Punk
Noise Annoys: Pity the fool who misses Foo Laa Fest in Belfast, eight great Irish alternative bands on one brilliant bill
This week, we run down a live bill totally stacked with top Irish talent before getting excited about a belated Belfast debut for punk rock heroes the Descendents
Noise Annoys: The making of Sister Ghost’s ‘Beyond The Water’- LA studios, dreams and new beginnings
Sister Ghost’s Shannon O’Neill talks recording with with Brad Wood in LA and how the local music scene has changed for the better over the past decade
Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones says he has not spoken to singer John Lydon since 2008
In an interview on the Rockonteurs podcast, Jones described the part-reformed band with Frank Carter as ‘a different vibe’ from playing with Lydon.
Terri Hooley: Punk pioneer, hippy at heart – reflecting on Belfast’s music legacy & a life well-lived
Punk pioneer Terri Hooley chats to Sophie Clarke about getting arrested, foiling kidnappers, putting Belfast on the music map and how The Irish News played part in forming one of his closest friendships...
Noise Annoys: Sister Ghost manifests haunting debut album, Sound of Belfast festival returns
The long awaited debut album by Derry act Sister Ghost gets reviewed, followed by a look at this year's Sound of Belfast festival
The Outcasts’ Greg Cowan: ‘I played Paris when I was 17 and imagined I was David Bowie. The next day I was painting the railings in Ormeau Park’ - Anne Hailes
The life and times of Greg Cowan, front man of Belfast punk pioneers The Outcasts - and decorator of the Crown Bar
‘It’s our gift to Belfast’- Problem Patterns on penning punk ode to home city and why they can’t wait to play with Shania at Glastonbury
Noise Annoys Zooms with the Belfast punks as they prepare to play Glastonbury and release a new single celebrating their home city
‘Like anybody in showbiz, I’m kind of insecure’ - Dr John Cooper Clarke marks 50 years of punk poetry with new Irish tour
David Roy speaks to punk poet extraordinaire John Cooper Clarke about the Irish leg of his Get Him While He’s Alive! tour, his latest collection, What, and why poetry is just as competitive as rock and roll
Sprints singer ‘sexually assaulted’ during Belfast gig
Frontwoman Karla Chubb of Dublin punk outfit was assaulted while performing at gig on Saturday, band claims
