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 […]
And So I Watch You From Afar – The Endless Shimmer – Album Review by Killian Laher And So I Watch You From Afar initially appeared on the radar 8 or 9 […]
John Carpenter – Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998 – Album Review by Killian Laher Legendary film composer John Carpenter’s movie soundtracks are complied here on one handy album. The versions here are newly […]
Adrian Crowley – Dark Eyed Messenger – Album Review by Killian Laher Galway native Adrian Crowley has ploughing his own furrow for nearly 20 years, making glacially slow, thoughtful music across seven […]
William Patrick Corgan – Ogilala – Album Review by Killian Laher If you’re looking for the new Billy Corgan album, you might struggle to find it. On its front cover the artist […]
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice – Album Review by Killian Laher Australian artist Courtney Barnett and American guitarist Kurt Vile have teamed up for a collaborative album which […]
METZ – Strange Peace – Album Review by Killian Laher Canadian band METZ return with their third album, and any fears that they may have softened their ferocious assault are dispelled by […]
Protomartyr – Relatives in Descent – Album Review by Killian Laher Bands reviving the post-punk sound were everywhere in the early to mid noughties. They captured that nervous, jerky rhythm, slow brooding […]
This is How we Fly – Foreign Fields – Album Review 2018 / 28th Jan: Templebar Trad Fest, St Michan’s Church, Dublin With the minimum of fuss, the second album from four […]
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 […]
Micah P. Hinson – The Holy Strangers – Album Review IRISH TOUR – 05 October – Voodoo, Belfast 06 October – Roisin Dubh, Galway 07 October – Cyprus Avenue, Cork 08 October […]
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 […]
The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding – Album Review by Killian Laher After their breakthrough 2014 album Lost In The Dream which propelled Adam Granduciel and co to critical acclaim, […]
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 […]
The Last Dinosaur – The Nothing – Album Review by Killian Laher The Last Dinosaur is the recording name of Jamie Cameron, and he has just released his second album. The album […]
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