Looking back to Lou Reed (via the Velvet Underground and Nico) – by Killian Laher Not so long after becoming a teenager, I became aware of Lou Reed, through the one song […]
Looking back to Lou Reed
Smashing Pumpkins – Shiny And Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP – Album Review
Smashing Pumpkins – Shiny And Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. – Album Review by Killian Laher Four years on from Monuments for an Elegy, […]
Ed Harcourt – Beyond the End – Album Review
Ed Harcourt – Beyond the End – Album Review by Killian Laher Ed Harcourt has released seven albums of singer-songwriter music, ranging in intensity and mood since his debut in 2001, Here […]
Ryley Walker – The Lillywhite Sessions – Album Review
Ryley Walker – The Lillywhite Sessions – Album Review by Killian Laher Ryley Walker follows up his prog-rock messy Deafman Glance album just six months later with a cover of an unreleased […]
J Mascis – Elastic Days – Album Review
J Mascis – Elastic Days – Album Review by Killian Laher Guitar god J Mascis seems to be alternating Dinosaur Jr albums with solo ones these days. His fifth solo album is […]
Two Medicine – Astropsychosis – Album Review
Two Medicine – Astropsychosis – Album Review by Killian Laher Two Medicine is the side project of Midlake bassist Paul Alexander. It’s in a similar vein to his main band, with the […]
Adrianne Lenker – Abysskiss – Album Review
Adrianne Lenker – Abysskiss – Album Review Out 5 October 2018 on Saddle Creek LIVE on 16 January 2019 at Button Factory, Dublin While many may think this is Adrianne steeping away […]
Kurt Vile – Bottle It In – Album Review
Kurt Vile – Bottle It In – Album Review by Killian Laher Kurt Vile puts a lot of effort into sounding like he puts no effort in. Confused? You will be listening […]
Dakota Suite, Dag Rosenqvist and Emanuele Errante – What Matters Most – Album Review
Dakota Suite, Dag Rosenqvist and Emanuele Errante – What Matters Most – Album Review by Killian Laher Dakota Suite are practically an institution at this stage. Although unknown by all but a […]
The Goon Sax – We’re Not Talking – Album Review
The Goon Sax – We’re Not Talking – Album Review by Killian Laher The Goon Sax are a ridiculously named Australian band featuring Louis Forster, son of Go-Between Robert. Their second album […]
Snail Mail – Lush – Album Review
Snail Mail – Lush – Album Review by Killian Laher Snail Mail are an American trio fronted by Lindsey Jordan who recently released their debut album. On listening to this, it’s a […]
Low – Double Negative – Album Review
Low – Double Negative – Album Review by Killian Laher Low are releasing their twelfth album, a fact which in itself is unremarkable. But if you ever thought Low are just not […]
Alice in Chains – Rainier Fog – Album Review
Alice in Chains – Rainier Fog – Album Review by Killian Laher Alice in Chains release their first album in 5 years and their third since getting back together post-Layne Staley. These […]
Mogwai – Kin OST – Album Review
Mogwai – Kin OST – Album Review by Killian Laher Mogwai have evolved into both one of the most consistent and prolific bands currently making music. This is a soundtrack to a […]
Interpol – Marauder – Album Review
Interpol – Marauder – Album Review by Killian Laher Interpol’s sixth (sixth!) album is their first in four years. This time around they appear to have modified the formula with Paul Banks […]
Glenn Jones – The Giant Who Ate Himself And Other New Works – Album Review
Glenn Jones – The Giant Who Ate Himself And Other New Works For 6 and 12 String Guitar – Album Review A new album by Glenn Jones is a reason to rejoice […]
Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood – With Animals – Album Review
Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood – With Animals – Album Review by Killian Laher This is Mark Lanegan’s second full length album collaboration with Duke Garwood, and it mostly consists of dark, […]
Papa M – A Broke Moon Rises – Album Review
Papa M – A Broke Moon Rises – Album Review by Killian Laher After the somewhat ropey Highway Songs in 2016, David Pajo is back with another Papa M album. Back to […]
Clearance – At Your Leisure – Album Review
Clearance – At Your Leisure – Album Review by Killian Laher American band Clearance have seemingly moved away from their nineties-evoking slacker roots and embraced their poppy side on their second album, […]
Cowboy Junkies – All That Reckoning – Album Review
Cowboy Junkies – All That Reckoning – Album Review by Killian Laher All That Reckoning is the first album in six years from the Cowboy Junkies, appearing 30 years on from their […]
RVG – A Quality of Mercy – Album Review
RVG – A Quality of Mercy – Album Review by Killian Laher A Quality of Mercy, the debut album from Australian band RVG, was quietly released late last year, but is now […]
The National – Boxer live in Brussels – Album Review
The National – Boxer live in Brussels – Album Review by Killian Laher Two strange concepts clash head on here. First: the ‘live’ album, or rather, a recording of a band live […]
Nine Inch Nails – Bad Witch EP – Review
Nine Inch Nails – Bad Witch EP – Review by Killian Laher Bad Witch is either a short album or a very long EP, the third in a series of three, depending […]
Protomartyr – Consolation EP – Review
Protomartyr – Consolation EP – Review by Killian Laher Protomartyr do not make music to put on in the background. Their music grabs you viscerally by the lapels, commanding you to pay […]
Girls Names – Stains on Silence – Album Review
Girls Names – Stains on Silence – Album Review by Killian Laher Having parted ways with former drummer Gib Cassidy, Belfast band Girls Names return with their fourth album. After 2013’s The […]
Stuart A Staples – Arrhythmia – Album Review
Stuart A Staples – Arrhythmia – Album Review by Killian Laher Stuart A Staples releases his first solo album away from Tindersticks in thirteen years. This time around it’s less song-based than […]
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs – Album Review
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs – Album Review by Killian Laher Australian band Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever have built up a hefty dose of excitement thanks to two excellent EPs. […]
Hilary Woods – Colt – Album Review
Hilary Woods – Colt – Album Review by Cathy Brown Hilary Woods has been making music since her school days as part of Dublin indie rock band JJ72. They split in 2006 […]
Library Tapes – Patterns (Repeat) – Album Review
Library Tapes – Patterns (Repeat) – Album Review by Killian Laher Library Tapes is the recording name of Swedish composer David Wenngren. Wenngren has been quietly releasing short half hour or so […]
No More Workhorse 