The Sentimental Tourists – Lost Treasures – New Irish Music Of all the artists who might release a Christmas-themed EP, former members of Into Paradise and Whipping Boy are not top of […]

Loscil – Ash EP – Review by Killian Laher Loscil releases some of the most thoughtful ambient music around, and a new EP is always worth looking out for.  This is almost […]

Midlake – A Bridge To Far – Album Review by Killian Laher Midlake’s sixth album arrives like a warm balm, just three years or so after For The Sake of Bethel Woods.  […]

The Lemonheads – Love Chant – Album Review by Killian Laher This is an album many thought would never exist! It’s an album of 11 original songs penned by Evan Dando along […]

Deftones – private music – Album Review by Killian Laher Deftones recently released their tenth album, private music (stylised in all lowercase), their first in nearly five years.  Billed as a thinking […]

The Apartments – That’s What The Music Is For – Album Review by Killian Laher Albums from The Apartments don’t come around too often, and this is the seventh studio album from […]

Say She She – Cut & Rewind – Album Review by Cathy Brown Say She She’s Cut & Rewind is a record that brims with urgency, written – according to the band […]

Jeff Tweedy – Twilight Override – Album Review by Killian Laher Jeff Tweedy has a few solo albums under his belt, as well as multiple Wilco albums, but this is his first […]

NewDad – Altar – Album Review by Killian Laher For a band that only released their debut album at the start of 2024, a LOT has happened with NewDad since then.  The […]

Adrian Crowley and Matthew Nolan – Pomes Penyeach – Album Review by Killian Laher Adrian Crowley and Matthew Nolan have come together to create an album of James Joyce’s poetry put to […]

Suede – Antidepressants – Album Review by Killian Laher Suede’s return just over 10 years ago has to be one of the most successful comebacks in music.  Unlike some of their peers, […]

Modern Nature – The Heat Warps – Album Review by Killian Laher Jack Cooper and co had been heading into increasingly obtuse territory with their previous albums, Island of Noise and No […]

herbal tea – Hear As The Mirror Echoes – Album Review by Killian Laher herbal tea (all lowercase) is the artist name for UK musician Helena Walker.  She has crafted nine pieces […]

Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts – Talkin to the Trees – Album Review by Killian Laher Neil Young’s 97th album, now playing with the Chrome Hearts.  Okay, I exaggerate, but the […]

Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles – Album Review by Killian Laher After the, for want of a better word, shitshow that was White Roses, My God, Alan Sparhawk has teamed up […]

Robert Forster – Strawberries – Album Review by Killian Laher The former Go-Betweens man follows up 2023’s The Candle and the Flame relatively quickly with an album recorded with a band in […]

Mogwai – The Bombing of Pan Am 103 – Album Review by Killian Laher Mogwai are one of the most prolific bands around, and only four months after The Bad Fire, they […]

These New Puritans – Crooked Wing – Album Review by Killian Laher These New Puritans’ Jack and George Barnett often leave it five or six years between releases, but their albums seldom […]