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 […]
Album of the Week – 21/08/20
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 […]
Yo La Tengo – We Have Amnesia Sometimes – Album Review
Yo La Tengo – We Have Amnesia Sometimes – Album Review by Killian Laher Yo La Tengo have just released probably their strangest album to date. It’s a series of five ‘formless’ […]
Thomas Bartlett – Shelter – Album Review
Thomas Bartlett – Shelter – Album Review by Killian Laher Thomas Bartlett, pianist from the Gloaming has released an album of 8 lengthy but lovely piano pieces. The opener Lucida is contemplative […]
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – All The Good Times – Album Review
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – All The Good Times – Album Review by Killian Laher Gillian Welch doesn’t play the media game, she has pretty much gone to ground since 2011’s […]
Looking Back: Tindersticks – Curtains
Looking Back: Tindersticks – Curtains by Killian Laher The funny thing about Tindersticks third album, Curtains (released in 1997) is that on paper it was everything a fan hoped for. An even […]
brdmm – Bedroom – Album Review
brdmm – Bedroom – Album Review by Killian Laher bdrmm are ‘five good boys’ from Hull, according to their Bandcamp page. They have just released a debut album which will seem instantly […]
Silverbacks – Fad – Album Review
Silverbacks – Fad – Album Review by Killian Laher Big things are expected of Dublin’s Silverbacks. With Girl Band’s Daniel Fox on production, the album has a thrilling, in your face sound. […]
Looking Back: David Bowie – 1. Outside – Album Review
David Bowie – 1. Outside – Album Review by Killian Laher Written off at the time as an over-ambitious folly, David Bowie’s 1995 album Outside (or 1. Outside) may be trying a […]
Piano Works – Gabríel Ólafs – Album Review
Piano Works – Gabríel Ólafs – Album Review by Cathy Brown Ólafs is something of a musical prodigy. He has been playing since the age of 5 and his debut album, Absent […]
Solitude Sounds: Preoccupations – Preoccupations
Solitude Sounds: Preoccupations – Preoccupations by Killian Laher The band formerly known as Viet Cong renamed themselves as Preoccupations in 2016, but on the basis of this album that was their only […]
Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher – Album Review
Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher – Album Review by Cathy Brown It has been almost three years since the release of Phoebe Bridgers debut album Stranger in the Alps, but she hasn’t been […]
Rose City Band – Summerlong – Album Review
Rose City Band – Summerlong – Album Review by Cathy Brown Ripley Johnson is one of the undisputed masters of modern psychedelic music. With his band Wooden Shjips and as one half […]
Solitude Sounds: Juliana Hatfield – Only Everything
Solitude Sounds: Juliana Hatfield – Only Everything by Killian Laher Juliana Hatfield’s third album, released in 1995 saw her music take a harder edge. The album opens (after a cough from Hatfield) […]
Solitude Sounds: The Blue Nile – High
Solitude Sounds: The Blue Nile – High by Killian Laher The Blue Nile released their fourth album ‘High’ in 2004, a mere eight years after their previous album. The slow drift of […]
Modern Nature – Annual – Album Review
Modern Nature – Annual – Album Review by Killian Laher Modern Nature follow up last year’s impressive ‘How To Live’ album with a new mini-album. With Will Young absent this time, former […]
Solitude Sounds: The Sewing Room – And Nico
Solitude Sounds: The Sewing Room – And Nico by Killian Laher The Sewing Room was a sort of off-shoot of the Stars of Heaven, the sort of softer side to them. The […]
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways to New Italy – Album Review
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways to New Italy – Album Review by Killian Laher One of the hotter guitar bands around is the Australian group Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever. They are […]
Solitude Sounds: Soundgarden – Down On The Upside
Solitude Sounds: Soundgarden – Down On The Upside by Killian Laher Soundgarden released Down On The Upside in 1996, just before the band went on hiatus for a number of years. This […]
Solitude Sounds: The Posies – Frosting On The Beater
Solitude Sounds: The Posies – Frosting On The Beater by Killian Laher The impression I had of The Posies is that of a slightly fey, strum along band who listened to a […]
Solitude Sounds: Lou Reed & John Cale – Songs for Drella
Solitude Sounds: Lou Reed & John Cale – Songs for Drella by Killian Laher Lou Reed was on a particularly strong creative streak in the late 80s/early 90s, and in 1990 he […]
The Dears – Lovers Rock – Album Review
The Dears – Lovers Rock – Album Review by Cathy Brown In a press release issued for the release of The Dears eighth studio album Lovers Rock, frontman Murray Lightburn may not […]
Solitude Sounds – Viet Cong – Viet Cong – Album Review
Solitude Sounds – Viet Cong – Viet Cong – Album Review by Killian Laher Canadian band Viet Cong released a debut in 2015, before changing their name to Preoccupations. Kicking it off […]
Mogwai – ZeroZeroZero OST – Album Review
Mogwai – ZeroZeroZero OST – Album Review by Killian Laher In the same way that Trent Reznor turned out a perfect soundtrack for these times, the music of Mogwai seems tailor-made for […]
No More Workhorse 