Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions – Son of a Lady – Review by Killian Laher Hope Sandoval, with Colm O’Ciosóg release a sort of short, companion EP to last year’s fine […]

The Horrors – V – Album Review by Killian Laher After a gap of three years since the uninspired Luminous album, The Horrors are back with their fifth album.  Here they have […]

RM Hubbert – Recovery Ep 2 – Review by Killian Laher Scottish guitarist RM Hubbert has been channeling his recovery from depression into his music.  A couple of months ago he released […]

Mark Kozelek with Ben Boye and Jim White – Album Review by Killian Laher Or another review of another Mark Kozelek-related release. Even by Mark Kozelek’s standards this has been an extremely […]

Mark Lanegan – Still Life With Roses – Gargoyle Remixes – Album Review by Killian Laher Over Mark Lanegan’s lengthy recording career, he has been very gradually introducing electronic instruments into his […]

Lee Ranaldo – Electric Trim – Album Review by Killian Laher Former Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo follows up 2012’s Between The Times and Tides by teaming up with ex bandmate Steve […]

Neil Young – Hitchhiker – Album Review by Killian Laher Not a new album as such, but a previously unearthed collection of acoustic Neil Young songs from 1976.  He was clearly on […]

The National – Sleep Well Beast – Album Review by Killian Laher Four years since Trouble Will Find Me represents the longest gap between National albums for Matt Berninger and co.  The […]

Mogwai – Every Country’s Sun – Album Review by Killian Laher Mogwai are something of an institution at this stage, twenty one years on from their earliest recordings.  In recent years they […]

Ian Felice – In The Kingdom Of Dreams – Album Review “Well the aliens landed on election day And they stole your mother’s lingerie” – 21st Century This is the debut solo […]

James Heather – Stories From Far Away On Piano – Album Review by Killian Laher Composer James Heather releases his debut album Stories From Far Away On Piano.  It’s a fairly brief collection […]

Ghostpoet – Dark Days & Canapés – Album Review Release date: Friday, August 18th 2017 Live at the Button Factory – October 24th Dublin This is the fourth album by Obaro Ejimiwe, […]

Queens of the Stone Age – Villains – Album Review by Killian Laher Josh Homme and co return with album number seven but this time with a twist: the band have teamed […]

Nine Inch Nails – Add Violence – EP Review by Killian Laher Nine Inch Nails release what is said to be the scond in a trilogy of EPs following last December’s Not […]

Seamus O’Muineachain – Cloves – Album Review by Killian Laher Seamus O’Muineachain is a young Irish composer from Belmullet.  Cloves is his second album, and it’s a thing of delicate beauty.  Using […]

The Melvins – A Walk With Love and Death – Album Review by Killian Laher Heavy rock band the Melvins have released more than 20 albums, only flirting briefly with the mainstream […]

Max Richter – Behind the Counter – Album Review by Killian Laher The role of a compilation in an age of access to practically all music for all has changed greatly.  We […]

Mark Kozelek and Sean Yeaton – Yellow Kitchen – Album Review by Killian Laher This month’s album release from Mark Kozelek sees the awkward artist team up with Sean Yeaton, bass player […]

Ride – Weather Diaries – Album Review Strangely, its seems a bit dull saying this is their first album since 1996. Their thunder has been well and truly stolen by the Jesus […]

Kevin Morby – City Music – Album Review Out 16th June on DEAD OCEANS Kevin Morby is just about to release his fourth solo album ‘City Music’ unto the world. It is […]

Cigarettes After Sex – Cigarettes After Sex – Album Review by Killian Laher Ten tracks on a debut album just feels so… right, doesn’t it?  On the debut album from Cigarettes After […]