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. […]
Silverbacks – Fad – Album Review
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 […]
Mark Lanegan -Straight Songs of Sorrow – Album Review
Mark Lanegan -Straight Songs of Sorrow – Album Review by Killian Laher Mark Lanegan has really upped his workrate in recent years, as well as this album he has just released an […]
RVG – Feral – Album Review
RVG – Feral – Album Review by Killian Laher Australian band RVG seem to have been created in an ‘alt-80s’ lab. This is their second album and it differs very little from […]
Solitude Sounds: Adrian Crowley – Season of the Sparks – Album Review
Solitude Sounds: Adrian Crowley – Season of the Sparks – Album Review by Killian Laher Adrian Crowley has being ploughing away on a lone, singular furrow since the late nineties. Season of […]
The Strokes – The New Abnormal – Album Review
The Strokes – The New Abnormal – Album Review by Killian Laher The question is: Does anyone really need a new album by the Strokes? This is their first in seven years […]
Solitude Sounds: Ash – 1977 – Album Review
Solitude Sounds: Ash – 1977 – Album Review by Killian Laher An album that isn’t always mentioned in lists of great Irish debut albums is Ash’s 1977, released in 1996. It bloody […]
Other Lives – For Their Love – Album Review
Other Lives – For Their Love – Album Review by Killian Laher American band Other Lives return five years after their last album with their latest release. The first thing you notice […]
Solitude Sounds: Mazzy Star – Among My Swan
Solitude Sounds: Mazzy Star – Among My Swan by Killian Laher This was Hope Sandoval and David Roback’s third album as Mazzy Star. It came out in 1996, and was relatively unheralded, […]
Cowboy Junkies – Ghosts – Album Reviews
Cowboy Junkies – Ghosts – Album Reviews by Killian Laher It seems to be all about ghosts at the minute, with this time Cowboy Junkies theming a surprise album about them. This […]
James Elkington – Ever-Roving Eye – Album Review
James Elkington – Ever-Roving Eye – Album Review by Killian Laher James Elkington returns with his second solo album, three years after his debut, Wintres Woma. It’s a kind of old-fashioned, singer-songwriter […]
Nite Fields – A Voyeur Makes No Mark – Album Review
Nite Fields – A Voyeur Makes No Mark – Album Review by Killian Laher Five years ago Australian band Nite Fields appeared seemingly from nowhere with a wonderful debut album, Depersonalisation. Since […]
Solitude Sounds: Revelino – Revelino – Album Review
Solitude Sounds: Revelino – Revelino – Album Review by Killian Laher Revelino were a Dublin based band active in the 90s and early noughties. Several of the members had been in the […]
Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts V-VI – Album Review
Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts V-VI – Album Review by Killian Laher If ever there was a man to soundtrack a dystopia, it’s Trent Reznor. Nine Inch Nails have just surprise-released Ghosts […]
No More Workhorse 