RM Hubbert – Recovery EP1 – Review by Killian Laher Scottish guitarist RM Hubbert recently revealed he has been struggling with chronic depression for the last year. As part of his recovery […]
RM Hubbert – Recovery EP1 – Review
High Plains – Cinderland – Album Review
High Plains – Cinderland – Album Review by Killian Laher High Plains is a collaboration between Scott Morgan, best known as Loscil, and cello player Mark Bridges, so expect A-grade ambient moods. […]
Julien Baker – Sprained Ankle – Album Review
Julien Baker – Sprained Ankle – Album Review As you listen to the opening track on the new album by Julien Baker, the first thing you notice is the intimacy of the […]
Sun Kil Moon – Common As Light And Love Are Red Valleys of Blood – Album Review
Sun Kil Moon – Common As Light And Love Are Red Valleys of Blood – Album Review by Killian Laher Mark Kozelek fans can’t complain about not having any new music to […]
Jesca Hoop – Memories Are Now – Album Review
New Music – Jesca Hoop – Memories Are Now Memories Are Now is Jesca’s 7th studio album, and is the follow up to her collaboration with Sam Beam ‘Love Letter for Fire’ […]
Ryan Adams – Prisoner – Album Review
Ryan Adams – Prisoner – Album Review by Killian Laher Ryan Adams has been releasing solo albums for the last 16 years at a rate of about one per year. Over the […]
Tim Darcy – Saturday Night – Album Review
Tim Darcy – Saturday Night – Album Review ON TOUR with ANGEL OLSEN in IRELAND Fri. May 19 – Dublin @ Vicar Street Sat. May 20 – Cork @ Cork Opera House […]
Froth – Outside (briefly) – Album Review
Froth – Outside (briefly) – Album Review Due 24th Feburary 2017 via Wichita Recordings The wonderfully named Froth return with their third album Outside (briefly) which is their first to be released […]
Duke Garwood – Garden of Ashes – Album Review
Duke Garwood – Garden of Ashes – Album Review by Killian Laher Duke Garwood is a bluesy guitarist who has lately been a serial collaborator with Mark Lanegan. Garden of Ashes is […]
Menace Beach – Lemon Memory – Album Review
Menace Beach – Lemon Memory – Album Review Menace Beach are a five piece indie rock band hailing from the unusual destination of Leeds. The band have just released their second album […]
Max Richter – Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works
Max Richter – Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works – Album Review by Killian Laher Whether you call it modern classical, contemporary post-classical, or post-minimalist, there is no doubt that we are […]
Mark Eitzel – Hey Mr Ferryman – Album Review
Mark Eitzel – Hey Mr Ferryman – Album Review by Killian Laher Mark Eitzel returns four and a half years on from his last album with what I believe to be his […]
Bonobo – Migration – Album Review
Bonobo – Migration – Album Review Feb 27: DUBLIN, IE – Vicar St. (SOLD OUT) Simon Green aka Bonobo returns with his sixth album – Migration. It has a similar sound and […]
Akira Kosemura – Our Own Picture – Review
Akira Kosemura – Our Own Picture – Album review by Killian Laher Up and coming Japanese composer Akira Kosemura returns with his first release of 2017, this short three track EP. Opening […]
The Flaming Lips – Oczy Mlody – Album Review
The Flaming Lips – Oczy Mlody – Album Review The Flaming Lips return with their 16th studio album with the unusual name of Oczy Mlody. It is the follow up to 2013’s […]
Irma Vep – No Handshake Blues – Album Review
Irma Vep – No Handshake Blues – Album Review Due 13th January 2017 via Faux Discx & Comfortable on a Tightrope Edwin Stevens is a musician from Manchester-via-North Wales. He has played […]
Crystal Ball – Music in 2017
Killian Laher on Music in 2017 Well it will take a lot to live up to 2016, though not necessarily for the right reasons. Here are some of the musical highlights we […]
Brian Eno – Reflection – Album Review
Brian Eno – Reflection – Album Review by Killian Laher Brian Eno has pioneered so-called ambient music for the last 40 years. He kicks off 2017 by following up last year’s The […]
Best Albums of 2016 – M Quinn
Some of the albums that kept me sane and happy through one of the oddest years in recent memory. Where the great and the good seemed to drop like flies and the […]
Peter Broderick – Grunewald – Review
Peter Broderick – Grunewald – Review by Killian Laher The remarkably prolific Peter Broderick continues an almost manic release schedule with this short EP, recorded in one day in Grunewald, Berlin. For […]
Nine Inch Nails – Not The Actual Events – Review
Nine Inch Nails – Not The Actual Events – Review by Killian Laher Trent Reznor promised new Nine Inch Nails music in 2016 and has delivered this EP in the nick of […]
Best Albums of 2016 – Peter McNally
Top Ten Albums of 2016 – Peter McNally Peter McNally is a man of taste, refinement and subtle insight! In case you don’t know, he’s reviewed a number of albums and gigs […]
Dakota Suite & Quentin Sirjacq – Wintersong – Album Review
Dakota Suite & Quentin Sirjacq – Wintersong – Album Review by Killian Laher Dakota Suite have had quite a journey over the last 20 years and numerous albums. From their beginnings playing […]
Best Albums of 2016 – Killian Laher
Our intrepid reviewer Killian Laher takes a look back at the best albums of 2016:
Seti The First – The Wolves of Summerland – Album Review
Seti The First – The Wolves of Summerland – Album Review by Killian Laher Seti the First are an instrumental duo Kevin Murphy and Thomas Haugh who released a charming debut album, […]
Damien Jurado + Richard Swift – Other People’s Songs, Volume 1 – Album Review
Damien Jurado + Richard Swift – Other People’s Songs, Volume 1 – Album Review by Killian Laher Damien Jurado and Richard Swift have teamed up to release this rather short album of […]
Neil Young – Peace Trail – Album Review
Neil Young – Peace Trail – Album Review by Killian Laher After 37+ albums and at the age of 71 you have to wonder, where does Neil Young get his motivation? If […]
Western Skies Motel – Settlers – Album Review
Western Skies Motel – Settlers – Album Review by Killian Laher Danish instrumental band Western Skies Motel released Settlers a short while back. The look and feel of the album is very […]
Wilco – Schmilco – Album Review
Wilco – Schmilco – Album Review by Killian Laher Wilco have mutated from an alt-country-derived outfit to a far less predictable proposition, with a career that stretches over 20 years encompassing several […]
No More Workhorse 