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, […]
Juliana Hatfield – Bed – Album Review
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, […]
Yo La Tengo – Sleepless Night EP – Review
Yo La Tengo – Sleepless Night EP – Review by Killian Laher After the ambient delights of their recent album We Have Amnesia Sometimes, Yo La Tengo are very much in laid […]
Bob Mould – Blue Hearts – Album Review
Bob Mould – Blue Hearts – Album Review by Killian Laher Just 19 months on from the comparatively upbeat Sunshine Rock, Bob Mould returns with a complete 180 degree turn for his […]
Thurston Moore – By The Fire – Album Review
Thurston Moore – By The Fire – Album Review by Killian Laher With Sonic Youth very much in the rearview mirror, Thurston Moore has released his latest song-based album. Again working with […]
The Apartments – In and Out of the Light – Album Review
The Apartments – In and Out of the Light – Album Review by Killian Laher Albums from The Apartments don’t come around too often, the new one from Peter Milton Walsh and […]
Black Phoebe – Black Phoebe – Review
Black Phoebe – Black Phoebe – Review by Killian Laher Mark Lanegan has been dabbling with dance music for a couple of years. A couple of his recent albums received a dance […]
Ed Harcourt – Monochrome To Colour – Album Review
Ed Harcourt – Monochrome To Colour – Album Review By Cathy Brown It has been almost twenty years since Ed Harcourt released his Mercury Prize-nominated debut Here Be Monsters and in recent […]
IDLES – Ultra Mono – Album Review
IDLES – Ultra Mono – Album Review by Killian Laher IDLES have dished out some of the finest in-your-face punk rock in recent years. They really delivered on 2018’s Joy As An […]
Susanna – Baudelaire & Piano – Album Review
Susanna – Baudelaire & Piano – Album Review Release date: Friday, September 11th 2020 via SusannaSonata. French poet Charles Baudelaire (1821 – 1867) was a literary enfant terrible who had issues with […]
Looking back: The Cult – The Cult
Looking back: The Cult – The Cult by Killian Laher By the time the nineties rolled around The Cult seemed out of time and out of touch. They had released Ceremony in […]
Suzanne Vega – An Evening of New York Stories and Songs
Suzanne Vega – An Evening of New York Stories and Songs by Killian Laher Suzanne Vega is releasing a career-spanning live album, a recording of a show from 2019 in New York. For […]
Bill Callahan – Gold Record – Album Review
Bill Callahan – Gold Record – Album Review Out September 4th Bill Callahan follows up last year’s outstanding Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest with a follow-up, just over a year later. It’s […]
Looking Back: Yo La Tengo – Electr-O-Pura
Looking Back: Yo La Tengo – Electr-O-Pura This album is being reissued on September 4th Yo La Tengo open 1995’s Electr-O-Pura with the familiar Velvet-y groove of Decora, Georgia Hubley’s ghostly vocals […]
Album of the Week – 21/08/20
Album of the Week – 21/08/20 This is another slow August week for new music! If you’re a fan of The Killers, you’re probably in the wrong place! They have a new […]
Looking Back: Mark Lanegan – Whiskey for the Holy Ghost
Looking Back: Mark Lanegan – Whiskey for the Holy Ghost by Killian Laher As we know from his recent autobiography, Mark Lanegan was in poor health for much of the nineties. For […]
Looking back: Sparklehorse – It’s A Wonderful Life
Looking back: Sparklehorse – It’s A Wonderful Life By Killian Laher No More Workhorse had a listen back to Sparklehorse’s third album, remembering the late Mark Linkous. Sparklehorse’s third album, released in […]
Psychedelic Furs – Made of Rain – Album Review
Psychedelic Furs – Made of Rain – Album Review by Killian Laher File this one under: unexpected return to former glories. I was amazed to find this was their first album in […]
Max Richter – Voices – Album Review
Max Richter – Voices – Album Review by Killian Laher The new album by Max Richter is ten years in the making. Based around recitals of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, […]
Jason Molina – Eight Gates – Album Review
Jason Molina – Eight Gates – Album Review by Killian Laher It’s really quite strange to be reviewing a new Jason Molina album considering his death in 2013. For those unaware, he […]
Looking Back: Stills Young – Long May You Run
Looking Back: Stills Young – Long May You Run by Killian Laher Although it’s well known that Neil Young has been pretty hit and miss throughout his career, it’s generally agreed that […]
