Arab Strap – Half-Told Tales – Album Review by Killian Laher This is the third Arab Strap album post-reformation and their ninth overall. With 14 tracks, there is a lot to digest […]
Arab Strap – Half-Told Tales – Album Review
Interpol – This Mirror Weighs A Ton – Album Review
Interpol – This Mirror Weighs A Ton – Album Review by Killian Laher It’s a little bit of a surprise (to your reviewer) that Interpol are still around and making music. They […]
Dinosaur Jr – There Near – Album Review
Dinosaur Jr – There Near – Album Review by Killian Laher Another album from Dinosaur Jr, it’s now their sixth album post-reformation and thirteenth overall. It’s very much a ‘business as usual’ […]
Phoebe Bridgers – Lost Weekend – Album Review
Phoebe Bridgers – Lost Weekend – Album Review by Killian Laher Phoebe Bridgers is something of a phenomenon. She has that rare thing: popularity and credibility. This is a long-awaited follow-up to […]
Shearwater – The New World – Album Review
Shearwater – The New World – Album Review by Killian Laher This is the eighth Shearwater album and their first for four years. The band, fronted by Jonathan Meiburg, has carved out […]
Ellie O’Neill – Time of Fallow – Album Review
Ellie O’Neill – Time of Fallow – Album Review by Killian Laher One album that turned our heads recently is the debut by Co Meath singer Ellie O’Neill, who lately supported John […]
The Durutti Column – Renascent – Album Review
The Durutti Column – Renascent – Album Review by Killian Laher I never thought we’d see another album from Vini Reilly, after enduring three strokes, I believe, between 2010 and 2013, and […]
Shark School – Selachimorpha – Album Review
Shark School – Selachimorpha – Album Review by Killian Laher Shark School are an all-female band from Galway who kick up a mighty racket. This is their debut album, Selachimorpha… which appears […]
Rattling Ark – Top of a Mountain – Album Review
Rattling Ark – Top of a Mountain – Album Review by Killian Laher Anyone who has followed Kevin Murphy’s various iterations (Seti the First, Slow Moving Clouds, Blind Stitch) knows he has […]
Cancer House – The Moth – EP Review
Cancer House – The Moth – EP Review by Killian Laher A mysterious band by the name of Cancer House have emerged slowly and quietly from Chicago. Their debut EP, which was […]
Boards of Canada – Inferno – Album Review
Boards of Canada – Inferno – Album Review by Killian Laher After a mere 13 years, Boards of Canada are back with their fifth album. By calling it Inferno, many are reading […]
The Sentimental Tourists – Without Love We Expire – Album Review
The Sentimental Tourists – Without Love We Expire – Album Review by Killian Laher Paul Page (ex-Whipping Boy) and Dave Long (ex-Into Paradise) have recorded several EPs as Sentimental tourists and have […]
Little Wide Open – Kevin Morby – Album Review
Little Wide Open – Kevin Morby – Album Review by Cathy Brown There is a confidence to Little Wide Open, Kevin Morby’s tenth album, that feels transformative. Morby has always flirted with […]
The Sleeves – The Sleeves – Album Review
The Sleeves – The Sleeves – Album Review by Killian Laher The Sleeves are a side project of Jack Cooper and Tara Cunningham from Modern Nature, who joined for last year’s excellent […]
Crying Loser – The Ick – Album Deep Dive
Crying Loser – The Ick – Album Deep Dive by Liam Griffin There are really only two ways to fight fire. One is with its antidote, water, and the other is with […]
Hiss Golden Messenger – I’m People – Album Review
Hiss Golden Messenger – I’m People – Album Review by Cathy Brown MC Taylor (who has performed as Hiss Golden Messenger since 2008) has always had a gift for making music that […]
Bloodworm – Blood and Lust – EP Review
Bloodworm – Blood and Lust – EP Review by Killian Laher From Nottingham in England, Bloodworm are a post-punk band making waves across the English Midlands, and they are releasing their debut […]
Joshua Burnside – It’s Not Going to Be Okay – Album Deep Dive
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
No More Workhorse 