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 […]
Arrivalists – The Whitman One’s – Review
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, […]
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 […]
No More Workhorse 