Do not get me wrong, I am all in favour of a thriving local music scene, I believe that is certainly got on our hands. There are so many great bands, and I’m not just saying that, but when a good handful of bands have gigs I would go out of my way to see then, telling everyone about them along the way – hoping that I will be presented with a CD of their finest tracks when I arrive so that I can listen to them to my heart’s content.

Alas some of these great bands have yet to record these great works, let alone to be heard by the rest of the population.

Lately it seems that most days of the week there will be one of these bands/artists playing their music for the general public to hear in the live music venues dotted around Belfast. My week is usually planned around the gigs that are happening. But what do I do when there is a clash? Multiple bands of pure awesomeness on the same night in different venues!

Such a predicament. I never know what to do.

Previously I have run between two venues. The last time it was between the Empire and Lavery’s which are only 3 minutes from each other. However, the distance between The Limelight and The Empire is just too great to be running between them all night, and so I must make a decision.

The Empire is hosting Gifted, the often monthly, often bi-weekly, local music night that seemingly all bands want to play. The lineup, Geoff Gatt, Cat Malojhian, Kyron & The Strangels and The Delawares. The only band I have not seen previously is Kyron &The Strangels, though as I listen to the myspace tracks I find myself singing along (I don’t lie).

The Limelight on this Thursday is host to Two Step, a similarly “premier” monthly live music club, this week featuring Cutaways, And So I Watch You From Afar and Kowalski.

Seven fantastic bands in one night! A decision must be made.

It may have already been made…

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