There are two NI Rocks Shows each week on Rock Radio NI. These are the playlists for those shows for the month of August. The shows are still available from the On Demand Player. There are tracks by around 120 different artists on the Shows this month.
Playlists for the previous month are also still available – http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/news/rrni-updates/2781-ni-rocks-playlists-for-july-2016.html
The Friday NI Rocks Show kicks off this week (2nd Sept) with local band A LITTLE BITTER and closes with the new single from SKARLETT RIOT called “Wounded” which is released on 6th September – keep an eye out for the video too! Lead singer Skarlett was a guest on the Show in May - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews/2609-ni-rocks-interview-with-skarlett-from-skarlett-riot.html
We also have an interview that DELAIN recorded for AC Promotions as well as their cover of Queen’s “Scandal” from the new album “Moonbathers” (http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/back-stage/music-reviews/2796-ni-rocks-recommends-qmoonbathersq-by-delain.html ).
Read more: NI ROCKS - What's on The FRIDAY NI ROCKS SHOW This Week?
I wouldn’t say that I’m really a huge fan of ‘Prog Rock’ as a genre, but then again I’m not really much of a fan of labelling bands either. I just like what I like! And I like “The Passage” which is the eighth studio album from Italian band DGM enough to post this recommendation! The album was released on 26th August by Frontiers Music. The first single from the album was “Animal” which was included on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 24th June and “Ghost of Insanity” is on the Show on 2nd September.
Dutch band Delain released their fifth studio album, entitled “Moonbathers”, via Napalm Records on 26th August. It’s a busy period for the band, whose debut album “Lucidity” is being re-mastered for a 10th anniversary re-release in October and who commence another 5 week European tour on 14th October. That tour sees them playing in The Button Factory in Dublin on 11th November, supported by Evergrey and Kobra and the Lotus. The lead-off single from “Moonbathers” was “Fire With Fire” which was included on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 22nd July. The Show on 2nd September includes a short interview that Charolotte and Martijn recorded with AC Promotions as well as an excellent cover of the Queen track “Scandal”.