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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]