Soulsavers – Kubrick – Album Review by Killian Laher Just a month on from their collaboration with Dave Gahan, Soulsavers return with a ‘solo’ album. An unashamed homage to Stanley Kubrick, the […]
Soulsavers – Kubrick – Album Review
Fragile Balance – Candlelight Sessions – Album Review
Fragile Balance – Candlelight Sessions – Album Review by Killian Laher Fragile Balance are two guitarists from Texas. Their third album, Candlelight Sessions was recorded live in a studio, and consists of […]
Martin Courtney – Many Moons – Album Review
Martin Courtney – Many Moons – Album Review by Killian Laher Martin Courtney, main man from pleasant power poppers Real Estate has just released his debut solo album. The mood is relaxed […]
Dave Gahan & Soulsavers – Angels & Ghosts – Album Review
Dave Gahan & Soulsavers – Angels & Ghosts – Album Review by Killian Laher Having collaborated in 2012, electronica duo Soulsavers and Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan return for a second helping. […]
Cheatahs – Mythologies – Album Review
Cheatahs – Mythologies – Album Review by Killian Laher Cheatahs’ debut album, released last year, was a thrilling distillation of what can only be described as ‘shoegaze’. Not very distinctive or original […]
We Deserve This – Pacific – Album Review
We Deserve This – Pacific – Album Review by Killian Laher We Deserve This is the brainchild of Jan-Dirk Platek. On his latest album, he introduces us to a set of post-rock […]
Steve Hauschildt – Where All Is Fled – Album Review
Steve Hauschildt – Where All Is Fled – Album Review by Killian Laher American musician Steve Hauschildt deals in ambient electronica, and his latest album Where All Is Fled, is full of […]
Vertical Slump – Ruined Value – Album Review
Vertical Slump – Ruined Value – Album Review by Killian Laher Vertical Slump are a group made up of members of Shopping, Gloss Rejection, Omi Palone and Circuit Breaker. It opens with […]
Lloyd Cole – 1D Electronics 2012-2014 – Album Review
Lloyd Cole – 1D Electronics 2012-2014 – Review by Killian Laher Some may feel it difficult to believe that he’s still around. But Lloyd Cole has built up a reputation for writing […]
Max Richter – from Sleep – Album Review
Max Richter – from Sleep – Album Review by Killian Laher Max Richter has been releasing fine instrumental music for 13 years or so. His latest, based around the concept of sleep, […]
Robert Forster – Songs to Play – Album Review
Robert Forster – Songs to Play – Album Review by Killian Laher Robert Forster, formerly of The Go-Betweens, returns with his first album in seven years since the rather sombre The Evangelist. […]
New music: Roman GianArthur – Ok Lady
Make your Friday a lot better by settling in with Roman GianArthur’s (and Janelle Monáe) take on Radiohead. Part mashup, part covers, part re-imaginings it’s just damn good. Enjoy.
Low – Ones and Sixes – Album Review
Low – Ones and Sixes – Review by Killian Laher Of the many bands that emerged in the mid-nineties who couldn’t be pigeonholed into ‘grunge’, it’s perhaps a surprise that one band […]
Mark Lanegan – Houston Publishing Demos 2002 – Album Review
Mark Lanegan – Houston Publishing Demos 2002 – Album Review by Killian Laher Mark Lanegan has been a solo artist since the early 90s, initially recording solo albums to free himself from […]
Golden Void – Berkana – Album Review
Golden Void – Berkana – Album Review by Killian Laher American rockers Golden Void return with their second album Berkana. The album sets the tone from the opening bars of Burbank’s Dream, […]
Flesh World – The Wild Animals In My Life – Album Review
Flesh World – The Wild Animals In My Life – Album Review by Killian Laher Flesh World hail from the west coast of America, yet make decidedly non-west coast sounding music. Opening […]
Yo La Tengo – Stuff Like That There – Album Review
Yo La Tengo – Stuff Like That There – Album Review by Killian Laher Yo La Tengo are an American institution at this stage. Stuff Like That There is I believe their […]
AERIE – Hatch And Host – Album Review
AERIE – Hatch And Host – Album Review This is a jazz album created by artists across Europe and led by German and Irish saxophonist Ingo Hipp and Sam Comerford. There is […]
Ultimate Painting – Green Lanes – Album Review
Ultimate Painting – Green Lanes – Album Review by Killian Laher Jack Cooper and James Hoare, of Mazes and Veronica Falls respectively, return less than a year on from their debut collaboration […]
Tall Firs – Ghostlight Ensemble – Album Review
Tall Firs – Ghostlight Ensemble Tall Firs are a pair of laid back, laconic American guitar strummers. Signed to Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace label, Ghostlight Ensemble is their fourth album. Don’t expect […]
Colaris – Nexus – Album Review
Colaris – Nexus – Album Review by Killian Laher Colaris are a German, heavyweight instrumental band who have released one previous album and a number of EPs. Their new album Nexus opens […]
Andrew Skeet – Finding Time – Album Review
Andrew Skeet – Finding Time – Album Review – Released July 10th Although the name may be new to most people, you may have heard music he has worked on before. Andrew […]
Ezra Furman – Perpetual Motion People – Album Review
Ezra Furman – Perpetual Motion People – Album Review Ezra Furman may be a new name to some. The 28 year old from Chicago already has an impressive array of albums under […]
Collapse. Rebuild – Fail Again, Fail Better – Album Review
Collapse. Rebuild – Fail Again, Fail Better – Review by Killian Laher Italian post-rockers Collapse.Rebuild have just released their rather short (5 tracks) debut album, complete with Beckett referencing title. It’s clear […]
Bully – Feels Like – Album Review
Bully – Feels Like – Album Review by Killian Laher Bully play a brand of shouty, early 90s style alt-rock. Singer Alicia Bognanno does a fine Courtney Love on the sub two-minute […]
Ryan Adams – Live at Carnegie Hall – Album Review
Ryan Adams – Live at Carnegie Hall – Album Review by Killian Laher The ultra-prolific Ryan Adams recently released a collection of live performances – Live At Carnegie Hall. Available as a […]
Coleen – Captain of None – Album Review
Colleen is the name that French artist Cecile Schott uses for her musical pursuits. This new album features a variety of stringed instruments, electronic sounds, percussion and her own delicate, fragile voice […]
Sun Kil Moon – Universal Themes – Album Review
Sun Kil Moon – Universal Themes – Review by Killian Laher MarkKozelekreturnsafterhiscriticallyacclaimedSunKilMoonalbumBenjiwithahastilyreleasedfollowupUniversalThemes. Sorry. That’s my attempt at what trying to convey what listening to the latest Sun Kil Moon album is like. […]
Valet – Nature – Album Review
Valet – Nature – Album Review by Killian Laher Valet’s latest album Nature sure as hell conjures up lazy summer days, from the languid chords and Honey Owen’s blissed out vocal on […]
No More Workhorse 