The Lemonheads – Love Chant – Album Review by Killian Laher This is an album many thought would never exist! It’s an album of 11 original songs penned by Evan Dando along […]

Deftones – private music – Album Review by Killian Laher Deftones recently released their tenth album, private music (stylised in all lowercase), their first in nearly five years.  Billed as a thinking […]

The Apartments – That’s What The Music Is For – Album Review by Killian Laher Albums from The Apartments don’t come around too often, and this is the seventh studio album from […]

Say She She – Cut & Rewind – Album Review by Cathy Brown Say She She’s Cut & Rewind is a record that brims with urgency, written – according to the band […]

Jeff Tweedy – Twilight Override – Album Review by Killian Laher Jeff Tweedy has a few solo albums under his belt, as well as multiple Wilco albums, but this is his first […]

NewDad – Altar – Album Review by Killian Laher For a band that only released their debut album at the start of 2024, a LOT has happened with NewDad since then.  The […]

Adrian Crowley and Matthew Nolan – Pomes Penyeach – Album Review by Killian Laher Adrian Crowley and Matthew Nolan have come together to create an album of James Joyce’s poetry put to […]

Suede – Antidepressants – Album Review by Killian Laher Suede’s return just over 10 years ago has to be one of the most successful comebacks in music.  Unlike some of their peers, […]

Modern Nature – The Heat Warps – Album Review by Killian Laher Jack Cooper and co had been heading into increasingly obtuse territory with their previous albums, Island of Noise and No […]

herbal tea – Hear As The Mirror Echoes – Album Review by Killian Laher herbal tea (all lowercase) is the artist name for UK musician Helena Walker.  She has crafted nine pieces […]

Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts – Talkin to the Trees – Album Review by Killian Laher Neil Young’s 97th album, now playing with the Chrome Hearts.  Okay, I exaggerate, but the […]

Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles – Album Review by Killian Laher After the, for want of a better word, shitshow that was White Roses, My God, Alan Sparhawk has teamed up […]

Robert Forster – Strawberries – Album Review by Killian Laher The former Go-Betweens man follows up 2023’s The Candle and the Flame relatively quickly with an album recorded with a band in […]

Mogwai – The Bombing of Pan Am 103 – Album Review by Killian Laher Mogwai are one of the most prolific bands around, and only four months after The Bad Fire, they […]

These New Puritans – Crooked Wing – Album Review by Killian Laher These New Puritans’ Jack and George Barnett often leave it five or six years between releases, but their albums seldom […]

Suzanne Vega – Flying With Angels – Album Review by Killian Laher Suzanne Vega was always something of an old soul. Even when she emerged in her mid-twenties in 1985, there was […]

Lael Neale – Altogether Stranger – Album Review by Cathy Brown Lael Neale’s third album for Sub Pop, Altogether Stranger, is a brief yet hauntingly beautiful slice of atmospheric sound. Clocking in […]

Maria Somerville – Luster – Album Review by Killian Laher Maria Somerville is a musician from Galway, and for her second album, she has signed to 4AD and conjured up an album […]

Held By Trees – Hinterland – Album Review by Killian Laher Held By Trees are a collective which came about when Talk Talk fan David Joseph imagined what it would be like […]

Momma – Welcome To My Blue Sky – Album Review by Killian Laher The new album from US duo Momma sees the band dial back the heavy rock guitars and lean into […]

Facs – Wish Defense – Album Review by Killian Laher Facs are a band from Chicago who formed out of the ashes of another Chicago band, Disappears, back in 2016.  This is […]