We all know that story of the small town band that gets noticed on YouTube and makes it big. Boyce Avenue are the latest band in this trend. However, they are not just another name to add to the ever-expanding list! The band deliver fresh acoustic sound and songs with real sentimental meaning. They embody what all music should be in this time of dance and techno takeover!
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Cedric Has a Name also answers to Chris Steenson, a Belfast-based singer/songwriter who has cut his gigging teeth alongside the likes of Junior Johnson and Ian McHugh of A Plastic Rose. His first EP, ‘What We Want + 3 Songs’ is a melodic blend of indie, slowcore and lo-fi sensibilities that are perfect for those times in life when we just don’t know what it is we want, or what we have seems to be slipping away. Or, if you’re a bit more mundane, it’s a typical cut of classic rainy day shoe gazing soulfulness.
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Two men were arrested and a viable device was defused in the early hours of Friday morning in an alley opening on Eblana Street, just off University Street. The alley opening lies just behind the headquarters of the Alliance Party. This building also doubles as the constituency office of Anna Lo, MLA.
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‘The Hangover Part II’ is the inevitable sequel to a film which proved that comedies that were unfunny, unlikeable and thoroughly boring, could be both commercial and critical hits. This one proves that they can have equally unfunny, unlikeable and thoroughly boring sequels.
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After working through the first Eurovision semi-final, the second clearly allowed for a well deserved break. Essays are due (impending doom), but Jedward and ice cream are too hard to resist. Glee is clearly a big influence this year, the best act being Estonia with the Rachel Berry-esque girl singing about going to Rockefeller Street. There is no Rockefeller Street, in case you were wondering, but that is irrelevant for the voters of Eurovision.BY EMMA GALLEN Continue reading
Queens University RFC claimed the inaugural IRFU Ulster Club Sevens title on Saturday, defeating City of Derry 31-19 in the final.
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