A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Iris – Album Review by Killian Laher The third album from ambient duo A Winged Victory for the Sullen was released last week to little […]
A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Iris – Album Review
Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie – Salero Soundtrack – Album Review
Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie – Salero Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Album Review by Killian Laher Adam Wiltzie’s latest release is a soundtrack to Salero, a movie about the vast salt flats in […]
Loscil – Monument Builders – Album Review
Loscil – Monument Builders – Album Review This is the tenth album by Scott Morgan under the guise of Loscil. He also has a variety of EPs and other releases which make […]
Papa M – Highway Songs – Album Review
Papa M – Highway Songs – Album Review by Killian Laher Highway Songs is the first album released by David Pajo since his suicide attempt a few years ago. Resurrecting the Papa […]
Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions – Until the Hunter – Album Review
Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions – Until the Hunter – Album Review by Killian Laher Hope Sandoval is certainly not a woman in a rush. Although this album with the Warm […]
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Gustavo Santaolalla, Mogwai – Before the Flood OST – Album Review
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Gustavo Santaolalla, Mogwai – Before the Flood OST – Album Review by Killian Laher Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have developed a reputation since their soundtrack for 2010’s […]
Agnes Obel – Citizen Of Glass – Album Review
Agnes Obel – Citizen Of Glass – Album Review by Morgan Q Agnes Obel plays Vicar Street, Dublin, on Thursday 1st December 2016. Danish Singer Agnes Obel returns with her third studio […]
Steve Hauschildt – Strands – Album Review
Steve Hauschildt – Strands – Album Review by Peter McNally It’s very hard to talk about ambient electronic music without lapsing into the kind of descriptive lexicon most commonly associated with the […]
Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker – Album Review
Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker – Album Review by Killian Laher There’s been much talk of Leonard Cohen’s mortality ahead of the release of his 14th album, precipitated by the […]
Mathew Roth – The Vulture & The Sparrow – Album Review
Mathew Roth – The Vulture & The Sparrow – Album Review by Killian Laher New York composer Mathew Roth has just released this, his latest work The Vulture & The Sparrow. Opening […]
Beach Slang – A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings – Album Review
Beach Slang – A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings – Album Review by Killian Laher Beach Slang are causing a bit of a stir Stateside with their carefully curated brand of slacker […]
Johann Johannsson – Orpheé – Album Review
Johann Johannsson – Orpheé – Album Review by Killian Laher Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson is one of the finest exponents of what is sometimes referred to as ‘modern classical’. Less accessible than […]
Merchandise – A Corpse Wired For Sound – Album Review
Merchandise – A Corpse Wired For Sound – Album Review Release date: Friday, September 23rd 2016 Merchandise have just released the follow up to 2014’s After the End. This new collection of […]
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree – Album Review
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree – Album Review by Killian Laher There is an overwhelming, almost deafening context to the latest album from Nick Cave and the Bad […]
Dakota Suite & Vampillia – The Sea Is Never Full – Album Review
Dakota Suite & Vampillia – The Sea Is Never Full – Album Review by Killian Laher Dakota Suite have been releasing albums for the best part of twenty years, evolving from a […]
Okkervil River – Away – Album Review
Okkervil River – Away – Album Review by Killian Laher Will Sheff and co have been ploughing a fairly sleepy furrow as Okkervil River since the end of the nineties. Their eighth […]
Angel Olsen – My Woman – Album Review
Angel Olsen – My Woman – Album Review Angel Olsen returns with her new album, My Woman, the follow up to 2014’s ‘Burn Your Fire For No Witness’. It is her third […]
The Divine Comedy – Foreverland – Album Review
The Divine Comedy – Foreverland – Album Review Live – Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre – February 26th 2017 Tower Records – Thursday, September 8th @ 1pm Foreverland – Release date: 2 […]
Scott Walker: The Childhood of a Leader (OST) – Album Review
Scott Walker: The Childhood of a Leader (OST) – Album Review The Childhood of a Leader is a new film directed by Brady Corbet, which chronicles the formative years of a post-World […]
Happy Diving – Electric Soul Unity – Album Review
Happy Diving – Electric Soul Unity – Album Review by Killian Laher American grungy power-poppers Happy Diving have just released their second album, with a title ripped straight out of the pages […]
Ezra Furman – Big Fugitive Life – EP Review
Ezra Furman – Big Fugitive Life – Album Review Released on 19th August on Bella Union Ezra returns with another collection of songs. Six in fact, which last just under twenty minutes […]
Ryley Walker – Golden Sings That Have Been Sung – Album Review
Ryley Walker – Golden Sings That Have Been Sung – Album Review by Killian Laher Ryley Walker has been attracting a lot of attention with some fine songs, virtuoso live performances, and […]
The Stargazer’s Assistant – Remoteness Of Light – Album Review
The Stargazer’s Assistant – Remoteness Of Light- Album Review Release: 26 August 2016 If you look at the track list below, you might be a little confused with the number of songs. […]
Dinosaur Jr – Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not – Album Review
Dinosaur Jr – Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not – Album Review by Killian Laher The reunion of Dinosaur Jr ten years ago has, contrary to expectations, revitalised, energised and stabilised […]
The Amazing – Ambulance – Album Review
The Amazing – Ambulance – Review by Killian Laher The Amazing. The amazing what, you might ask? Moving beyond the slightly annoying name, The Amazing are a Swedish band who have just […]
Jack & Amanda Palmer – You Got Me Singing – Album Review
Jack & Amanda Palmer – You Got Me Singing – Album Review Amanda Palmer did not see much of her father during her childhood. Her parents separated when she was still a […]
The Valery Trails – Chameleon Bones – Album Review
The Valery Trails – Chameleon Bones – Album Review by Killian Laher American/Australian rockers The Valery Trails release their third album. The album distils a sort of nineties indie sensibility right from […]
Mick Harvey – Delirium Tremens – Album Review
Mick Harvey – Delirium Tremens – Album Review Released on 24 June 2016 Mick Harvey occupies an interesting position in the music world. Hugely revered by those that make music, but largely […]
Nils Frahm & Woodkid – Ellis OST – Review
Nils Frahm & Woodkid – Ellis OST – Review by Killian Laher Nils Frahm has teamed up with singer-songwriter Woodkid for this haunting sound track to Robert de Niro’s forthcoming short film […]
No More Workhorse 