Preoccupations – New Material – Album Review by Killian Laher Canadian post-punk outfit Preoccupations are back with their second album as Preoccupations and third overall (band was formerly known as Viet Cong).  […]

Moaning – Moaning – Album Review by Killian Laher Although hailing from California, Moaning have a propulsive post-punk sound on their debut album, belying their roots.  Don’t Go crashes through the speakers […]

Calexico – The Thread That Keeps Us – Album Review by Killian Laher Calexico have been playing their own brand of what’s often described as Americana for twenty years.  On their ninth […]

Tune-Yards – I can feel you creep into my private life – Album Review Released Jan 19th I was first introduced to Tune-Yards in unusual circumstances. Merrill Garbus was playing solo as […]

Gaelynn Lea – Deepest Darkness, Brightest Dawn – Album Review by Killian Laher Violin player Gaelynn Lea released this collection of Christmas-themed tracks just in time for last Christmas, and it has […]

Panda Riot – Infinity Maps – Album Review by Killian Laher Chicago shoegaze band Panda Riot released their second album a few months ago.   At 18 tracks it’s something of a sprawling […]

Dan Michaelson – First Light – Album Review by Killian Laher Dan Michaelson, after a series of albums recorded with The Coastguards, releases his first album as plain old Dan Michaelson in […]

M.Craft – Blood Moon Deconstructed – Album Review by Killian Laher Following last year’s Blood Moon album, songwriter/composer Martin Craft has reworked the album, removing vocals and altering (and retitling) each track.  […]

Best Albums of 2017 – Killian Laher Hi folks, a year where albums were plentiful but were there gems amongst the rubble?  Well it’s Top 10 time so here goes: 10. Slow […]

Neil Young + The Promise of the Real – The Visitor – Album Review by Killian Laher Neil Young’s 39th album follows just a year after Peace Trail, and a matter of […]

Sufjan Stevens – The Greatest Gift Mixtape – Album Review by Killian Laher Not a new album as such from Sufjan Stevens, this is billed as outtakes, mixes & demos from 2015’s […]

Slow Meadow – Costero – Album Review by Killian Laher Slow Meadow is the instrumental project of composer Matt Kidd, and this is their second album.  The music here is largely keyboard […]

Morrissey – Low In High School – Album Review by Killian Laher Solo album number 11 from Morrissey and, as is the norm these days, it’s accompanied by awful utterances spewed from […]

Alexis Georgopoulos and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – Fragments of a Season – Album Review by Killian Laher Genre-hopping artist Alexis Georgopoulos has teamed up with ambient artist Jefre Cantu-Ledesma to produce a chill-out masterclass […]

Angel Olsen – Phases – Album Review Is Angel really old enough to have a B-side, rarities and demos collection? I guess she has an unusual history having recorded on many compilations […]

Max Richter – Taboo / Henry May Long / Black Mirror – Album Reviews by Killian Laher The highly prolific Max Richter has just released three soundtracks: BBC drama Taboo, the film […]

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – The Vietnam War – Album Review by Killian Laher Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross seem to be in some unspoken duel with Nick Cave & Warren […]

Out Lines – Conflats – Album Review by Killian Laher Out Lines is a project teaming up James Graham from The Twilight Sad, with Kathryn Joseph and Marcus Mackay.  The resulting album, […]

Beach Slang / Quiet Slang – We Were Babies & We Were Dirtbags – Review by Killian Laher After two very enjoyable albums of what used to be known in the States […]

Bill MacKay & Ryley Walker – SpiderBeetleBee – Album Review by Killian Laher Jazz guitarist Bill MacKay and avant-folkster Ryley Walker have just released their second collaboration.  It’s a real treat for […]