'Nick Will Cave My Head In' the debut album by Thomas Dreyfus is now available on Bandcamp
https://thomasdreyfus.bandcamp.com

Jim McClean is a Belfast born Rock singer-songwriter. His repertoire of original songs spans over a decade. He has enjoyed local and international air play, Television appearance, media review and festival performances. Jim plays multiple instruments, and is an innovative performer, including theatrical elements to his stage performance

In 2012, he released the CD album "Cosmic Nomad" http://jimmcclean.bandcamp.com. This was followed by 2014's "Cosmic Chronicles" a collection of live and studio tracks of varied sources. He is currently working toward next studio album as a follow up to "Cosmic Nomad"

Featuring founder members of local scene stalwarts Element and Throat, Larne/Portadown noise-punk trio Duellists are a band with pedigree. Since their formation in 2015, the three-piece have honed their sinuous and abrasive sound in the live arena, sharing a stage with the likes of Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes, In Case of Fire and touring with noise-rock legends Clutch. After spending much of 2017 in the studio, they are now ready to unleash their scathing debut record. Showcasing career-best performances from Pete (guitar/vocals), Mike (drums) and Rus (bass), the self-titled full-length proves the aching melodies and dynamics of their previous acts are still present and correct but are now shot through with the pin-sharp rhythmic twists of The Jesus Lizard and Fugazi and framed with bursts of focussed aggression only rarely hinted at in past output. Recorded in Smalltown America’s studio by Caolán Austin and mixed by Kurt Ballou (Converge) at Godcity Studios, Salem Massachusetts, Duellists captures the trio’s live chemistry, impressive instrumental interplay and new-found intensity perfectly. Play it loud and catch the guys tearing up a live venue near you soon.

COMING JUNE 2018!!

Recorded by Caolán Austin @ Smalltown America Studios, Northern Ireland
Mixed by Kurt Ballou @ Godcity Studios, Salem, Massachusetts
Mastered by Brad Boatright @ Audiosiege, Portland, Oregon

Indie-Folk-Pop 

“I love your music.” Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2

“beautiful” Lauren Laverne, BBC 6 Music

“achingly beautiful” Q Magazine

“I’m completely obsessed” Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol)

“the North’s best songwriter over the last half decade” Hot Press Magazine

“arguably the finest Northern Irish songwriter in a long time” Culture Northern Ireland

“beautiful stuff” Stuart Bailie, NME, BBC Radio Ulster

“a masterful piece of work” *****Belfast Telegraph

Patrick McFerran is a songwriter from Belfast United Kingdom.  He is a regular of the Belfast music scene and gigs regularly. He has recently been picked up by a local independent label, Ravenhill Records, and has had a song played on a station in Hull England; the song was called "Poverty 101," and the station was EGH Radio.  

He has recently rebranded himself to his twitter name, @pmcf4, and has formed a three piece band.

Eve Williams, A&R Consultant and Songwriting Tutor at Queen's University of Belfast, has said
"Patrick will draw you in with his unique, expressive voice. His songs really communicate life."
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Groundbreaking Peabody Award-winning conversation about the big questions of meaning, hosted by Krista Tippett. Every Thursday a new discovery about the immensity of our lives — and frequent special features like poetry, music and Q + A with Krista.

Electropop from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Shona’s work defies easy categorisation. When you hear it, you’ll know that Frank Zappa was bang on when he said that writing about music was like dancing about architecture. We could talk of haunting melodies and enchanting rhythms or about how an Ella Fitzgerald/Tom Waits/Tim Burton collaboration might sound – but that still wouldn’t even be close.

For Shona, the songs spring from the fertile ground where truth and experience meet fantasy and drama – daydreams and imaginary soundtracks made real. What may start as the merest hint of melody is then lovingly crafted by singer and band until the piece has reached its fullest potential. The result is a heady mix of symphony hall (violins, clarinet, flute) and local junkyard (pipes, oil cans, old bicycles).

The exotic and the everyday in perfect harmony.

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