Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – Carnage – Album Review A surprise new album from Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, minus the rest of the Bad Seeds has just emerged, without warning! […]
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – Carnage – Album Review
Arab Strap – As Days Get Dark – Album Review
Arab Strap – As Days Get Dark – Album Review by Killian Laher Here’s something I did not expect in 2021: the first Arab Strap album in nearly 16 years! Despite the […]
Album of the Week – 19/02/21
Album of the Week – 19/02/21 This week sees new releases from David Gray (Skellig) and The Hold Steady (Open Door Policy) among others. There’s also a debut album from Irish Artist […]
David Gray – Skellig – Album Review
David Gray – Skellig – Album Review by Cathy Brown It’s been just over twenty years since David Gray became a household name with the ubiquitous, multi-platinum selling White Ladder, which still […]
Invisible Cities OST – A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Album Review
Invisible Cities OST – A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Album Review by Killian Laher A stately drift from A Winged Victory For The Sullen is always a good way to […]
Tindersticks – Distractions – Album Review
Tindersticks – Distractions – Album Review by Killian Laher Tindersticks’ latest album quickly follows up their last, just over a year later. No Treasure But Hope was an album focusing on the […]
Mogwai – As The Love Continues – Album Review
Mogwai – As The Love Continues – Album Review by Killian Laher Mogwai have carved out a sort of twin career for themselves: soundtrack work and their extensive catalogue of non-soundtrack albums. […]
Aerial East – Try Harder – Album Review
Aerial East – Try Harder – Album Review by Cathy Brown Aerial East’s new album Try Harder has been two years in the making and is sonically a world away from her […]
For The First Time – Black Country, New Road – Album Review
For The First Time – Black Country, New Road – Album Review by Killian Laher Seven-piece band Black Country, New Road have been gaining attention of late with lots of positive noise, […]
Anna B Savage – A Common Turn – Album Review
Anna B Savage – A Common Turn – Album Review by Cathy Brown The debut album from Anna B Savage is something of a contradiction. It is an album mired in uncertainty […]
James Yorkston and the Second Hand Orchestra – Album Review
James Yorkston and the Second Hand Orchestra – Album Review by Killian Laher James Yorkston has been releasing music on his own and with various collaborators for nearly 20 years. For his […]
Top Ten Albums of 2020 (Part 2)
Top Ten Albums of 2020 by Cathy Brown We asked each of our regular music writers to tell us about their favourite albums of the year. You can what Cathy Brown thought […]
Arrivalists – The Whitman One’s – Review
Arrivalists – The Whitman One’s – Review by Killian Laher There are times when, as a music reviewer, you feel ill-equipped to talk about certain music. Pat Barrett’s new EP, a series of […]
Mark Lanegan – Dark Mark Does Christmas 2020 – Album Review
Mark Lanegan – Dark Mark Does Christmas 2020 – Album Review by Killian Laher Is it too early for a Christmas album? Back in 2012 Mark Lanegan released an EP of Christmas […]
Calexico – Seasonal Shift – Album Review
Calexico – Seasonal Shift – Album Review by Cathy Brown The alternative Christmas album is becoming de rigour for a variety of indie and folk artists so here is Tucson duo Calexico […]
Top 10 Albums of 2020 (Part 1)
Top 10 Albums of 2020 (Part 1) by Killian Laher We asked each of our regular music writers to give us their Top Ten Albums of the the year. You can see […]
Looking Back: Free – Free
Looking Back: Free – Free by Killian Laher When you think of the band Free, it’s likely their massive hit single All Right Now might spring to mind. The type of ‘Adult […]
King Pallas – We Pause EP – Review
King Pallas – We Pause EP – Review by Killian Laher Irish artist King Pallas, the recording name for Patrick O’Brien of Windings, released a debut EP a month or so ago. […]
How Beauty Holds The Hand Of Sorrow – Ane Brun – Album Review
How Beauty Holds The Hand Of Sorrow – Ane Brun – Album Review by Cathy Brown When I reviewed Ane Brun’s last release, After the Great Storm, I called it ‘her most […]
Juliana Hatfield – Bed – Album Review
Juliana Hatfield – Bed – Album Review by Killian Laher Juliana Hatfield released the album Bed in 1998. It was a strange time for her, her ‘moment’ had well and truly passed, […]
After The Great Storm – Ane Brun – Album Review
After The Great Storm – Ane Brun – Album Review by Cathy Brown It’s been half a decade since Ane Brun released an album of her own work, but it seems that […]
Jeff Tweedy – Love Is The King – Album Review
Jeff Tweedy – Love Is The King – Album Review by Killian Laher The title of Tweedy’s 2018 album Warm summed him up as a solo proposition. That’s what he does, warm, […]
Keaton Henson – Monument – Album Review
Keaton Henson – Monument – Album Review by Cathy Brown Listening to Keaton Henson’s new album Monument feels a little bit like eavesdropping, as if Henson made it but never intended for […]
This is the Kit – Off Off On – Album Review
This is the Kit – Off Off On – Album Review This is the Kit’s last album ‘Moonshine Freeze’ was something of a grower. An album that on first listen did not […]
Henrik Lindstrand – Nordhem – Album Review
Henrik Lindstrand – Nordhem – Album Review by Cathy Brown Henrik Lindstrand is something of an anomaly. Keyboard player with Danish heavy rock group Kashmir, he found himself a part of one […]
The Last Dinosaur – Wholeness – Album Review
The Last Dinosaur – Wholeness – Album Review by Killian Laher The Last Dinosaur is the musical project of Jamie Cameron, whose 2017 album The Nothing crept its way quietly around discerning […]
Revelino – Happiness Is Mine EP – Review
Revelino – Happiness Is Mine EP – Review by Killian Laher The reissue of the debut album (covered here) comes with a bonus EP of six tracks. Lead track is a remix […]
Lila Tristram – Our Friends – Album Review
Lila Tristram – Our Friends – Album Review by Killian Laher Lila Tristram is an English singer-songwriter. Half the songs on her debut album came out as an EP a few months […]
Mary Lattimore – Silver Ladders – Album Review
Mary Lattimore – Silver Ladders – Album Review by Killian Laher Mary Lattimore is an American harpist who has played with the likes of Thurston Moore and Kurt Vile. On this album, […]
