Chastity Belt – Chastity Belt – Album Review by Killian Laher Chastity Belt are an all-female group from Seattle and this is their fourth album. From the word go, it’s a great-sounding […]
Chastity Belt – Chastity Belt – Album Review
DIIV – Deceiver – Album Review
DIIV – Deceiver – Album Review by Killian Laher DIIV return after a three year gap and some publicised rehab with a far more focused album than previous ones. For a start […]
Boduf Songs – Abyss Versions – Album Review
Boduf Songs – Abyss Versions – Album Review by Killian Laher The seventh album from American artist Mat Sweet, recording as the oddly named Boduf Songs. It arrives nearly five years after […]
Wives – So Removed – Album Review
Wives – So Removed – Album Review by Killian Laher If you really want to categorise them, Wives are yet another New York based bunch of hipsters, but there is more to […]
Iggy Pop – Free – Album Review
Iggy Pop – Free – Album Review by Killian Laher Iggy Pop’s latest solo album sees him back away from the QOTSA-style rock of Post Pop Depression, moving towards more… reflective fare. […]
The Murder Capital – When I Have Fears – Album Review
The Murder Capital – When I Have Fears – Album Review by Killian Laher In a year where the Irish music scene has abounded with excellent guitar bands, The Murder Capital unleash […]
Loscil – Equivalents – Album Review
Loscil – Equivalents – Album Review by Killian Laher Canadian artist Scott Morgan has been releasing exquisite ambient music under the name Loscil for about twenty years. His latest, entitled Equivalents, is […]
Modern Nature – How To Live – Album Review
Modern Nature – How To Live – Album Review by Killian Laher Modern Nature are a group made up of Jack Cooper from Ultimate Painting/Mazes and Will Young from BEAK>, amongst others. […]
Ride – This Is Not A Safe Place – Album Review
Ride – This Is Not A Safe Place – Album Review by Killian Laher This Is Not A Safe Place is Ride’s second album since reforming, and their sixth overall. Here, the […]
Possible Humans – Everybody Split – Album Review
Possible Humans – Everybody Split – Album Review by Killian Laher Australian band Possible Humans released their debut back in April but it has now just been given a wider release. With […]
Not Waving & Dark Mark – Downwelling – Album Review
Not Waving & Dark Mark – Downwelling – Album Review by Killian Laher Not Waving is the name for the electronic music of Alessio Natalizia, and Dark Mark is none other than […]
Lloyd Cole – Guesswork – Album Review
Lloyd Cole – Guesswork – Album Review by Killian Laher These days there seem to be longer intervals between Lloyd Cole albums. It’s been six years since his last song-based output, Standards. […]
Seamus O’Muineachain – City of Lakes – Album Review
Seamus O’Muineachain – City of Lakes – Album Review by Killian Laher Instrumental composer Seamus O’Muineachain has just released his latest album, recorded in Vietnam. It opens with the reverb-y piano of […]
Caught In The Wake Forever – Waypoints – Album Review
Caught In The Wake Forever – Waypoints – Album Review by Killian Laher After two years away, Fraser McGowan returns with a fully instrumental album as Caught In The Wake Forever. It’s […]
Red House Painters – Songs for a Blue Guitar
Red House Painters – Songs for a Blue Guitar by Killian Laher As grunge fizzled out and the nineties wore on, I found myself in need of more thoughtful, quieter music. A […]
Album of the Week – 14-06-19 – Bill Callahan – Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest – Album Review
Album of the Week – 14-06-19 Ok, so everyone knows we love Bill Callahan. If you’re not sure about it, you can read our review here. “The songs here are brittle and […]
Screaming Trees – Dust
Screaming Trees – Dust – by Killian Laher The Screaming Trees never got the attention that Alice In Chains or Soundgarden received in the nineties, nor the adulation bestowed on Nirvana and […]
Bill Callahan – Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest – Album Review
Bill Callahan – Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest – Album Review by Killian Laher Never has the world needed a new Bill Callahan as much as now. For this, his first album […]
Album of the Week – 31/05/19 – Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith – The Peyote Dance
Album of the Week – 31/05/19 Some nice competition this week from the The Gotobeds (Debt Begins At 30) and Richard Hawley (Further) among others, but it would be hard to look […]
Earth – Full Upon Her Burning Lips – Album Review
Earth – Full Upon Her Burning Lips – Album Review by Killian Laher Earth is the band name for a project by American musician Dylan Carlson, and it is something of an […]
Morrissey – California Son – Album Review
Morrissey – California Son – Album Review by Killian Laher Morrissey takes a break from putting his fans’ loyalty to the test with the release of his 12th solo album, which you […]
Album of the Week – 24/05/19 – Sebadoh – Act Surprised
Album of the Week – 24/05/19 First off, the wounded the souls. The ones that released something beautiful into the world only to be snubbed right here, right now! If this slot […]
Swimming Tapes – Morningside – Album Review
Swimming Tapes – Morningside – Album Review by Killian Laher Swimming Tapes originally hail from the north of Ireland, and their debut album is full of jangly guitars and sweetly sung melodies. […]
The National – I Am Easy To Find – Album Review
The National – I Am Easy To Find – Album Review by Killian Laher Some years ago, The National perfected a sort of stately, classy drift in their music. Eight albums into […]
Versing – 10000 – Album Review
Versing – 10000 – Album Review by Killian Laher Versing are a band from Seattle, but rather than channel that city’s grunge legends, the band aim for the fuzzy delights of Sonic […]
Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel – Album Review
Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel – Album Review by Killian Laher LIVE – TOWER RECORDS, DUBLIN – 9th APRIL @ 7pm ALL TOGETHER NOW, WATERFORD – AUGUST 2019 VICAR STREET, DUBLIN – 7th & 8th DECEMBER Dublin […]
Stuart A Staples – Music for Claire Denis’ High Life – Album Review
Stuart A Staples – Music for Claire Denis’ High Life – Album Review by Killian Laher Stuart Staples and Tindersticks have a long association with French director Claire Denis. This soundtrack is […]
Stephen Malkmus – Groove Denied – Album Review
Stephen Malkmus – Groove Denied – Album Review by Killian Laher Much rumoured for some time, Stephen Malkmus has allowed the world to hear his electronic album. It opens with the messy […]
New Music – Karen O & Danger Mouse – Lux Prima
New Music – Karen O & Danger Mouse – Lux Prima A new album by Karen O & Danger Mouse, I hear you say. I wonder what that will sound like? Well, […]
No More Workhorse 