We’re only in May and already there have been some excellent ambient releases in 2018. Thanks to our friends at The Mouthchew, here are three superb, headphone-ready releases to transport you to […]
3 best ambient albums of 2018 (so far)
Beach House – 7 – Album Review
Beach House – 7 – Album Review by Cathy Brown 7 is Beach House’s seventh album and it sees duo Victoria LeGrand and Alex Scally explore new territory without sacrificing the quintessential […]
Launder – Pink Cloud – EP Review
Launder – Pink Cloud – Review by Killian Laher Pink Cloud is the debut EP of John Cudlip. It opens with the lazy, hazy guitar riffs of Wonder, underpinned by an airtight […]
Okkervil River – In The Rainbow Rain – Album Review
Okkervil River – In The Rainbow Rain – Album Review “When I had my tracheotomy, I was blue and stopped breathing, there was something wrong with me.” We are introduced to this […]
Grouper – Grid Of Points – Album Review
Grouper – Grid Of Points – Album Review by Cathy Brown When Liz Harris began recording as Grouper twelve years ago, her elusive songs were guitar focused affairs making judicious use of […]
Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert – Here Lies The Body – Album Review
Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert – Here Lies The Body – Album Review by Killian Laher One of the highlights of both Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert’s material in the last six […]
The Hedge Schools – Magnificent Birds – Album Review
The Hedge Schools – Magnificent Birds – Album Review by Killian Laher Released on 5th May 2018 In an age of short attention spans, online outrage over just about anything, and a […]
Damien Jurado – The Horizon Just Laughed – Album Review
Damien Jurado – The Horizon Just Laughed (Secretly Canadian) – Released on May 4th The album opens with the guitar and string track Allocate, which drifts softly past the listener in a […]
The Amazing – In Transit – Album Review
The Amazing – In Transit – Album Review by Killian Laher Swedish band The Amazing released one of the albums of the year in 2016’s Ambulance. The follow-up, their fifth album overall […]
Preoccupations – New Material – Album Review
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). […]
Yo La Tengo – There’s A Riot Going On – Album Review
Yo La Tengo – There’s A Riot Going On – Album Review by Killian Laher Yo La Tengo return with what appears to be their fifteenth album, and their first album of […]
Moaning – Moaning – Album Review
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 […]
The Breeders – All Nerve – Album Review
The Breeders – All Nerve – Album Review Release date: Friday, March 2nd 2018 25 May – BELFAST, BBC’s Biggest Weekend Festival 27 May– DUBLIN, Vicar Street For a certain group of […]
No Age – Snares Like A Haircut – Album Review
No Age – Snares Like A Haircut – Album Review by Killian Laher LA noisy punks No Age return with their first album in four and a half years. It acts as […]
Ezra Furman – Transangelic Exodus – Album Review
Ezra Furman – Transangelic Exodus – Album Review Released 9th February 2018 on Bella Union Ezra Furman @ Tivoli Theatre in Dublin – Tuesday 29 May 2018, 20:00 “I eat an orange […]
Calexico – The Thread That Keeps Us – Album Review
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
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
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
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 […]
The Courtneys – II – Album Review
The Courtneys – II – Album Review by Killian Laher The Courtneys are a Canadian three piece who trade in catchy melodies combined with fuzzy guitars. They released their second album a […]
Dan Michaelson – First Light – Album Review
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
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
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
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 […]
Peter Oren – Anthropocene – Album Review
Peter Oren – Anthropocene – Album Review by Killian Laher American artist Peter Oren releases his second album and the influence of Bill Callahan hangs heavily on it. Maybe it’s the sparse […]
Bonnie Prince Billy – Wolf of the Cosmos – Album Review
Bonnie Prince Billy – Wolf of the Cosmos – Album Review by Killian Laher Bonnie Prince Billy is not your average artist. This is his second album inside six months where he […]
Sufjan Stevens – The Greatest Gift Mixtape – Album Review
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
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
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 […]
No More Workhorse 