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CMU Approved
Approved: FM Belfast
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 30 September 2010
We’ve long been fans of FM Belfast’s lo-fi electronica at CMU, having been instantly won over a few years ago by their cover of Rage Against The Machine’s ‘Killing In The Name’ and fantastically deadpan version of Technotronic’s ‘Pump Up The Jam’. We’ve never managed to catch them live, though. So, when we saw their name on the line-up for the Reeperbahn Festival, we made sure we were free to see their rather late night show.
Considering that in London they pull small audiences to back rooms of pubs, we weren’t quite prepared for the packed club that met us when we arrived. We also weren’t prepared for the fact that, while on record the band are a bit, well, twee, live they push everything into the red and deliver a bass-heavy dance set. It’s something that needs to be seen (and not in the back room of a pub with 30 other people). If you’re heading to Iceland Airwaves next month, you can catch them on the Sunday, headlining Nasa.
