Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer – Album Review Released on 1st of June LIVE :: BBC Biggest Weekend, Belfast – 25 May Vicar Street, Dublin – 28, 29 & 30 […]
Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer – Album Review
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Sparkle Hard – Album Review
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Sparkle Hard – Album Review by Killian Laher Stephen Malkmus returns with his seventh album with his rockist band the Jicks. Cast Off opens with plaintive […]
Ryley Walker – Deafman Glance – Album Review
Ryley Walker – Deafman Glance – Album Review by Killian Laher Ryley Walker first came to prominence with a pair of folky, singer-songwriter albums (All Kinds of You and Primrose Green), both […]
3 best ambient albums of 2018 (so far)
We’re only in May and already there have been some excellent ambient releases in 2018. Thanks to our friends at The Mouthchew, here are three superb, headphone-ready releases to transport you to […]
Beach House – 7 – Album Review
Beach House – 7 – Album Review by Cathy Brown 7 is Beach House’s seventh album and it sees duo Victoria LeGrand and Alex Scally explore new territory without sacrificing the quintessential […]
Launder – Pink Cloud – EP Review
Launder – Pink Cloud – Review by Killian Laher Pink Cloud is the debut EP of John Cudlip. It opens with the lazy, hazy guitar riffs of Wonder, underpinned by an airtight […]
Okkervil River – In The Rainbow Rain – Album Review
Okkervil River – In The Rainbow Rain – Album Review “When I had my tracheotomy, I was blue and stopped breathing, there was something wrong with me.” We are introduced to this […]
Grouper – Grid Of Points – Album Review
Grouper – Grid Of Points – Album Review by Cathy Brown When Liz Harris began recording as Grouper twelve years ago, her elusive songs were guitar focused affairs making judicious use of […]
Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert – Here Lies The Body – Album Review
Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert – Here Lies The Body – Album Review by Killian Laher One of the highlights of both Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert’s material in the last six […]
The Hedge Schools – Magnificent Birds – Album Review
The Hedge Schools – Magnificent Birds – Album Review by Killian Laher Released on 5th May 2018 In an age of short attention spans, online outrage over just about anything, and a […]
Damien Jurado – The Horizon Just Laughed – Album Review
Damien Jurado – The Horizon Just Laughed (Secretly Canadian) – Released on May 4th The album opens with the guitar and string track Allocate, which drifts softly past the listener in a […]
The Amazing – In Transit – Album Review
The Amazing – In Transit – Album Review by Killian Laher Swedish band The Amazing released one of the albums of the year in 2016’s Ambulance. The follow-up, their fifth album overall […]
Preoccupations – New Material – Album Review
Preoccupations – New Material – Album Review by Killian Laher Canadian post-punk outfit Preoccupations are back with their second album as Preoccupations and third overall (band was formerly known as Viet Cong). […]
Yo La Tengo – There’s A Riot Going On – Album Review
Yo La Tengo – There’s A Riot Going On – Album Review by Killian Laher Yo La Tengo return with what appears to be their fifteenth album, and their first album of […]
Moaning – Moaning – Album Review
Moaning – Moaning – Album Review by Killian Laher Although hailing from California, Moaning have a propulsive post-punk sound on their debut album, belying their roots. Don’t Go crashes through the speakers […]
The Breeders – All Nerve – Album Review
The Breeders – All Nerve – Album Review Release date: Friday, March 2nd 2018 25 May – BELFAST, BBC’s Biggest Weekend Festival 27 May– DUBLIN, Vicar Street For a certain group of […]
No Age – Snares Like A Haircut – Album Review
No Age – Snares Like A Haircut – Album Review by Killian Laher LA noisy punks No Age return with their first album in four and a half years. It acts as […]
Ezra Furman – Transangelic Exodus – Album Review
Ezra Furman – Transangelic Exodus – Album Review Released 9th February 2018 on Bella Union Ezra Furman @ Tivoli Theatre in Dublin – Tuesday 29 May 2018, 20:00 “I eat an orange […]
Calexico – The Thread That Keeps Us – Album Review
Calexico – The Thread That Keeps Us – Album Review by Killian Laher Calexico have been playing their own brand of what’s often described as Americana for twenty years. On their ninth […]
Tune-Yards – I can feel you creep into my private life – Album Review
Tune-Yards – I can feel you creep into my private life – Album Review Released Jan 19th I was first introduced to Tune-Yards in unusual circumstances. Merrill Garbus was playing solo as […]
Gaelynn Lea – Deepest Darkness, Brightest Dawn – Album Review
Gaelynn Lea – Deepest Darkness, Brightest Dawn – Album Review by Killian Laher Violin player Gaelynn Lea released this collection of Christmas-themed tracks just in time for last Christmas, and it has […]
Panda Riot – Infinity Maps – Album Review
Panda Riot – Infinity Maps – Album Review by Killian Laher Chicago shoegaze band Panda Riot released their second album a few months ago. At 18 tracks it’s something of a sprawling […]
The Courtneys – II – Album Review
The Courtneys – II – Album Review by Killian Laher The Courtneys are a Canadian three piece who trade in catchy melodies combined with fuzzy guitars. They released their second album a […]
Dan Michaelson – First Light – Album Review
Dan Michaelson – First Light – Album Review by Killian Laher Dan Michaelson, after a series of albums recorded with The Coastguards, releases his first album as plain old Dan Michaelson in […]
M.Craft – Blood Moon Deconstructed – Album Review
M.Craft – Blood Moon Deconstructed – Album Review by Killian Laher Following last year’s Blood Moon album, songwriter/composer Martin Craft has reworked the album, removing vocals and altering (and retitling) each track. […]
Best Albums of 2017 – Killian Laher
Best Albums of 2017 – Killian Laher Hi folks, a year where albums were plentiful but were there gems amongst the rubble? Well it’s Top 10 time so here goes: 10. Slow […]
Neil Young + The Promise of the Real – The Visitor – Album Review
Neil Young + The Promise of the Real – The Visitor – Album Review by Killian Laher Neil Young’s 39th album follows just a year after Peace Trail, and a matter of […]
Peter Oren – Anthropocene – Album Review
Peter Oren – Anthropocene – Album Review by Killian Laher American artist Peter Oren releases his second album and the influence of Bill Callahan hangs heavily on it. Maybe it’s the sparse […]
Bonnie Prince Billy – Wolf of the Cosmos – Album Review
Bonnie Prince Billy – Wolf of the Cosmos – Album Review by Killian Laher Bonnie Prince Billy is not your average artist. This is his second album inside six months where he […]
