Joshua Burnside – It’s Not Going to Be Okay – Album Deep Dive by Liam Griffin Belfast’s Joshua Burnside, experimental folk artist, grapples with one of life’s greatest tests, navigating grief, on […]
A Place To Bury Strangers – Rare & Deadly – Album Review by Killian Laher A Place To Bury Strangers have been on the go for 20 years or so, and this […]
deary – Birding – Album Review by Killian Laher This year’s ‘dreampop’ find is probably going to be English band deary. Releasing a debut album on Simon Raymonde’s Bella Union label, it’s […]
The Twilight Sad – It’s The Long Goodbye – Album Review by Killian Laher The first Twilight Sad album in seven years sees the band reduced to singer James Graham and guitarist […]
Barry Burns – Everybody To Kenmure St – Album Review by Killian Laher Barry Burns is largely responsible for the keyboard side of Mogwai. He has now released his first solo soundtrack […]
Ora Cogan – Hard Hearted Woman – Album Review March 27 – Galway, IE @ Roisin Dubh March 28 – Dublin, IE @ Whelans March 29 – Cork, IE @ Wavelength at […]
Morrissey – Make-up Is A Lie – Album Review by Killian Laher After his well-publicised difficulty in finding a record company to release his albums, this is the first Morrissey album to […]
Gorillaz – The Mountain – Album Review It’s a new release from Gorillaz, and surprisingly, it’s their 9th to date, their first since Cracker Island in 2023. A quick scan of the […]
Bill Callahan – My Days of 58 – Album Review by Killian Laher These days, Bill Callahan is well ensconced in cosy domesticity. He has emerged from this quiet life with his […]
Hen’s Teeth – Iron & Wine – Album Review by Cathy Brown There’s something quietly companionable about Hen’s Teeth, the eighth studio album from Iron & Wine, aka Sam Beam. Drawn from […]
Isabel Pine – Fables – Album Review by Killian Laher Isabel Pine is a Canadian violinist and composer who has released some EPs before this, her debut album. It’s a pretty wintry […]
Adrian Crowley – The Birdwatchers – EP Review by Killian Laher Adrian Crowley follows up last year’s Measure of Joy album with this five-track EP. It opens with She Brings Oblivion, standard […]
Polaroid Ghost – Belgica 1898 – Album Review by Killian Laher Paul Page, formerly of Whipping Boy, as well as his Sentimental Tourists project with Dave Long, has now recorded an instrumental […]
Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore – Tragic Magic – Album Review by Killian Laher Composers Julianna Barwick and harpist Mary Lattimore have come together to collaborate on this calm and gentle album. […]
Top 10 Albums of 2025 by Killian Laher It’s list season on the Workhorse, and this is the first of many! We’ve asked some of our journalists to tell us about their […]
Juliana Hatfield – Lightning Might Strike – Album Review by Killian Laher You have to admire Juliana Hatfield’s musical career. For the most part, she has avoided tapping into nineties nostalgia and […]
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 […]
New Irish Music – Croíthe – A Brief Respite by Killian Laher Croíthe are an Irish band from Dublin consisting of Caodán Connolly (vocals and guitar), Ben Byrne (guitar), David “DJ” Barron […]
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. […]
Steve Gunn – Daylight Daylight – Album Review by Killian Laher This is the second album of the year from Steve Gunn, and his first collection of songs for four years. Very […]
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 […]
Imaginational Anthem Vol. XIV: Ireland (curated by Cian Nugent) – Album Review by Killian Laher For the latest compilation in this series for Tompkins Square, Cian Nugent has pulled together some great […]
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 […]
Ash – Ad Astra – Album Review by Killian Laher Ash are back with their ninth album, two years after the excellent Race The Night. It seems like every second album of […]
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 […]
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