Ride – Weather Diaries – Album Review Strangely, its seems a bit dull saying this is their first album since 1996. Their thunder has been well and truly stolen by the Jesus […]

Kevin Morby – City Music – Album Review Out 16th June on DEAD OCEANS Kevin Morby is just about to release his fourth solo album ‘City Music’ unto the world. It is […]

Cigarettes After Sex – Cigarettes After Sex – Album Review by Killian Laher Ten tracks on a debut album just feels so… right, doesn’t it?  On the debut album from Cigarettes After […]

Tindersticks – Minute Bodies – Album Review by Killian Laher As well as releasing albums of exquisite dark soul, Tindersticks have also released numerous soundtracks over more than 20 years. This is […]

Big Thief – Capacity – Album Review Released 9th June 2017 on Saddle Creek The follow up to last year’s Masterpiece, this album was recorded in the depths of winter in Upstate […]

Desertshore – Arc of an Arrow Blind – Album Review by Killian Laher American instrumental band Desertshore are a band loosely associated with Mark Kozelek, in fact guitar player Phil Carney is […]

Ulrika Spacek – Modern English Decoration – Album Review by Killian Laher Very much an album for guitar fans, Ulrika Spacek’s second album opens with some SST-era Sonic Youth licks on Mimi […]

Charlie Coxedge – Cloisters – Album Review Released on Bella Union – Friday, May 26th 2017 After the first few moments of the opening track Cloisters, you know you’re in good hands. […]

Aldous Harding – Party – Album Review Aldous Harding confirmed as special guest to Belle and Sebastian @ Iveagh Gardens July 20th This is Aldous Harding’s second album and her first on […]

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Best Troubador – Album Review by Killian Laher Currently streaming on NPR Will Oldham does whatever the hell he likes. It’s been a number of years since the […]

Slowdive – Slowdive – Album Review by Killian Laher In case anyone was in any doubt, the 90s revival is well and truly here. Shoegazers Slowdive return with their first album in […]

Jesu/Sun Kil Moon – 30 Seconds To The Decline of Planet Earth – Album Review by Killian Laher Mark Kozelek’s latest album, a collaboration with Jesu arrives less than 3 months after […]

Mark Lanegan Band – Gargoyle – Album Review by Killian Laher Mark Lanegan continues his recent, electronica-infused style on his tenth solo album. This time around he has collaborated with English musician […]

BNQT – Volume 1 – Album Review BNQT – a new indie super-group conceived and led by Eric Pulido of Midlake, will release of their debut album Volume 1 on 28th April […]

Wire – Silver/Lead – Album Review by Killian Laher Wire are back with their seventh album of this phase of their career (since 2003) and 16th overall. One of the least ‘showy’ […]

Allred & Broderick – Find The Ways – Album Review The aim of this collaboration was to create something minimal and they’ve achieved their goal! It features their voices, a violin and […]

Benjamin Finger – Ghost Figures – Album Review by Killian Laher Pianist Benjamin Finger has released his latest album Ghost Figures. It’s a collection of instrumental pieces that leans towards the creepier […]

Mount Eerie – A Crow Looked At Me – Album Review by Killian Laher This album is like few others. Recorded in the aftermath of Phil Elverum’s wife’s death from pancreatic cancer, […]

Hauschka – What If – Album Review by Killian Laher German composer Hauschka is nothing if not prolific, with the intervening 18 months or so since his last full release punctuated by […]

A Thousand Hours – Endless Grey – Album Review by Killian Laher With an album title like that, it’s clear that Alaskan band A Thousand Hours are in thrall to the Cure. […]

The Jesus and Mary Chain – Damage and Joy – Album Review by Killian Laher I approached this one with excitement and dread in equal measure. Since the Jesus and Mary Chain […]

Samantha Crain – You Had Me At Goodbye – Album Review out 24th March 2017 on Full Time Hobby ON TOUR IN IRELAND 7th April – Whelans, Dublin 8th April – Cleeres, […]

Spiral Stairs – Doris and the Daggers – Album Review by Killian Laher Former Pavement member Scott Kanneberg returns with his third solo album. Opener Dance (Cry Wolf) sets the tone, it’s […]