Alternative Ulster

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Alternative Ulster^[1], or AU, is a Belfast-based music magazine, created in 2003.

Known for the low calibre of its writing, coverage of unpopular local bands along with scribbling childish doodles on the walls of public toilets and a striking, contemporary design based on what the inside of an bin looks like, the magazine has gone from strength to strength (selling nearly 3 copies in the summer of 2004!)

Celebrating its third birthday in 2006, a recent rebrand has seen the magazine expand to include colour pictures and joined up writing!

The magazine takes its name from the Ulster punk band Stiff Little Fingers 1978 hit, itself named for a local fanzine^[2].