For those who do not recognise that these are the opening lines of Stiff Little Fingers song 'Here We Are Nowhere from their album Inflammable Material, released in the dark days of Northern Ireland's Troubles in the late 70s.
Then, Belfast's City
There are two NI Rocks Shows each week on Rock Radio NI. These are the playlists for the shows for the month of May. These shows are still available from the On Demand Player. Playlists for the previous month are also still available - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/news/rrni-updates/1522-playlists-for-ni-rocks-shows-for-last-5-weeks.html
About 90 different artists featured!"We like to make records that we can keep simple and reproduce live"
Tesla release their new album “Simplicity” on 6th June through Frontiers Records (http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/back-stage/music-reviews/1552-ni-rocks-recommends-qsimplicityq-by-tesla.html ). As a huge fan of the band since the late 80s, it was amazing to get the opportunity to speak to lead singer Jeff Keith over the phone and record an interview for Rock Radio NI. The main focus of the interview was to get Jeff chatting about five of the tracks from the album.
The interview was broadcast on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 30th May 2014 and was then available for 8 weeks via the On Demand Player. The show from 30th May which includes the interview can be heard at http://www.mixcloud.com/NIRocks/
A transcription of the interview is posted below.
From the moment I heard the first track from Cimino’s latest album “Angels and Animals” I was hooked. Although the band from Kansas City had released their first EP in 2009 and album in 2012, this latest release from a few months back was my first encounter with the band. Cimino recently signed with Head First Entertainment to handle their PR and we have them to thank for sharing this excellent album with us at Rock Radio NI.