paula McAleese [MySpace] began performing around Belfast back in 2003, playing her first gig in at the Pavillion Bar “Saturday Night Live Line-up”. She then joined a band called Amoruza [MySpace] as lead vocalist and songwriter, performing across Ulster. Amoruza released its first EP entitled Discover in late 2004.

Rena Maguire writes: We all know the moment in all US teen series: the sob-story ending, the moment when the wistful hero/heroine is leaving, against the raindrops on the window of the Greyhound bus which takes them to who-knows-where, and the music used is always something soft, lyrical and eminently chart-worthy, though usually by some [...]

Nick Fitzsimmons writes: Belfast trio Three Tales launch their debut eponymous CD on March 10. I’ve been lucky enough to get my mitts on a pre-release copy of the album, and it’s safe to say it’s the best album from an Irish band in 2008 [steady - ed]. Three Tales are Ben McAuley, Desmond Mooney [...]

Sounds of Northern Ireland presents the “Best of SO:NI” featuring The Beat Poets, Million Dollar Reload, Superfreakz, Thief – some of the bands that graced Musicbest Records’ popular showcase events during 2007. That’s Thursday, January 17 at The Empire. Admission is a mere £3.  http://www.myspace.com/onesonimusic

Indie/alt artist Tom McShane is the latest musician from Ulster to expand his touring into the US writes UlsterMusic.com contributor Nick Fitzsimons. Tom’s recent tour, which took in Seattle (Washington), Portland (Oregon), Los Angeles (SoCal) and a two-night stand in San Francisco, focused on urban areas, especially those with large student populations – a key [...]