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Coleraine based “melodic rock” trio Swurve – messrs. Cozy McAuley, Steve Legear, and Tim Torrens [not Tim Collins - ed] – plan to release a new EP, single and future LP with an (unnamed) American label later in 2008. Swurve say that the Los Angeles based label is owned by one of the biggest [...]

The Undertones headline a concert at QUBSU’s Mandela Hall, Belfast on Friday, April 25 to mark the 30th anniversary of influential Belfast punk label Good Vibrations: tickets cost £20 from www.gotobelfast.com. Named after the Brian Wilson’s exhuberent polyphonic spree, Good Vibrations was founded by “self-confesssed anarchist” Terri Hooley in 1978 and based in his then [...]

Belfast singer Seaneen Kane [MySpace] has signed to the Bristol based Jedbrah Music label and is now working on a new album of material. The teenager’s latest single Hey You (Doing It Again) is available to download from iTunes and other on-line stores. Jedbrah is currently looking for another act for its roster of UK [...]

EXCLUSIVE: A new Co. Armagh based Christian record company, Pillar Records [http://www.pillarrecords.com] has been formed through the merger of two existing digital recording studios – Wild Goose Productions and Word Salad Productions. Co-founders Greg Haire and Leo “Mack” McMullan say that their new joint-venture start-up label will be used to promote the two studios’ existing [...]

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Congratulations to Urban Angel Music signing Lila who made the Irish Top 50 Singles chart with her debut single Hold On. The same Belfast based music company is also seeking submissions from artists/songwriters for its fast-growing record label and publishing division, and plans to exhibit at the MIDEM 2008 music conference and festival in France.

OnBeat is a new independant record label based in Glasgow, Scotland. The label seeks the best unsigned artists from across the UK: check out recently signed artist Wull the Thief. more: www.ONBEAT.co.uk

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